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Chicago Bulls vs. LA Clippers

January 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Clippers 138-110 on 2026-01-20 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, and Matas Buzelis. The Clippers started James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, John Collins, and Kobe Sanders. James Harden (Clippers) scored 17 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 13 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 138

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Vučević GS 32:20 19 8 4 1 2 0 1 8-12 1-2 2-2 +16
Coby White GS 30:37 27 2 6 1 1 3 2 9-16 6-10 3-3 +15
Matas Buzelis GS 30:03 21 2 4 1 2 2 2 8-14 4-8 1-2 +27
Jalen Smith GS 23:35 10 9 1 1 2 1 3 4-10 2-4 0-1 +10
Isaac Okoro GS 14:56 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 -6
Kevin Huerter 28:54 14 4 7 1 2 2 1 5-10 4-8 0-0 +7
Ayo Dosunmu 28:50 18 3 4 2 1 1 2 7-10 4-5 0-0 +28
Tre Jones 25:38 15 8 10 1 1 1 1 6-7 1-2 2-2 +32
Dalen Terry 13:58 9 5 3 1 0 1 0 3-7 2-4 1-2 +11
Lachlan Olbrich 3:43 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Jevon Carter 3:43 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 0
Julian Phillips 3:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 138 42 40 10 11 12 15 52-92 25-47 9-12

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
James Harden GS 30:37 24 5 6 0 0 6 2 9-25 3-9 3-3 -6
Kris Dunn GS 26:06 4 5 6 0 1 1 1 2-5 0-0 0-0 -8
Kobe Sanders GS 25:02 8 2 3 1 0 0 1 3-5 1-3 1-1 -11
John Collins GS 23:42 23 0 1 0 0 0 3 9-12 5-6 0-0 -11
Ivica Zubac GS 21:58 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 5-12 0-0 2-3 -8
Cam Christie 22:58 7 5 1 2 0 2 0 3-4 0-1 1-2 -17
Jordan Miller 21:59 12 2 2 0 0 3 2 4-10 0-3 4-4 -33
Brook Lopez 14:02 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0-3 0-2 0-0 -11
Nicolas Batum 12:18 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -8
Kobe Brown 12:00 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-0 1-2 -9
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 12:00 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 2-4 0-1 0-0 -9
TyTy Washington Jr. 12:00 11 0 1 2 0 0 0 5-6 1-2 0-0 -9
Patrick Baldwin Jr. 5:18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 2-2 0
Totals 110 41 24 6 5 16 13 43-92 10-30 14-17

Lineups

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Vučević Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Coby White Kris Dunn: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Cam Christie: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Matas Buzelis John Collins: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · James Harden: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Kevin Huerter Jordan Miller: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Nicolas Batum: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu James Harden: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · TyTy Washington Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ivica Zubac: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones Cam Christie: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Isaac Okoro Ivica Zubac: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry Cam Christie: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kobe Brown: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Lachlan Olbrich Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter TyTy Washington Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips Patrick Baldwin Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
James Harden Ayo Dosunmu: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/7) · Isaac Okoro: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Coby White: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaac Okoro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Tre Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
John Collins Matas Buzelis: 21 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jalen Smith: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Cam Christie Tre Jones: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kevin Huerter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac Nikola Vučević: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Coby White: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brook Lopez Jalen Smith: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Nikola Vučević: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Lachlan Olbrich: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr. Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jevon Carter: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kobe Brown Isaac Okoro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. Julian Phillips: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)