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Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks

October 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Hawks 128-123 on 2025-10-27 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Hawks started Kristaps Porziņģis, Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. Kristaps Porziņģis (Hawks) scored 23 points (9/19) in his matchups, with Nikola Vučević as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Dyson Daniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Vučević GS 33:47 17 17 9 2 0 3 3 7-11 1-4 2-2 +11
Josh Giddey GS 32:56 18 13 5 1 1 3 0 7-14 2-5 2-4 +3
Matas Buzelis GS 32:21 16 5 3 0 0 1 2 6-14 2-7 2-3 +3
Tre Jones GS 30:42 14 7 9 2 1 2 2 5-10 2-4 2-2 -1
Isaac Okoro GS 24:17 10 0 1 0 0 1 2 4-8 1-4 1-1 -1
Ayo Dosunmu 26:51 21 3 2 0 0 0 2 7-10 4-6 3-4 +12
Patrick Williams 21:43 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 4-9 2-7 2-3 +1
Kevin Huerter 20:39 15 0 2 0 1 2 4 6-8 1-3 2-2 +8
Julian Phillips 9:31 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 -3
Jalen Smith 7:13 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0-4 0-1 0-0 -8
Totals 128 51 33 5 4 14 20 48-92 16-43 16-21

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Noa Essengue (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalen Terry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trae Young GS 33:59 21 3 17 0 0 1 2 7-22 1-10 6-7 -5
Dyson Daniels GS 33:45 2 7 2 3 0 1 4 1-8 0-0 0-0 -15
Jalen Johnson GS 31:44 25 6 3 3 0 1 2 11-18 0-3 3-3 -14
Kristaps Porziņģis GS 25:31 27 2 2 0 0 1 1 11-17 3-6 2-2 -8
Zaccharie Risacher GS 20:19 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1-5 0-2 0-0 +13
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 30:09 17 3 3 1 0 0 3 6-11 4-6 1-2 -13
Onyeka Okongwu 29:12 18 10 2 1 1 0 2 8-11 2-3 0-4 +4
Luke Kennard 20:43 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 2-2 1-1 2-2 +4
Mouhamed Gueye 9:33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0-1 0-0 +8
Keaton Wallace 5:05 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 123 36 32 8 1 6 17 49-98 11-32 14-20

Did not play: N'Faly Dante (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vít Krejčí (DNP - Coach's Decision), Asa Newell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

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 Kristaps Porziņģis: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Onyeka Okongwu: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Matas Buzelis Jalen Johnson: 36 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Giddey Dyson Daniels: 39 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Trae Young: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones Zaccharie Risacher: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trae Young: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Trae Young: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaac Okoro Trae Young: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams Mouhamed Gueye: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Onyeka Okongwu: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter Luke Kennard: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trae Young: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Julian Phillips Luke Kennard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Smith Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Trae Young Tre Jones: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Dyson Daniels Josh Giddey: 38 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Johnson Nikola Vučević: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Matas Buzelis: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu Nikola Vučević: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Smith: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kristaps Porziņģis Nikola Vučević: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Isaac Okoro: 11 poss., 14 pts (6/8)
Zaccharie Risacher Matas Buzelis: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kennard Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye Patrick Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Phillips: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)