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Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks

February 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Bulls 105-99 on 2026-02-22 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 11 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 6 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Jose Alvarado 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	+/-
Isaac Okoro GS	33:00	12	6	1	0	0	2	3	4-10	3-7	1-1	-15
Guerschon Yabusele GS	29:44	11	13	1	0	0	1	0	4-8	3-6	0-0	-3
Matas Buzelis GS	25:59	15	4	0	0	0	3	3	4-12	3-9	4-5	-6
Josh Giddey GS	22:58	6	2	6	2	0	2	1	2-10	0-3	2-3	-14
Jalen Smith GS	18:13	12	5	1	1	0	2	3	5-11	2-6	0-0	-9
Patrick Williams	27:36	10	1	8	0	1	1	0	3-8	2-7	2-2	+6
Rob Dillingham	24:09	8	4	4	2	0	1	2	3-7	1-2	1-3	+9
Nick Richards	23:01	9	13	0	0	1	3	3	3-6	0-1	3-5	0
Tre Jones	22:57	8	1	3	1	0	1	1	4-9	0-1	0-0	+1
Collin Sexton	12:23	8	1	0	2	0	1	1	2-5	2-4	2-2	+1
Totals		99	50	24	8	2	17	17	34-86	16-46	15-21

Did not play: Yuki Kawamura (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mac McClung (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	36:26	19	5	9	0	1	2	1	7-19	1-6	4-6	+14
OG Anunoby GS	33:33	9	9	2	2	1	1	2	4-11	0-4	1-2	+17
Josh Hart GS	32:42	11	9	5	0	0	2	1	4-5	1-1	2-4	+16
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	32:13	28	11	2	3	0	3	4	10-17	5-9	3-4	+13
Mikal Bridges GS	30:13	11	2	5	2	1	3	0	4-10	3-8	0-0	+5
Jose Alvarado	25:08	5	4	2	0	0	0	1	2-8	1-6	0-0	-9
Landry Shamet	23:17	16	2	0	0	0	2	5	5-9	4-8	2-3	-10
Ariel Hukporti	15:05	4	5	0	2	1	0	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	-6
Jeremy Sochan	11:23	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-10
Totals		105	50	27	9	4	13	17	38-84	15-42	14-21

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dillon Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Guerschon Yabusele · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.8 min
Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 4.2 min
Collin Sexton · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Nick Richards · Rob Dillingham 3.8 min
Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.5 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 3.1 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 16.9 min
Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Ariel Hukporti · Jose Alvarado · Jeremy Sochan 6.3 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Mikal Bridges · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado · Jeremy Sochan 4.8 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 4.1 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Ariel Hukporti · Jose Alvarado 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Jalen Brunson 11 pts (4/10) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (43 %, 3 pts) · Patrick Williams (11 %, 0 pts) · Tre Jones (10 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 6 pts (1/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Smith (34 %, 0 pts) · Nick Richards (16 %, 2 pts) · Guerschon Yabusele (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Isaac Okoro	Jalen Brunson: 32 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Josh Hart: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Guerschon Yabusele	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jeremy Sochan: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams	OG Anunoby: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Brunson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis	Josh Hart: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Rob Dillingham	Jose Alvarado: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Landry Shamet: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Tre Jones	Landry Shamet: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Jose Alvarado: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Giddey	OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Richards	Ariel Hukporti: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Collin Sexton	Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Knicks defense

Collin Sexton 6 pts (2/5) in 23 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (26 %, 0 pts) · Landry Shamet (20 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (20 %, 2 pts)
Josh Giddey 20 pts (8/13) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (33 %, 2 pts) · Mikal Bridges (20 %, 8 pts) · Josh Hart (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Isaac Okoro: 31 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Jalen Smith: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nick Richards: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Josh Hart	Guerschon Yabusele: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	Josh Giddey: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Patrick Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges	Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Jose Alvarado	Rob Dillingham: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tre Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Landry Shamet	Rob Dillingham: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ariel Hukporti	Nick Richards: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Patrick Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan	Guerschon Yabusele: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)