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Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets

February 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Bulls 131-99 on 2026-02-24 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Patrick Williams, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 3 points (0/4) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 11 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	33:02	32	7	2	1	0	2	2	13-19	6-11	0-0	-7
Isaac Okoro GS	27:04	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-6	1-5	4-4	-33
Guerschon Yabusele GS	26:33	11	4	1	2	0	1	2	3-8	3-7	2-2	-9
Patrick Williams GS	25:57	11	2	1	0	0	4	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	-4
Josh Giddey GS	25:50	8	2	5	2	0	5	1	3-11	0-2	2-3	-22
Collin Sexton	28:24	10	2	1	2	0	2	3	4-9	2-5	0-0	-16
Rob Dillingham	23:20	6	5	5	0	0	3	2	2-9	0-2	2-2	-21
Nick Richards	21:54	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	2-5	0-0	2-2	-22
Tre Jones	19:59	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-7	0-2	1-2	-25
Leonard Miller	4:58	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+1
Lachlan Olbrich	2:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		99	33	18	9	1	19	12	35-82	16-40	13-15

Did not play: Jalen Smith (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moussa Diabaté GS	30:39	9	7	5	3	3	0	1	4-4	0-0	1-2	+22
Brandon Miller GS	25:24	23	5	3	2	1	6	2	9-16	5-9	0-0	+16
LaMelo Ball GS	23:14	16	3	7	1	0	2	3	6-16	4-12	0-0	+31
Kon Knueppel GS	22:31	21	1	2	2	0	0	2	7-12	3-6	4-4	+24
Miles Bridges GS	22:17	16	7	2	2	1	2	0	6-11	4-7	0-0	+19
Sion James	19:34	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Grant Williams	19:17	11	4	2	0	0	1	2	3-5	2-4	3-3	+19
Josh Green	16:51	11	4	0	0	0	1	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	+21
Ryan Kalkbrenner	16:40	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+10
Coby White	15:33	10	3	4	1	0	2	1	4-9	2-4	0-0	+20
Pat Connaughton	13:03	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	-9
Tre Mann	7:50	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Xavier Tillman	7:07	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Totals		131	46	31	13	8	16	14	49-95	25-57	8-9

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Guerschon Yabusele · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 10.3 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Rob Dillingham 4.7 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Rob Dillingham 3.7 min
Collin Sexton · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 3.6 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 14.2 min
Pat Connaughton · Xavier Tillman · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 5.0 min
Pat Connaughton · Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 4.7 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.7 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

LaMelo Ball 3 pts (0/4) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (50 %, 2 pts) · Matas Buzelis (15 %, 0 pts) · Josh Giddey (8 %, 1 pts)
Coby White 2 pts (0/1) in 27 possessions

Guarded by: Rob Dillingham (26 %, 0 pts) · Tre Jones (24 %, 0 pts) · Collin Sexton (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Isaac Okoro	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Giddey	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton	Josh Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele	Moussa Diabaté: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nick Richards	Moussa Diabaté: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham	Coby White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tre Jones	Josh Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Leonard Miller	Pat Connaughton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Xavier Tillman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Xavier Tillman: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Collin Sexton 11 pts (4/14) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (22 %, 5 pts) · Josh Green (17 %, 5 pts) · Sion James (14 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 23 pts (9/11) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (27 %, 5 pts) · Sion James (18 %, 0 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Moussa Diabaté	Guerschon Yabusele: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nick Richards: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Josh Giddey: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/7)
Kon Knueppel	Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Isaac Okoro: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
LaMelo Ball	Isaac Okoro: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Miles Bridges	Patrick Williams: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Isaac Okoro: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Grant Williams	Patrick Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Sion James	Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nick Richards: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Guerschon Yabusele: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Rob Dillingham: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Coby White	Tre Jones: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Rob Dillingham: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton	Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Xavier Tillman	Guerschon Yabusele: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Mann	Rob Dillingham: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Collin Sexton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)