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Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat

November 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Bulls 143-107 on 2025-11-21 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Heat started Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 12 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 32:34 23 1 4 0 2 3 1 9-14 3-4 2-3 -33
Josh Giddey GS 31:24 19 11 9 0 0 3 2 6-14 1-3 6-9 -4
Nikola Vučević GS 20:34 6 4 3 0 0 1 1 2-8 0-4 2-2 -9
Matas Buzelis GS 18:38 6 5 1 1 2 2 2 2-8 0-3 2-2 -9
Isaac Okoro GS 16:52 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 4-8 1-2 0-2 -20
Jalen Smith 24:03 14 2 2 0 5 1 2 5-8 2-5 2-2 -24
Patrick Williams 18:17 8 1 2 1 1 1 6 3-6 1-4 1-2 -10
Julian Phillips 18:17 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 1-5 1-4 0-0 -14
Jevon Carter 18:08 10 1 0 1 0 2 1 2-8 2-8 4-4 -17
Tre Jones 17:52 6 4 2 1 1 3 0 2-6 0-2 2-2 -10
Dalen Terry 13:27 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 -11
Kevin Huerter 9:54 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1-4 1-4 0-0 -19
Totals 107 39 26 5 13 18 27 37-90 12-43 21-28

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 143

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bam Adebayo GS 29:27 18 7 5 0 3 1 3 4-11 2-5 8-10 +24
Kel'el Ware GS 27:57 20 14 1 2 1 1 1 8-15 0-1 4-4 +17
Pelle Larsson GS 26:06 16 2 7 2 0 0 5 4-5 2-3 6-6 +29
Norman Powell GS 24:39 19 2 2 2 1 0 1 6-14 2-7 5-8 +14
Davion Mitchell GS 23:47 16 0 6 1 0 0 2 7-9 0-2 2-4 +12
Keshad Johnson 29:28 14 11 1 1 2 1 3 3-10 2-5 6-6 +24
Simone Fontecchio 25:10 9 2 3 1 0 2 1 3-12 1-10 2-3 +25
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 23:57 10 7 7 1 0 3 3 5-11 0-0 0-0 +12
Dru Smith 18:24 12 7 2 3 0 2 1 4-7 2-2 2-3 +27
Jahmir Young 6:12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-5 2-2 0-0 -3
Myron Gardner 4:53 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 143 53 35 13 7 10 22 47-100 14-38 35-44

Lineups

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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
Ayo Dosunmu Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Norman Powell: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Giddey Davion Mitchell: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Smith Bam Adebayo: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević Bam Adebayo: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kel'el Ware: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Patrick Williams Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Norman Powell: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Julian Phillips Keshad Johnson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Dru Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Matas Buzelis Keshad Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Davion Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Simone Fontecchio: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jahmir Young: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro Kel'el Ware: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Norman Powell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Huerter Davion Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Keshad Johnson Julian Phillips: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware Nikola Vučević: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Patrick Williams: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Bam Adebayo Jalen Smith: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Patrick Williams: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Norman Powell Isaac Okoro: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio Jevon Carter: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Davion Mitchell Tre Jones: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Giddey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pelle Larsson Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dru Smith Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jahmir Young Jevon Carter: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Myron Gardner Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)