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Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Magic 121-114 on 2026-01-02 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Jalen Smith as his primary defender. Matas Buzelis (Bulls) scored 13 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Anthony Black as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	35:11	17	10	5	0	0	1	1	7-11	1-3	2-2	-3
Matas Buzelis GS	30:23	21	9	7	1	2	2	1	6-14	2-8	7-8	+14
Isaac Okoro GS	29:33	9	3	1	1	0	0	2	4-8	0-2	1-1	+18
Tre Jones GS	28:37	6	0	5	1	0	2	2	2-7	0-3	2-2	-16
Jalen Smith GS	26:57	11	10	1	2	1	1	4	4-10	1-6	2-2	+5
Kevin Huerter	23:31	20	4	2	0	0	2	1	8-15	4-9	0-0	+1
Patrick Williams	22:54	15	2	1	1	1	1	0	6-9	3-5	0-0	-8
Ayo Dosunmu	21:09	17	3	7	0	0	1	2	6-9	2-2	3-4	+18
Dalen Terry	12:15	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Julian Phillips	9:30	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	2-5	1-2	0-0	+12
Totals		121	47	31	6	5	12	15	45-90	14-41	17-19

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zach Collins (DND - Injury/Illness)

ORL

Orlando Magic 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	37:46	14	4	4	1	1	1	1	5-12	3-8	1-1	+3
Paolo Banchero GS	34:51	31	6	6	2	1	3	2	13-23	2-5	3-7	-7
Anthony Black GS	33:15	18	2	7	2	1	3	4	8-16	2-5	0-0	-10
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	31:46	13	10	1	0	0	0	5	4-12	2-6	3-5	+7
Jalen Suggs GS	20:04	11	3	4	1	0	1	1	4-6	1-1	2-2	+15
Tristan da Silva	25:14	7	3	1	1	0	2	1	3-6	1-2	0-0	-11
Tyus Jones	17:48	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Goga Bitadze	16:14	5	4	3	2	2	0	3	2-2	0-0	1-2	-14
Jamal Cain	15:28	8	3	0	0	0	0	5	2-5	2-3	2-2	-9
Jase Richardson	7:34	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-1	2-2	-10
Totals		114	36	28	10	5	11	23	43-86	14-32	14-21

Did not play: Jett Howard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Isaac (DNP - Coach's Decision), Noah Penda (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.2 min
Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Ayo Dosunmu · Julian Phillips · Matas Buzelis 4.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 3.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Dalen Terry 3.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Tre Jones · Dalen Terry · Julian Phillips 3.0 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 9.2 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Jamal Cain · Anthony Black 6.4 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 5.9 min
Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 4.0 min
Tyus Jones · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Paolo Banchero 14 pts (5/11) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Smith (27 %, 5 pts) · Patrick Williams (24 %, 3 pts) · Isaac Okoro (20 %, 0 pts)
Desmond Bane 6 pts (3/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (36 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (14 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	Wendell Carter Jr.: 36 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Goga Bitadze: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	Anthony Black: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Tristan da Silva: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Paolo Banchero: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Goga Bitadze: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro	Desmond Bane: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paolo Banchero: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Jalen Suggs: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter	Anthony Black: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tristan da Silva: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams	Paolo Banchero: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Desmond Bane: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ayo Dosunmu	Jase Richardson: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Anthony Black: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry	Tyus Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Phillips	Jalen Suggs: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Desmond Bane: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Matas Buzelis 13 pts (5/12) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (31 %, 4 pts) · Tristan da Silva (17 %, 0 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 0 pts)
Nikola Vučević 23 pts (9/14) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Wendell Carter Jr. (51 %, 4 pts) · Goga Bitadze (14 %, 0 pts) · Paolo Banchero (10 %, 13 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Isaac Okoro: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Paolo Banchero	Jalen Smith: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Patrick Williams: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Anthony Black	Matas Buzelis: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Tre Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Nikola Vučević: 34 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Jalen Smith: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan da Silva	Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Suggs	Tre Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	Tre Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Jalen Smith: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	Julian Phillips: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jase Richardson	Isaac Okoro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Phillips: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)