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Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks

October 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Knicks 135-125 on 2025-10-31 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mitchell Robinson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 19 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Tre Jones as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 27 points (9/16) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	38:29	32	10	9	1	0	0	1	12-21	4-8	4-6	+5
Nikola Vučević GS	30:52	26	7	2	0	0	1	3	10-17	4-8	2-5	-3
Matas Buzelis GS	29:11	13	0	1	1	1	1	4	4-10	2-5	3-4	-5
Tre Jones GS	24:02	8	4	3	0	1	0	3	0-4	0-0	8-8	-3
Isaac Okoro GS	16:07	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	-11
Ayo Dosunmu	29:18	22	4	9	1	0	1	3	8-10	1-3	5-6	+19
Kevin Huerter	25:35	12	6	2	2	1	2	0	4-7	1-3	3-3	+13
Patrick Williams	23:26	9	1	3	1	1	2	3	3-6	2-4	1-1	+13
Jalen Smith	17:08	10	9	2	1	2	0	3	3-5	2-4	2-2	+13
Julian Phillips	5:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+9
Totals		135	41	31	8	6	7	22	45-84	17-37	28-35

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

NYK

New York Knicks 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges GS	37:43	23	4	6	0	1	1	4	9-14	4-8	1-2	-1
OG Anunoby GS	36:28	26	4	3	1	1	1	4	10-13	5-7	1-2	+6
Jalen Brunson GS	35:08	29	2	7	0	0	2	4	12-25	3-8	2-5	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	31:43	22	10	4	0	1	2	2	6-14	1-5	9-9	+7
Mitchell Robinson GS	19:35	4	11	2	0	0	1	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Miles McBride	29:01	8	2	2	1	0	1	2	3-9	2-5	0-0	-22
Josh Hart	15:09	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18
Landry Shamet	14:34	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-5	1-5	1-2	-7
Jordan Clarkson	12:57	6	1	2	0	1	2	1	1-4	1-4	3-3	-5
Tyler Kolek	4:18	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Guerschon Yabusele	3:26	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-2
Totals		125	39	27	3	5	12	25	45-91	18-45	17-23

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (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 7.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 6.0 min
Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 4.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 2.8 min
Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey · Julian Phillips 2.7 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson Starter 7.2 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 5.3 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 4.3 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 4.1 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Jalen Brunson 19 pts (6/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Jones (31 %, 2 pts) · Josh Giddey (17 %, 9 pts) · Kevin Huerter (15 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 17 pts (7/18) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (32 %, 10 pts) · Isaac Okoro (18 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Smith (17 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Mikal Bridges: 32 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Nikola Vučević	Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Mitchell Robinson: 20 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Ayo Dosunmu	Miles McBride: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	OG Anunoby: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Landry Shamet: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kevin Huerter	Jalen Brunson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tre Jones	Jalen Brunson: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Miles McBride: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Isaac Okoro	Karl-Anthony Towns: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	OG Anunoby: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Josh Giddey 27 pts (9/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (24 %, 5 pts) · OG Anunoby (23 %, 6 pts) · Miles McBride (20 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 22 pts (7/11) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (29 %, 9 pts) · OG Anunoby (26 %, 4 pts) · Landry Shamet (14 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Mikal Bridges	Josh Giddey: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Jalen Brunson	Tre Jones: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	Josh Giddey: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Nikola Vučević: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jalen Smith: 14 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Miles McBride	Ayo Dosunmu: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Nikola Vučević: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart	Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele	Nikola Vučević: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)