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Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Bulls 112-99 on 2026-01-03 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, PJ Hall, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Matas Buzelis (Bulls) scored 17 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Chicago Bulls 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	34:21	17	8	3	0	0	3	1	6-16	2-8	3-6	-11
Nikola Vučević GS	33:59	28	7	8	0	1	2	2	11-15	3-4	3-4	-9
Tre Jones GS	27:56	10	2	8	1	0	1	1	4-10	0-1	2-2	-8
Isaac Okoro GS	27:10	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	1-5	0-4	0-0	-4
Jalen Smith GS	15:01	9	5	1	0	3	1	0	4-5	1-2	0-0	+6
Kevin Huerter	30:32	9	11	7	1	1	0	1	3-11	1-7	2-2	0
Ayo Dosunmu	27:53	16	4	4	1	0	2	1	7-12	2-5	0-0	-10
Julian Phillips	15:05	3	1	0	4	0	1	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-15
Patrick Williams	14:58	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0-7	0-5	0-0	-14
Dalen Terry	13:05	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	0
Totals		99	43	32	9	5	11	16	39-87	11-41	10-14

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Charlotte Hornets 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	36:20	22	6	4	1	1	0	2	8-19	4-10	2-2	+3
Miles Bridges GS	35:20	26	14	1	1	0	1	1	11-18	3-7	1-1	+19
Kon Knueppel GS	32:52	18	5	1	0	0	2	2	4-14	2-6	8-9	+18
LaMelo Ball GS	26:26	17	6	7	2	0	1	1	7-15	3-8	0-0	+12
PJ Hall GS	22:03	10	6	0	0	2	3	2	4-7	1-1	1-2	0
Sion James	29:52	3	7	3	0	0	2	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	+7
Josh Green	24:38	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+6
Collin Sexton	19:50	13	2	3	2	0	2	1	3-7	0-1	7-9	-1
Liam McNeeley	12:39	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		112	52	23	7	3	11	12	39-91	15-41	19-23

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Antonio Reeves (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tidjane Salaün (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis Starter 6.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 8.8 min
Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 5.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Ayo Dosunmu · Julian Phillips · Matas Buzelis 3.8 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry 3.8 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.4 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.7 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Sion James 5.1 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.6 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

LaMelo Ball 4 pts (2/5) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (29 %, 2 pts) · Tre Jones (24 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Huerter (13 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 18 pts (6/12) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Jones (20 %, 2 pts) · Matas Buzelis (16 %, 6 pts) · Isaac Okoro (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	PJ Hall: 26 poss., 18 pts (8/9) · Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Tre Jones	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ayo Dosunmu	Sion James: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter	Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Liam McNeeley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalen Terry	Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Josh Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Sion James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Smith	Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Matas Buzelis 17 pts (6/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (29 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 7 pts) · Sion James (16 %, 0 pts)
Nikola Vučević 21 pts (9/18) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: PJ Hall (50 %, 7 pts) · Miles Bridges (18 %, 6 pts) · Josh Green (6 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Matas Buzelis: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Isaac Okoro: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Jalen Smith: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nikola Vučević: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Kon Knueppel	Isaac Okoro: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Kevin Huerter: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Phillips: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Julian Phillips: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Tre Jones: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
PJ Hall	Nikola Vučević: 35 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Kevin Huerter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalen Terry: 8 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley	Kevin Huerter: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Patrick Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)