Houston Rockets @ Chicago Bulls

Preseason

1-0, 1-0 Away

125

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	37	31	34	23	125
Bulls CHI	26	22	24	32	104

Chicago BullsBullsCHI

0-1, 0-1 Home

104

0-1, 0-1 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Danuel House Jr.D. House Jr.#4
DeMarcus CousinsD. Cousins#15
John WallJ. Wall#1
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
bench
Bruno CabocloB. Caboclo#5
Kenny WootenK. Wooten#7
KJ MartinMartin Jr.#6
David NwabaD. Nwaba#2
Ben McLemoreB. McLemore#16
Trevelin QueenT. Queen#21
Gerald GreenG. Green#14
Jerian GrantJ. Grant#25
Chris ClemonsC. Clemons#3
Mason JonesM. Jones#9
Brodric ThomasB. Thomas#33
P.J. TuckerP.J. Tucker#17
Sterling BrownS. Brown#0
James HardenJ. Harden#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	4	2-6	0-2	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	+10
17	7	2-5	2-4	1-4	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	+22
15	14	5-7	3-4	1-2	5	2	0	2	2	1	4	4	+23
19	13	6-10	1-3	0-0	5	9	2	2	0	2	3	2	+27
20	16	7-10	2-4	0-1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	+33
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	17	5-11	5-8	2-2	7	1	0	1	3	0	7	4	+6
8	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-8
9	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	-8
19	4	1-5	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	3	1	1	3	3	+7
19	10	3-7	2-5	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
6	3	1-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	-1
16	16	5-10	3-6	3-4	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	+8
13	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	5	1-8	1-5	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	-1
6	5	1-2	1-1	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1
14	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	-12
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	125	43-99	24-52	15-21	47	25	5	11	9	10	37	28
		43%	46%	71%

Chicago Bulls

starters
Lauri MarkkanenL. Markkanen#24
Otto Porter Jr.O. Porter Jr.#22
Wendell Carter Jr.W. Carter Jr.#34
Zach LaVineZ. LaVine#8
Coby WhiteC. White#0
bench
Noah VonlehN. Vonleh#5
Daniel GaffordD. Gafford#12
Patrick WilliamsP. Williams#9
Chandler HutchisonC. Hutchison#15
Luke KornetL. Kornet#2
Tomas SatoranskyT. Satoransky#31
Ryan ArcidiaconoR. Arcidiacono#51
Zach Norvell Jr.Z. Norvell Jr.#25
Devon DotsonD. Dotson#3
Cristiano FelicioC. Felicio#6
Thaddeus YoungT. Young#21
Simi ShittuS. Shittu#14
Adam MokokaA. Mokoka#20
Garrett TempleG. Temple#17
Denzel ValentineD. Valentine#45
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	13	5-8	3-5	0-0	5	1	4	2	1	3	2	1	-27
19	9	3-6	1-3	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	-18
19	4	1-7	0-5	2-2	7	2	3	0	0	2	5	1	-26
23	12	4-8	2-4	2-4	3	1	2	0	2	0	3	4	-26
23	15	5-11	2-4	3-3	1	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	-29
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	12	3-4	0-1	6-9	8	0	2	0	1	2	6	2	+3
17	5	2-9	0-0	1-2	8	0	2	0	0	4	4	2	-4
25	12	5-9	0-2	2-2	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	3	+3
20	8	1-3	0-0	6-8	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	+10
7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2
26	11	3-5	2-3	3-5	7	6	0	0	0	1	6	1	0
11	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	+5
6	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	+1
7	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	+5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT LEG INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NWT - Self Isolating
DNP-STRAINED LEFT HAMSTRING
	104	33-80	11-34	27-37	56	20	20	3	5	14	42	19
		41%	32%	73%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

CHI wins 2-0

Rockets
120
Bulls
125

Game 1

19/1

Bulls
120
Rockets
100

Game 2

23/2

United Center

1:00 AM, 12 December 2020

Chicago, IL

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Nick Buchert
Robert Hussey

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	23	9	.719	-	L2
Houston	20	10	.667	2	W3
Memphis	15	18	.455	8.5	L2
Dallas	12	22	.353	12	L3
New Orleans	8	26	.235	16	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	25	8	.758	-	W1
Cleveland	18	16	.529	7.5	W1
Chicago	15	17	.469	9.5	L2
Milwaukee	14	19	.424	11	W2
Indiana	6	27	.182	19	L9

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Houston Rockets @ Chicago Bulls

Regular Season Series

CHI wins 2-0

Game Information

2025-26 Southwest Standings

2025-26 Central Standings

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