The NBA Bulls challenged the Nuggets away on the 25th, and finally won 129-119 under the leadership of the Eastern Conference Player of the Week "Little White" White who scored 37 points for two consecutive weeks, which also left Westbrook's scoring record night regrets.
White (left) scored 37 points to smash the Nuggets
The Nuggets chose not to let Gordon play in the "back-to-back" games today, and Jokic continued to miss the game due to injury, and the starting five were missing two main players, but they still controlled the rhythm in the early part of the game, and there was an 8-point lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Bulls began to chase points, tied the score after the first half, and the two teams also scored 30 points in the third quarter to enter the tiebreaker at 95-95, while White had already scored 30 points in the first three quarters.
Footage of the game
Entering the decisive quarter, the Bulls turned on the outside firepower, shooting 6 of 11 three-pointers in a single quarter to break the nuggets, and Giddey and Terry made three consecutive three-pointers at the end of the game to become a watershed in the game, making the Nuggets unable to catch up, and finally took away the victory by 10 points.
White has been on a hot streak recently, and has won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks, which is the first time since Embiid in 2023 that a player has written this achievement, and today he continued his firepower, scoring 37 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Giddey also had 26 points, and Terry and Smith both contributed 14 points from the bench.
Westbrook
For the Nuggets, Westbrook came off the bench today with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists, and made an oversized three-pointer at the end of the first quarter, allowing him to surpass Garnett's 26,071 career points and officially become the 20th in the league.