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Chicago Bulls vs. Sacramento Kings

October 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Kings 126-113 on 2025-10-29 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schröder, Zach LaVine, and Domantas Sabonis. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 14 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 8 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Russell Westbrook as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	33:44	27	5	2	2	1	3	5	11-18	4-6	1-1	+18
Nikola Vučević GS	32:35	13	14	7	1	0	0	1	5-12	1-3	2-2	+16
Josh Giddey GS	31:07	20	8	12	0	0	5	1	7-14	1-2	5-7	+24
Tre Jones GS	29:37	11	1	5	2	0	3	0	5-6	1-1	0-0	+16
Isaac Okoro GS	28:41	9	4	2	1	1	2	3	4-9	1-4	0-0	+20
Kevin Huerter	25:06	18	4	4	0	0	2	2	6-8	3-5	3-4	+6
Ayo Dosunmu	21:15	9	2	1	0	0	0	3	3-8	0-3	3-3	-13
Patrick Williams	19:39	9	3	0	0	0	0	3	3-6	3-3	0-0	-15
Jalen Smith	15:25	10	5	0	0	0	0	1	5-9	0-4	0-1	-3
Julian Phillips	2:51	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		126	46	34	6	2	15	20	49-91	14-32	14-18

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine GS	36:12	30	3	3	2	0	2	1	12-19	2-8	4-4	-23
DeMar DeRozan GS	34:44	19	6	5	0	0	2	2	5-10	0-0	9-10	-21
Domantas Sabonis GS	31:31	18	11	6	1	0	2	4	8-14	1-4	1-2	-21
Russell Westbrook GS	28:42	12	2	4	3	0	2	4	4-9	1-4	3-4	-3
Dennis Schröder GS	27:47	5	2	7	2	0	1	2	2-9	1-3	0-0	-20
Malik Monk	27:39	15	1	1	1	0	1	0	7-10	1-3	0-0	+17
Keon Ellis	23:13	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	3-6	1-4	1-2	-7
Drew Eubanks	16:29	5	3	0	0	1	0	2	2-2	0-0	1-2	+8
Devin Carter	12:04	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+6
Isaac Jones	1:39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
Totals		113	31	28	10	2	10	17	43-82	7-28	20-26

Did not play: Dylan Cardwell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxime Raynaud (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.8 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 4.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 3.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.0 min
Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 2.6 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis Starter 13.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Keon Ellis 6.3 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Devin Carter 5.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Malik Monk · Keon Ellis 5.1 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Malik Monk 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Russell Westbrook 14 pts (5/10) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (24 %, 3 pts) · Josh Giddey (19 %, 3 pts) · Isaac Okoro (11 %, 0 pts)
Zach LaVine 16 pts (7/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Giddey (20 %, 2 pts) · Patrick Williams (18 %, 6 pts) · Isaac Okoro (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	Keon Ellis: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Russell Westbrook: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Nikola Vučević	Domantas Sabonis: 36 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Zach LaVine: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Giddey	Zach LaVine: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones	Dennis Schröder: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Malik Monk: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaac Okoro	DeMar DeRozan: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Zach LaVine: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Patrick Williams	Zach LaVine: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu	Malik Monk: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Zach LaVine: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Domantas Sabonis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Malik Monk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Josh Giddey 8 pts (3/9) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Russell Westbrook (26 %, 1 pts) · Keon Ellis (19 %, 5 pts) · Dennis Schröder (17 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 26 pts (8/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (40 %, 8 pts) · Keon Ellis (16 %, 1 pts) · Russell Westbrook (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Matas Buzelis: 28 poss., 8 pts (1/2) · Isaac Okoro: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Zach LaVine	Isaac Okoro: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Domantas Sabonis	Nikola Vučević: 39 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dennis Schröder	Tre Jones: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Russell Westbrook	Josh Giddey: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/4) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Malik Monk	Ayo Dosunmu: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Keon Ellis	Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Drew Eubanks	Jalen Smith: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter	Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Jones	Matas Buzelis: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0)