New Orleans Pelicans @ Chicago Bulls

Preseason

1-2, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pelicans NO	17	21	19	28	85
Bulls CHI	30	33	33	25	121

Chicago BullsBullsCHI

2-0, 2-0 Home

121

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Nikola Vucevic misses two point shot
DeMar DeRozan makes 19-foot jumper
Nikola Vucevic makes 17-foot jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Nikola Vucevic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan makes driving layup
Zach LaVine makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
Jonas Valanciunas blocks Nikola Vucevic's two point shot
Lonzo Ball misses 8-foot two point shot
Nikola Vucevic makes two point shot
Javonte Green makes two point shot
DeMar DeRozan misses 9-foot two point shot
Nikola Vucevic makes two point shot (Zach LaVine assists)
Zach LaVine misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Vucevic assists)
Alex Caruso misses driving layup
Zach LaVine makes layup (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
Alex Caruso misses pullup jump shot
Alize Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan misses 14-foot two point shot
Stanley Johnson makes layup (Alize Johnson assists)
DeMar DeRozan misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alize Johnson misses two point shot
Alize Johnson makes two point shot
DeMar DeRozan misses 19-foot jumper
Alex Caruso makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alize Johnson assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Alize Johnson assists)
Alex Caruso misses jumper
Lonzo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alize Johnson assists)
Zach LaVine makes 6-foot two point shot
Nikola Vucevic makes 18-foot jumper (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
Zach LaVine misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Vucevic misses 20-foot jumper
Zach LaVine misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Vucevic misses two point shot
Nikola Vucevic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zach LaVine makes layup (Alex Caruso assists)
Zach LaVine misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan makes two point shot
DeMar DeRozan misses two point shot
Nikola Vucevic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zach LaVine makes three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
Nikola Vucevic makes 19-foot jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)
Nikola Vucevic misses 11-foot jumper
DeMar DeRozan misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Zach LaVine makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Vucevic misses 21-foot jumper
Javonte Green makes driving floating jump shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Zach LaVine misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)
DeMar DeRozan misses 10-foot jumper
Nikola Vucevic makes two point shot (Zach LaVine assists)
Nikola Vucevic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zach LaVine misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
DeMar DeRozan makes 19-foot jumper
Lonzo Ball makes three point jumper (Javonte Green assists)
DeMar DeRozan makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
DeMar DeRozan makes jumper
Nikola Vucevic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Zach LaVine makes layup (Derrick Jones Jr. assists)
Alex Caruso makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Vucevic assists)
Nikola Vucevic makes 4-foot two point shot (Zach LaVine assists)
Derrick Jones Jr. misses three point jumper
Zach LaVine makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
Derrick Jones Jr. makes alley oop dunk shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Troy Brown Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Troy Brown Jr. makes three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Troy Brown Jr. makes driving layup (Alize Johnson assists)
Matt Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Willy Hernangomez blocks Ayo Dosunmu 's 11-foot jumper
Ayo Dosunmu makes jumper (Derrick Jones Jr. assists)
Troy Brown Jr. misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
Alize Johnson makes two point shot
Matt Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
Matt Thomas misses driving layup
Matt Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devon Dotson assists)
Ayo Dosunmu makes 7-foot two point shot (Matt Thomas assists)
Matt Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Stanley Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ayo Dosunmu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Matt Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Matt Thomas makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Devon Dotson assists)
Herbert Jones blocks Matt Thomas's three point jumper
Devon Dotson makes driving layup (Ethan Thompson assists)
Stanley Johnson misses driving layup
Tyler Cook makes layup
Devon Dotson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jose Alvarado blocks Marko Simonovic's two point shot
Daniel Oturu makes driving layup (Devon Dotson assists)
Devon Dotson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ethan Thompson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Devon Dotson misses three point jumper
Tyler Cook misses driving layup
Daniel Oturu makes two point shot
Jonas Valanciunas misses three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 67-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper
Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper
Garrett Temple makes two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)
Garrett Temple misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 20-foot two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Garrett Temple misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas makes 14-foot jumper (Garrett Temple assists)
Lonzo Ball blocks Trey Murphy III's driving layup
Jonas Valanciunas makes driving dunk
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jonas Valanciunas makes 18-foot jumper (Josh Hart assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses dunk
Zach LaVine blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 2-foot driving layup
Willy Hernangomez misses driving layup
Willy Hernangomez misses 7-foot two point shot
Trey Murphy III misses three point jumper
Trey Murphy III misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Trey Murphy III makes layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Kira Lewis Jr. makes 14-foot jumper (Willy Hernangomez assists)
Tomas Satoransky makes layup (Willy Hernangomez assists)
Jonas Valanciunas makes 8-foot jumper
Alize Johnson blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 11-foot jumper
Trey Murphy III makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Kira Lewis Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Kira Lewis Jr. misses two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas misses 4-foot two point shot
Josh Hart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Jonas Valanciunas misses 20-foot jumper
Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Naji Marshall makes 12-foot two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 13-foot jumper
Devonte' Graham misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Devonte' Graham makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot two point shot
Devonte' Graham makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas misses 6-foot two point shot
Garrett Temple makes 26-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
Naji Marshall makes two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 18-foot jumper
Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
Garrett Temple makes 21-foot jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Naji Marshall makes dunk (Devonte' Graham assists)
Javonte Green blocks Garrett Temple 's 25-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 27-foot three point jumper
Naji Marshall makes jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Naji Marshall misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devonte' Graham misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas misses layup
Tomas Satoransky makes pullup jump shot
Kira Lewis Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trey Murphy III misses 21-foot jumper
Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trey Murphy III misses 10-foot jumper
Willy Hernangomez misses 14-foot two point shot
Kira Lewis Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot
Willy Hernangomez misses driving layup
Kira Lewis Jr. makes two point shot (Trey Murphy III assists)
Trey Murphy III makes 28-foot three point jumper (Didi Louzada assists)
Ayo Dosunmu blocks Didi Louzada's dunk
Kira Lewis Jr. misses two point shot
Naji Marshall makes two point shot
Didi Louzada misses 26-foot three point jumper
Matt Thomas blocks Naji Marshall 's 2-foot driving layup
Naji Marshall makes driving layup
Naji Marshall misses 27-foot three point jumper
Naji Marshall makes layup
Trey Murphy III makes 28-foot three point jumper (Daulton Hommes assists)
Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Daulton Hommes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Didi Louzada misses 26-foot three point jumper
Daulton Hommes misses jumper
Marko Simonovic blocks Herbert Jones 's 2-foot layup
Didi Louzada makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)
Daulton Hommes misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
Daulton Hommes makes 1-foot driving dunk
Daulton Hommes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
Daulton Hommes misses 27-foot three point jumper
Didi Louzada misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot

PELICANS

BULLS

TIME		NO	CHI
12:00	Jonas Valanciunas vs. Nikola Vucevic (Zach LaVine gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Nikola Vucevic misses two point shot	0	0
11:38	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Jonas Valanciunas misses three point jumper	0	0
11:27	Zach LaVine defensive rebound	0	0
11:26	Nikola Vucevic bad pass (Naji Marshall steals)	0	0
11:21	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 67-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:15	DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound	0	0
11:02	DeMar DeRozan makes 19-foot jumper	0	2
10:54	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:54	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound	0	2
10:42	Nikola Vucevic makes 17-foot jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)	0	4
10:28	Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper	0	4
10:27	Pelicans offensive team rebound	0	4
10:27	Nikola Vucevic loose ball foul	0	4
10:17	Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper	0	4
10:17	Javonte Green defensive rebound	0	4
10:14	Naji Marshall personal foul	0	4
10:05	Nikola Vucevic misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	4
10:03	Devonte' Graham defensive rebound	0	4
10:01	Garrett Temple makes two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)	2	4
9:51	Lonzo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:51	Naji Marshall defensive rebound	2	4
9:44	Garrett Temple misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:42	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound	2	4
9:34	DeMar DeRozan makes driving layup	2	6
9:13	Devonte' Graham bad pass (Nikola Vucevic steals)	2	6
8:57	Zach LaVine makes 20-foot step back jumpshot	2	8
8:43	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)	4	8
8:27	Jonas Valanciunas blocks Nikola Vucevic's two point shot	4	8
8:24	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	4	8
8:13	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 20-foot two point shot	4	8
8:10	Javonte Green defensive rebound	4	8
8:02	DeMar DeRozan traveling	4	8
7:52	Garrett Temple bad pass (Nikola Vucevic steals)	4	8
7:47	Lonzo Ball misses 8-foot two point shot	4	8
7:47	Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound	4	8
7:47	Nikola Vucevic makes two point shot	4	10
7:47	Pelicans Full timeout	4	10
7:29	Naji Marshall lost ball turnover (Javonte Green steals)	4	10
7:26	Javonte Green makes two point shot	4	12
7:26	Devonte' Graham shooting foul	4	12
7:26	Trey Murphy III enters the game for Naji Marshall	4	12
7:26	Javonte Green makes free throw 1 of 1	4	13
7:18	Devonte' Graham bad pass (Javonte Green steals)	4	13
7:08	DeMar DeRozan misses 9-foot two point shot	4	13
7:04	Devonte' Graham defensive rebound	4	13
6:58	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	13
6:56	Javonte Green defensive rebound	4	13
6:42	Nikola Vucevic makes two point shot (Zach LaVine assists)	4	15
6:30	Garrett Temple misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	15
6:27	Lonzo Ball defensive rebound	4	15
6:17	Zach LaVine misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	15
6:15	Garrett Temple defensive rebound	4	15
6:09	Jonas Valanciunas makes 14-foot jumper (Garrett Temple assists)	6	15
5:49	Lonzo Ball makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Vucevic assists)	6	17
5:34	Lonzo Ball blocks Trey Murphy III's driving layup	6	17
5:32	Lonzo Ball defensive rebound	6	17
5:30	Jonas Valanciunas shooting foul	6	17
5:30	Javonte Green makes free throw 1 of 2	6	18
5:30	Troy Brown Jr. enters the game for DeMar DeRozan	6	18
5:30	Josh Hart enters the game for Garrett Temple	6	18
5:30	Javonte Green makes free throw 2 of 2	6	19
5:08	Jonas Valanciunas makes driving dunk	8	19
4:55	Nikola Vucevic traveling	8	19
4:55	Tomas Satoransky enters the game for Devonte' Graham	8	19
4:55	Alex Caruso enters the game for Lonzo Ball	8	19
4:55	Stanley Johnson enters the game for Javonte Green	8	19
4:42	Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	8	19
4:39	Stanley Johnson defensive rebound	8	19
4:31	Zach LaVine bad pass (Tomas Satoransky steals)	8	19
4:21	Jonas Valanciunas makes 18-foot jumper (Josh Hart assists)	10	19
4:07	Alex Caruso misses driving layup	10	19
4:04	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	10	19
3:59	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses dunk	10	19
3:57	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound	10	19
3:56	Zach LaVine makes layup (Troy Brown Jr. assists)	10	21
3:42	Zach LaVine blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 2-foot driving layup	10	21
3:42	Pelicans offensive team rebound	10	21
3:42	Alize Johnson enters the game for Nikola Vucevic	10	21
3:42	Willy Hernangomez enters the game for Nickeil Alexander-Walker	10	21
3:42	Kira Lewis Jr. enters the game for Jonas Valanciunas	10	21
3:27	Willy Hernangomez misses driving layup	10	21
3:25	Alize Johnson defensive rebound	10	21
3:19	Alex Caruso misses pullup jump shot	10	21
3:14	Willy Hernangomez defensive rebound	10	21
3:08	Trey Murphy III traveling	10	21
3:08	DeMar DeRozan enters the game for Zach LaVine	10	21
2:50	Alize Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	21
2:47	Tomas Satoransky defensive rebound	10	21
2:40	Willy Hernangomez misses 7-foot two point shot	10	21
2:37	Alize Johnson defensive rebound	10	21
2:34	Trey Murphy III shooting foul	10	21
2:34	Bulls Full timeout	10	21
2:34	Alex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 2	10	22
2:34	Alex Caruso makes free throw 2 of 2	10	23
2:28	Alex Caruso personal foul	10	23
2:18	Trey Murphy III misses three point jumper	10	23
2:16	Josh Hart offensive rebound	10	23
2:12	Stanley Johnson shooting foul	10	23
2:12	Tomas Satoransky misses free throw 1 of 2	10	23
2:12	Pelicans offensive team rebound	10	23
2:12	Tomas Satoransky makes free throw 2 of 2	11	23
1:53	DeMar DeRozan misses 14-foot two point shot	11	23
1:51	Willy Hernangomez defensive rebound	11	23
1:41	Trey Murphy III misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	11	23
1:39	Troy Brown Jr. defensive rebound	11	23
1:33	Troy Brown Jr. lost ball turnover (Tomas Satoransky steals)	11	23
1:26	Trey Murphy III makes layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)	13	23
1:08	Stanley Johnson makes layup (Alize Johnson assists)	13	25
58.9	Kira Lewis Jr. makes 14-foot jumper (Willy Hernangomez assists)	15	25
49.2	DeMar DeRozan misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	25
44.3	Alize Johnson offensive rebound	15	25
44.3	Alize Johnson misses two point shot	15	25
44.3	Alize Johnson offensive rebound	15	25
44.3	Alize Johnson makes two point shot	15	27
30.9	Tomas Satoransky makes layup (Willy Hernangomez assists)	17	27
11.0	DeMar DeRozan misses 19-foot jumper	17	27
8.4	Trey Murphy III defensive rebound	17	27
3.3	Tomas Satoransky bad pass (Troy Brown Jr. steals)	17	27
0.0	Alex Caruso makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alize Johnson assists)	17	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	30

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Pelicans
112
Bulls
128

Game 1

23/10

Bulls
109
Pelicans
126

Game 2

25/3

United Center

1:00 AM, 9 October 2021

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 13,909

Referees:
James Capers
Nick Buchert
Blanca Burns

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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