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Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Cavaliers 127-111 on 2025-12-17 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Darius Garland as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Chicago Bulls 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	33:30	23	11	11	2	1	3	2	8-18	5-11	2-2	+15
Isaac Okoro GS	30:54	12	2	1	1	0	0	4	6-7	0-0	0-0	+1
Coby White GS	30:22	25	5	3	2	0	3	3	8-13	3-5	6-7	-1
Nikola Vučević GS	28:57	20	9	4	2	1	1	0	9-14	2-4	0-0	+15
Matas Buzelis GS	22:15	9	1	1	0	1	1	2	3-7	0-2	3-4	+15
Kevin Huerter	25:55	11	3	1	0	0	2	2	4-9	3-6	0-0	+1
Tre Jones	24:17	11	1	11	3	0	1	1	5-7	0-1	1-2	+20
Zach Collins	16:20	10	4	2	2	0	2	1	4-8	1-4	1-3	+4
Jalen Smith	15:54	4	7	1	0	0	1	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	+11
Patrick Williams	10:32	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Dalen Terry	1:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		127	43	35	12	3	15	17	50-89	14-36	13-18

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

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Cleveland Cavaliers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	32:32	32	1	5	0	0	3	2	11-23	4-9	6-6	-15
Jaylon Tyson GS	32:29	21	2	3	1	1	3	3	8-10	2-4	3-4	-15
Darius Garland GS	30:11	15	5	6	0	0	2	2	6-16	3-7	0-0	-18
Jarrett Allen GS	27:36	14	6	3	1	2	2	1	7-9	0-0	0-0	-13
Dean Wade GS	21:51	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-6
De'Andre Hunter	27:46	12	5	1	0	0	2	3	4-9	2-6	2-2	-3
Thomas Bryant	18:05	7	6	0	0	0	3	2	2-6	1-4	2-2	-5
Craig Porter Jr.	17:49	4	2	4	3	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Lonzo Ball	17:25	2	7	1	1	0	3	0	1-5	0-4	0-0	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	7:45	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	2-4	-2
Tyrese Proctor	6:31	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+3
Totals		111	40	26	6	3	20	16	42-87	12-39	15-18

Lineups

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Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.6 min
Zach Collins · Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 3.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Josh Giddey 3.3 min
Zach Collins · Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 3.2 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey 2.6 min

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson Starter 11.1 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Craig Porter Jr. 9.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Jaylon Tyson 6.0 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson 3.6 min
Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Donovan Mitchell 14 pts (5/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (26 %, 2 pts) · Matas Buzelis (20 %, 0 pts) · Tre Jones (11 %, 1 pts)
Darius Garland 17 pts (6/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Coby White (23 %, 8 pts) · Isaac Okoro (22 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Huerter (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Jaylon Tyson: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Dean Wade: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Coby White	Darius Garland: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Dean Wade: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Isaac Okoro	Donovan Mitchell: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nikola Vučević	Jarrett Allen: 26 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Thomas Bryant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Craig Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kevin Huerter	De'Andre Hunter: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Darius Garland: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Matas Buzelis	Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dean Wade: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins	Jarrett Allen: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Thomas Bryant: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	De'Andre Hunter: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Thomas Bryant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Coby White 10 pts (4/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Garland (30 %, 5 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (15 %, 0 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (13 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 14 pts (5/14) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (46 %, 5 pts) · Dean Wade (11 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Isaac Okoro: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Tre Jones: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Josh Giddey: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Coby White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Garland	Coby White: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Isaac Okoro: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jarrett Allen	Nikola Vučević: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Zach Collins: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Tre Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Dean Wade	Matas Buzelis: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Zach Collins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Tre Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball	Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Isaac Okoro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)