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Chicago Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the 76ers 109-102 on 2025-12-26 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The 76ers started Paul George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 19 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Nikola Vučević as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 10 points (4/8) in his matchups, with VJ Edgecombe as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHI

Chicago Bulls 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	32:37	12	6	11	1	0	5	1	3-12	1-6	5-6	+6
Coby White GS	29:01	13	7	6	0	0	1	1	4-12	1-6	4-4	-1
Nikola Vučević GS	28:34	7	7	1	0	1	0	2	3-7	1-2	0-0	+1
Matas Buzelis GS	19:43	10	8	0	0	3	3	5	3-10	2-6	2-2	-6
Isaac Okoro GS	17:50	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-2	0-0	-14
Tre Jones	24:13	15	6	2	1	0	0	1	6-10	0-2	3-6	+3
Ayo Dosunmu	23:46	8	3	4	1	0	1	1	3-6	2-4	0-0	+13
Kevin Huerter	22:30	9	1	1	0	0	1	3	4-9	1-6	0-2	+3
Jalen Smith	22:21	12	8	3	0	1	0	1	4-7	2-4	2-2	+24
Zach Collins	19:26	15	5	1	0	1	0	2	5-8	2-3	3-3	+6
Totals		109	52	31	3	6	11	18	38-86	14-41	19-25

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalen Terry (DNP - Coach's Decision), Patrick Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey GS	40:21	27	5	8	0	2	2	3	9-24	5-11	4-4	0
Paul George GS	34:32	15	11	5	0	0	1	3	5-15	4-9	1-1	-1
VJ Edgecombe GS	33:22	10	7	3	1	0	1	4	4-13	0-5	2-2	-15
Joel Embiid GS	32:11	31	5	1	0	1	2	2	10-19	2-4	9-9	+2
Dominick Barlow GS	27:01	7	6	2	3	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	3-4	+10
Quentin Grimes	25:53	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-21
Jared McCain	16:49	6	3	0	2	0	0	3	3-9	0-3	0-0	+3
Jabari Walker	10:08	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-6
Andre Drummond	7:57	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Adem Bona	7:30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	0
Justin Edwards	4:16	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Totals		102	46	22	7	4	8	20	35-93	11-39	21-24

Did not play: Johni Broome (DNP - Coach's Decision), Eric Gordon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.0 min
Zach Collins · Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu 9.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 5.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 2.9 min

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Paul George · Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · VJ Edgecombe Starter 10.8 min
Paul George · Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · VJ Edgecombe 7.2 min
Paul George · Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · Jared McCain 5.0 min
Paul George · Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Jabari Walker 2.7 min
Andre Drummond · Dominick Barlow · Jared McCain · Justin Edwards · VJ Edgecombe 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bulls defense

Joel Embiid 19 pts (7/16) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (30 %, 0 pts) · Zach Collins (24 %, 4 pts) · Matas Buzelis (12 %, 5 pts)
Tyrese Maxey 13 pts (5/13) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Jones (22 %, 4 pts) · Coby White (19 %, 2 pts) · Isaac Okoro (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	VJ Edgecombe: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Paul George: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Tyrese Maxey: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Quentin Grimes: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević	Joel Embiid: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dominick Barlow: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	VJ Edgecombe: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quentin Grimes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Tyrese Maxey: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jared McCain: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Matas Buzelis	Dominick Barlow: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Joel Embiid: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Kevin Huerter	Quentin Grimes: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyrese Maxey: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	Jabari Walker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul George: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro	Tyrese Maxey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul George: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zach Collins	Joel Embiid: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Paul George: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

76ers defense

Coby White 10 pts (4/8) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: VJ Edgecombe (27 %, 4 pts) · Dominick Barlow (16 %, 2 pts) · Quentin Grimes (16 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 17 pts (7/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Dominick Barlow (23 %, 4 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (18 %, 0 pts) · Paul George (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey	Tre Jones: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Isaac Okoro: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Paul George	Jalen Smith: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
VJ Edgecombe	Ayo Dosunmu: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Coby White: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Joel Embiid	Nikola Vučević: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Zach Collins: 20 poss., 11 pts (4/8)
Dominick Barlow	Josh Giddey: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Quentin Grimes	Kevin Huerter: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Coby White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain	Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jabari Walker	Jalen Smith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach Collins: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona	Zach Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Drummond	Nikola Vučević: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zach Collins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Justin Edwards	Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)