The NBA preseason game between the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets will take place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, October 7 at 8:00 PM ET.
The Chicago Bulls will welcome the Denver Nuggets to the United Center for an NBA preseason game on Friday. The Bulls narrowly lost their first preseason game 129-125 to the New Orleans Pelicans. A few of their starters started the game and put up decent numbers. DeMar DeRozan top scored for the Bulls with 21 points while Nikola Vucevic dropped 15 points and also had an impressive 11 rebounds.
Zach LaVine who scored 10 points, spoke to reporters after the game and said, “I just want to work my way into it. Obviously, coming off the knee and feeling really good I don’t want to put an extra stress on it where I don’t need to. I was rehabbing all summer, so take it a little slower. I feel really fine and want to keep it that way.”
On the other hand, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were defeated 112-101 by the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first preseason game. Despite the loss, the Nuggets will be very happy as this game marked the return of two of their star players, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.
Murray, who did not feature last season at all played 15 minutes and put up 10 points while Michael Porter Jr scored 12 points as he got 14 minutes of action. Porter sat down with SiriusXM Radio and said, “Definitely the West has a lot of talent and we are just as talented as anybody. So, we are looking to be one of those teams, night in night out that people don’t look forward to playing. Right now, we are focusing on building that championship culture and so far things are going good.”
Chicago Bulls: Lonzo Ball, Justin Lewis
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic, Collin Gillespie
Chicago Bulls: Zach LaVine, Ayo Dosunmu, DeMar DeRozan, Patrick Williams, Nikola Vucevic
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Michael Porter Jr, Aaron Gordon, DeAndre Jordan
The NBA preseason game between the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets will take place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, October 7 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Chicago Bulls and Denver Nuggets will be telecast live on NBC Sports Chicago.
Country | Channel | Date and Time |
United States | NBC Sports Chicago | October 7 (8:00 PM ET) |
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