|[](/HOU) **124 - 132** [](/CHI)|

|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/HOU-vs-CHI-0022501042/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|

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|**GAME SUMMARY**|

|**Location:** United Center|

|**Officials:** JB DeRosa, Tre Maddox, and Brandon Schwab|

|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|

|Houston Rockets|21|27|39|37|124|

|Chicago Bulls|41|24|30|37|132|

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|**TEAM STATS**|

|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|

|Houston Rockets|124|49-92|53.3%|11-41|26.8%|15-24|62.5%|8|50|27|18|8|17|7|

|Chicago Bulls|132|45-90|50.0%|19-38|50.0%|23-28|82.1%|7|55|30|21|8|14|4|

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|**PLAYER STATS**|

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**[](/HOU) Houston Rockets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|

|Jabari Smith Jr.^SF|34:11|6|2-10|1-7|1-1|0|5|5|1|0|0|2|3|0|

|Kevin Durant^PF|39:40|40|15-23|5-10|5-8|1|6|7|5|0|0|4|1|-18|

|Alperen Sengun^C|37:26|33|16-19|1-2|0-3|2|11|13|10|2|2|2|4|-6|

|Amen Thompson^SG|39:20|23|8-12|0-1|7-9|1|2|3|1|2|2|2|5|-12|

|Reed Sheppard^PG|36:16|13|5-17|3-14|0-0|0|5|5|6|2|2|4|3|-17|

|Tari Eason|14:18|4|1-5|0-2|2-3|2|1|3|1|0|1|0|1|1|

|Clint Capela|04:18|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|-8|

|Dorian Finney-Smith|07:37|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|-1|

|Aaron Holiday|21:04|3|1-3|1-3|0-0|1|0|1|3|2|0|2|0|22|

|Jae’Sean Tate|03:18|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|

|Josh Okogie|02:30|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-1|

|Isaiah Crawford|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Jeff Green|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Steven Adams|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|JD Davison|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Tristen Newton|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Fred VanVleet|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

**[](/CHI) Chicago Bulls**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|

|Matas Buzelis^SF|34:47|23|8-16|5-9|2-2|1|3|4|1|0|0|3|4|7|

|Jalen Smith^PF|25:47|15|6-8|3-5|0-0|1|5|6|2|0|2|3|4|17|

|Nick Richards^C|26:23|11|3-7|1-2|4-6|1|7|8|0|0|1|0|4|2|

|Tre Jones^SG|28:03|15|6-11|0-1|3-4|0|5|5|6|2|0|1|2|13|

|Josh Giddey^PG|38:43|15|4-14|3-8|4-4|0|7|7|13|2|1|2|2|7|

|Collin Sexton|25:53|25|6-14|4-7|9-10|2|2|4|2|3|0|2|1|2|

|Leonard Miller|23:19|17|7-11|2-3|1-2|2|7|9|3|0|0|1|1|4|

|Patrick Williams|18:46|2|1-2|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|2|-4|

|Rob Dillingham|18:18|9|4-7|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|3|1|0|1|1|-8|

|Isaac Okoro|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Lachlan Olbrich|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Guerschon Yabusele|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Zach Collins|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Noa Essengue|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Jaden Ivey|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Yuki Kawamura|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Mac McClung|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Anfernee Simons|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Beetle919

113 | 8 hours ago

The most important seed in the west is whoever gets the rockets first round.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

40 | 8 hours ago

Gimme.

RFFF1996 | Thunder

6 | 8 hours ago

Seems like right now there is a 70~% chance of rockets-lakers and minny-wolves

Suns at 7th are too behind and lakers at 3 have a 2 game cushion and rockets are free falling towards 6th

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

32 | 8 hours ago

The faceoff of Ant-man vs Ant-man in the playoffs will be nutty.

RFFF1996 | Thunder

14 | 8 hours ago

Minny-denver lmao, sorry

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

8 | 8 hours ago

Inside each match-up, there are two wolves

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

2 | 8 hours ago

Ha yeah, I’m not sure though, the Wolves are performing a lot better than I expected without Ant but it’s still very possible they lose some games and drop back below the Rockets. Especially with Wednesday’s game coming up where the two face off head to head, Rockets will take back the 5 seed if they win that, if they lose ofc they might drop too far to catch up to the Wolves. That’s the one to look out for. If Wolves lose that, they’re in for pain against the Pistons twice and Charlotte in the next 4 games that follow.

wawacryin21 | Spurs

12 | 8 hours ago

sucks that Minnesota has to fight themselves and only half of their team can advance. seems unfair

minneapolisboy | Timberwolves

4 | 7 hours ago

We’ve been fighting ourselves all season lol

ajteitel | Suns

4 | 8 hours ago

I want the Spurs!

RFFF1996 | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

Likely lakers

axnjxn00 | Magic

1 | 7 hours ago

Why is that likely?

RFFF1996 | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

look at the standings

suns at 7th are in a island 4 games behind wolves (7th) and 4 games ahead of clippers (8th)

lakers have a 2 game cushion to maintain 3rd

is likely down to rockets/minnesota/denver for seeds 4-6 and among those 3 the one falling down to finish the season is rockets

axnjxn00 | Magic

2 | 5 hours ago

all 3 teams currently have the same number of losses at 28. denver has only ³⁄₁₀ tanking teams jazz X2 and grizzlies on their remaining schedule and plays spurs twice and thunder once. twolves have only 1 tanking team out of 10 (pacers) and also are missing ant. they play the rockets next too. rockets have 11 games left and have ⁵⁄₁₁ tanking teams. it seems the rockets have the easiest remaining schedule so it seems likely they will end up as the 4 seed

IcyMeat7

1 | 8 hours ago

I think I rather be 6th than ⁴⁄₅ to be on same side as OKC if you can’t get 3rd

SlickVanExel | Hornets

40 | 8 hours ago

Maybe it’s March hoops getting the best of me again, but I’m really enjoying this Giddey+Buzelis pairing mixed in with a little Leonard Miller

DisMFer | Bulls

13 | 8 hours ago

I honestly can’t tell if Miller and Dilly are good or if they’re just playing bad teams.

SlickVanExel | Hornets

15 | 8 hours ago

I think Miller is legit good. He’s 6’10 with a motor and seems to be a versatile defender. Dilly still intrigues me. He could be a Coby White light.

TripleSingleHOF | Bulls [CHI] Alex Caruso

3 | 8 hours ago

I’ve been fooled by garbage time stats before.

jimbobdonut

3 | 7 hours ago

See the last 20 games last year.

ChiBrum

1 | 3 hours ago

For the winning sure but did the players not continue to play similar minus Coby coming off an injury, Giddey has often when healthy replicated the same form. Such a worn narrative

chris-dempsey |

3 | 7 hours ago

Dilly was so shit on the Wolves IIRC. The fact that he’s showing some signs of life is a bonus.

jfr3sh | Bulls

2 | 8 hours ago

I’ve been enjoying watching Miller and wouldn’t be mad if he stuck around

JackDellaCumalena | Heat

39 | 8 hours ago

Rockets are so cooked

Nby333

12 | 7 hours ago

Really traded “rivalry with OKC” to “the KD experience”.

Drak_is_Right | Pacers

1 | 6 hours ago

VanFleet injury really hurt.

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

-7 | 8 hours ago

Kind of funny a Heat flair to say this after the game a few days ago …

JackDellaCumalena | Heat

33 | 8 hours ago

I mean we aren’t classed as contenders. You went and made the splash and got kd and have regressed

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

-29 | 8 hours ago

To say regressed is really stupid.

I’m embarrassed for you, seriously.

JackDellaCumalena | Heat

25 | 8 hours ago

Lol whatever helps you sleep mate

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

-24 | 8 hours ago

Mate? The fuck

JackDellaCumalena | Heat

15 | 8 hours ago

Settle down mate

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

-6 | 8 hours ago

Will do ocker

FalseProphet1234 | Lakers

10 | 8 hours ago

This guy goes “just log off” like it’s his ultimate 😂😂😂

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

-5 | 8 hours ago

Are you following me around like a creep or a pervert

Got you in your feelings regardless

mrwhite2323 | Heat

9 | 8 hours ago

We know we’re cooked though, we’ve been cooked

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

36 | 8 hours ago

Our 3 main guys showed up and everyone else was a bum SMH.

Surely we won’t be ²⁄₂₆ from 3 by the 4th quarter in the playoffs.

Rahazu | Warriors

8 | 8 hours ago

Didn’t a rockets team 8 or 9 years ago have one of the worst 3pt shooting games in nba history in a playoff game?

gamingonion | Rockets

15 | 8 hours ago

Bro hasn’t seen sarcasm

Rahazu | Warriors

0 | 8 hours ago

I just like rubbing salt in the wounds of bad teams

superpauwer2 | Rockets

0 | 3 hours ago

you just sound stupid haha

pdnbui | Rockets

2 | 8 hours ago

woosh

elaichSD

2 | 7 hours ago

Rockets have a guy down in the g-league that needs to see the floor before the post-season starts. He doesn’t fix all the issues but Tristen Newton is a better defender and scorer than Holiday and Sheppard. He was called up last week and I thought he would finally get a look.

Cheatercheaterbitch | Rockets

1 | 7 hours ago

Durant, Sengun…and who? Thompson? Thompson had like 4 fouls just running into the defenders on offense.

Rahazu | Warriors

-2 | 8 hours ago

Had to go check, 7-44 and missed 27 straight 3’s in a game 7 so definitely is possible

bigtice | Rockets

27 | 8 hours ago

1^st Quarter: Rockets forgot how to play defense and the Bulls get hot from 3.

2^nd Quarter: Rockets start to recover from the terrible start and prevent the lead from ballooning.

3^rd Quarter: Rockets remember how to play defense and the Bulls begin to go cold from 3.

4^th Quarter: Rockets are fully awake and whittle the remaining deficit that was originally 22 down to nothing. Then despite Durant’s best late game efforts, the Bulls coudln’t be stopped and held off the comeback.

EarthWarping | NBA

26 | 8 hours ago

Chicago literally only missed 1 shot in the last 2 min 50 seconds.

BlammoSweetums

23 | 8 hours ago

Is throwaway trade piece Leonard Miller better than the entire Rockets bench?

GeneRayburnJr | Timberwolves

16 | 8 hours ago

I honestly think he was the better of the two players the Wolves sent in the trade. Glad to see he went somewhere he can get minutes.

BlammoSweetums

10 | 8 hours ago

He seems to have a solid floor. Not particularly fast and has kind of wonky shot and handles but is generally in the right place at the right time and has good length + solid strength. Surprisingly good touch. Dillingham is interesting but needs to get jacked lol

PenisIsAVirtue

2 | 4 hours ago

He fixes that shot in the off season and he’s gonna be a vital piece to the Bulls if he stays.

Trizept

20 | 8 hours ago

Just saw KD hop on his burner

Lizpy6688 | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

Which one?

NigelSexMachine | Rockets

20 | 8 hours ago

This looked like a Bulls beatdown with the house Bari and Reed were building. Crazy comeback but we take that L

LMAO who was Udoka eyeing when he got ejected? Was it a kid

Thornton__Melon | Rockets

14 | 8 hours ago

He ain’t Chappell Roan

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

18 | 8 hours ago

Rockets look like a band that is about to break up.

chris-dempsey |

11 | 7 hours ago

Any team that KD goes to at the end of the season

WonderfulBread8048

1 | 17 minutes ago

They’ve got that “we’re just going through the motions” energy right now, especially on defense.

Any_Garbage_4359

16 | 8 hours ago

Every team is lining the play the rockets in the first round

d3mkatis | Nuggets

15 | 8 hours ago

Thanks you, Bulls. Back to 4th again

shangalang69 | Raptors

3 | 8 hours ago

don’t you want 6th to face lakers?

Mg29reaper | Celtics

23 | 8 hours ago

Nah all the west teams want rockets round 1

Steelers7589 | Nuggets

5 | 8 hours ago

Rockets by a lot. Then lakers, not thrilled. Then wolves, they terrify me.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

i thought lakers had 3rd secured already, still close it turns out my bad

KingC11_ | Lakers

4 | 8 hours ago

Nope they are on our ASS man. Gonna be a stressful finish to the season

shangalang69 | Raptors

4 | 8 hours ago

losing to the no-cade pistons is pretty gross at this point of the season

axnjxn00 | Magic

5 | 7 hours ago

Wasn’t it a 4 games in 5 nights?

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 7 hours ago

oh yeah maybe idk but still

chris-dempsey |

2 | 7 hours ago

4 games in 5 nights and they’ve been on the road for what seemed like a month lol

mordenak

1 | 5 hours ago

On the surface it may seem that way, but… March has been pretty crazy for the Lakers, 13 games so far, 10 .500+ opponents, 7 playoff teams and now this 5th game in 8 days west to east road trip and down probably the single most important player, Smart (he is in all their best lineups, and their defense goes from 111.9 w/ him to 120.9 w/o him). Brutal stretch - and it took a Jenkins career night to knock them out.

RFFF1996 | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

With 10 games left theur 2 game cushion is pretty big

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

yeah true which is why positioning to face lakers could be the play

Few_Citron_5140

14 | 8 hours ago

Houston looks great one day then the next game just idk weird team

Responsible_Cod_3973

10 | 8 hours ago

Sold a Sengun TD and KD 40 pointer by 2 dudes who wouldn’t look out of place on the short bus today. Both deciced to build affordable housing instead of getting buckets

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

8 | 8 hours ago

ime is such a fraud of a coach lol. Celtics dodged a bullet with ime cheating on Nina long

whospepesilvia | Rockets

5 | 8 hours ago

We suck

heat_fan_ | Raptors

5 | 8 hours ago

Can’t take the Rockets seriously

_theghost_ | Lakers

4 | 6 hours ago

Yeah in Houston, a lotta people are about to get fired and it might be deserved. I STILL do not know why tf did the rockets not get a backup PG at all. That alone is grounds for the GM to get whacked

Lizpy6688 | Rockets

4 | 6 hours ago

We’re in a weird spot

Ime is signed for another 6 years. He’s ass. Zero adjustments, can’t develop players other defense and even then it’s being exposed he’s not that good at. His rotations are extremely questionable.

He’ll give xs and os on defense but he’ll be heard on offense “go to work” that’s it. During timeouts he’ll stand like 20 feet away with his buddies(they’re all ass. One is a holdover from Silas’ coaching staff, one is a “shooting coach” one is for “toughness and intensity”) while the players are at the bench.

His whole thing is basically “here’s a ball go score” our offense is just iso ball and crash the boards. His refusal to develop Reed has fucked us. Reed has great offense despite a bad night tonight but Ime wouldn’t develop him, it’s weird.

He also REFUSES to take accountability and has zero issues throwing players under the bus.

This is what we get for trusting a guy who cheated on Nia Long. You can’t trust a man who would risk that.

ninth9wonder | Knicks

4 | 8 hours ago

But how were the vibes?

Fantastic-Boot-684 | Bulls

2 | 7 hours ago

Damn Rockets, you were supposed to not suck

FalseProphet1234 | Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

Vibes are good in Houston! What team is KD jumping to ruin next after this first round exit

TheCeilingIsTheRuuf | Bulls

1 | 8 hours ago

Ime after the game

SmileyPiesUntilIDrop | West

0 | 8 hours ago

Coach Ditka is smiling up from heaven by the effort from Da Bulls tonight.

Difficult_E | Bulls

-12 | 8 hours ago

Some sort of combination of Jabari, Sengun, and Sheppard can get traded for Giannis because these guys aren’t it. Sengun and Shep are gonna get absolutely cooked in the 4th, come playoff time.

Responsible_Cod_3973

8 | 8 hours ago

I remember this being said about Sengun last season and it wasn’t the case.

DCdem

0 | 8 hours ago

Not even sure that Sheppard is worth a single unprotected first.

Sunk cost fallacy is pretty much the only reason he still has any sort of hype as a potential cornerstone franchise player.

axnjxn00 | Magic

0 | 7 hours ago

He definitely isnt unless its a pick from a team thats guaranteed to be good

The Chicago Bulls (28-42) defeat the Houston Rockets (43-27), 132-124. Ime Udoka was not very happy about this.