25-29, 11-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	19	27	23	20	89
Bulls CHI	32	37	25	23	117

Chicago BullsBullsCHI

29-25, 16-10 Home

117

29-25, 16-10 Home

Denver Nuggets @ Chicago Bulls

Matchups

DEN

Season tied

1-1

CHI

Game 1@ DEN

Final

Game 2@ CHI

Final

117

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Portland	3	0	1.000	-	W3
Minnesota	3	1	.750	0.5	W2
Utah	2	1	.667	1	W1
Denver	2	1	.667	1	W2
Oklahoma City	1	3	.250	2.5	W1

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	1	1	.500	-	L1
Cleveland	1	2	.333	0.5	L1
Indiana	1	2	.333	0.5	L2
Chicago	1	2	.333	0.5	L2
Milwaukee	1	2	.333	0.5	L1

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