Overview
- Nikola Vucevic scored a season-high 35 points and converted the winner with 4 seconds left after Isaac Okoro saved a rebound and Tre Jones fed him under the rim.
- The game swung throughout with 26 ties and 17 lead changes, and Utah erased a 12-point deficit in the final minutes before Chicago closed it out.
- Brice Sensabaugh delivered a career-best 43 points with 21 in the first quarter, a benchmark for bench scorers in the play-by-play era, as Utah played without Lauri Markkanen due to illness.
- Keyonte George finished with 25 points and 7 assists, pouring in 15 in the fourth quarter before missing a potential game-winning three at the buzzer.
- Chicago was without Josh Giddey, who begins a noncontact ramp-up toward possible clearance for contact next week, and Billy Donovan shortened Matas Buzelis’ night for defensive lapses, while Zach Collins remains in a walking boot for at least two more weeks.