{"id":589935,"date":"2026-02-08T06:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/589935\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:10:16","slug":"chicago-bulls-fall-to-denver-nuggets-136-120-for-4th-loss-in-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/589935\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls fall to Denver Nuggets 136-120 for 4th loss in row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikola Joki\u0107 had 22 points, 17 assists and 14 rebounds for his second triple-double in as many games, Jamal Murray had 28 points and 11 assists and the Denver Nuggets ended a three-game skid with a 136-120 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night at the United Center.<\/p>\n

It was Joki\u0107\u2019s 19th triple-double of the season. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 points for the Nuggets, who capped a three-game trip with a win after losing in Detroit and New York.<\/p>\n

Photos: Denver Nuggets 136, Chicago Bulls 120<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Matas Buzelis scored 21 points and Collin Sexton added 17 for the Bulls, who have lost four straight and seven of eight.<\/p>\n

The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period with a 16-2 run, but the Nuggets started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good. Joki\u0107 and Julian Strawther capped the run with consecutive 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

The Bulls went the first six minutes of the fourth before making their first field goal and finished the quarter 5-for-17 from the floor.<\/p>\n

Joki\u0107 had nine points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in 17 first-half minutes, but the Bulls led 65-59 at the intermission.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Bulls: at the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.
\nNuggets: vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.<\/p>\n

NBA trade grades: Did the Chicago Bulls get enough for Coby White? And what\u2019s with all the 2nd-round picks?<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107 had 22 points, 17 assists and 14 rebounds for his second triple-double in as many games,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,1585,187,762,79218,6,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-589935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-collin-sexton","14":"tag-denver-nuggets","15":"tag-jamal-murray","16":"tag-matas-tuzelis","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nikola-jokic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116033527730611425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}