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Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Bulls 129-118 on 2026-01-26 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, and Matas Buzelis. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 19 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Smith GS	36:44	13	7	0	1	1	3	5-7	3-5	0-2	+5
Nikola Vučević GS	36:03	18	11	5	1	2	2	6-10	1-3	5-5	-3
Coby White GS	31:07	23	5	6	1	4	4	8-13	5-10	2-2	+7
Isaac Okoro GS	27:46	7	1	5	0	0	2	3-5	1-2	0-0	+10
Matas Buzelis GS	22:19	11	5	4	0	3	2	4-8	2-6	1-2	+9
Josh Giddey	28:04	19	6	7	0	3	0	6-14	3-8	4-4	-23
Ayo Dosunmu	25:02	20	3	2	2	1	4	8-14	2-6	2-3	-14
Kevin Huerter	15:32	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	-22
Patrick Williams	11:50	7	0	1	0	1	1	3-5	1-3	0-0	-22
Dalen Terry	2:57	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Julian Phillips	0:53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Lachlan Olbrich	0:53	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jevon Carter	0:50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		118	40	31	5	15	20	43-82	18-49	14-18

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	38:05	46	7	12	0	0	3	2	15-25	8-14	8-12	+6
Jake LaRavia GS	33:25	8	5	3	3	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	0-0	-9
LeBron James GS	32:52	24	5	3	1	0	2	3	9-19	1-4	5-6	-14
Marcus Smart GS	32:17	12	2	1	1	0	0	4	3-6	1-3	5-7	+5
Deandre Ayton GS	22:06	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Rui Hachimura	29:16	23	2	1	1	1	0	1	9-11	4-5	1-2	+22
Jaxson Hayes	22:53	8	4	1	1	2	0	2	3-4	0-0	2-2	+26
Jarred Vanderbilt	16:39	2	7	2	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	+21
Gabe Vincent	12:04	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+13
Drew Timme	0:23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		129	35	26	7	3	6	15	46-82	16-33	21-29

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Matas Buzelis Starter 11.5 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 7.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 3.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.5 min
Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 2.8 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 11.2 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jaxson Hayes 7.4 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 3.9 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes 2.7 min
LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Luka Dončić 17 pts (7/15) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (24 %, 2 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (16 %, 8 pts) · Jalen Smith (13 %, 5 pts)
LeBron James 10 pts (3/5) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Smith (28 %, 0 pts) · Isaac Okoro (17 %, 3 pts) · Nikola Vučević (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	Deandre Ayton: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Smith	LeBron James: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Marcus Smart: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jake LaRavia: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Josh Giddey	Jarred Vanderbilt: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Isaac Okoro	Luka Dončić: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Rui Hachimura: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Gabe Vincent: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dalen Terry	Rui Hachimura: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Rui Hachimura: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Gabe Vincent: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich	Jake LaRavia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Coby White 19 pts (7/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (42 %, 2 pts) · Jake LaRavia (18 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (10 %, 10 pts)
Josh Giddey 22 pts (9/12) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Rui Hachimura (32 %, 7 pts) · Jarred Vanderbilt (17 %, 2 pts) · Jake LaRavia (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Isaac Okoro: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
LeBron James	Jalen Smith: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Isaac Okoro: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jake LaRavia	Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Marcus Smart	Coby White: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nikola Vučević: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Josh Giddey: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Nikola Vučević: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes	Nikola Vučević: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton	Nikola Vučević: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)