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Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets

December 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Bulls 113-103 on 2025-12-03 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, Julian Phillips, and Matas Buzelis. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Nic Claxton, Tyrese Martin, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. Michael Porter Jr. (Nets) scored 12 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Julian Phillips as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 20 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Noah Clowney as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 36:04 16 2 1 3 1 2 1 5-13 2-4 4-4 -15
Josh Giddey GS 36:01 28 11 11 0 0 3 0 10-14 0-2 8-11 +3
Nikola Vučević GS 33:23 16 11 0 2 0 6 2 6-18 1-6 3-4 -5
Matas Buzelis GS 32:46 14 5 3 1 0 3 2 6-14 1-5 1-2 -7
Julian Phillips GS 28:20 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2-6 1-3 0-0 -8
Patrick Williams 23:17 10 3 0 3 0 1 2 3-7 2-3 2-2 -5
Dalen Terry 17:59 6 5 1 2 0 1 3 3-6 0-1 0-0 +2
Jevon Carter 16:15 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 2-8 0-4 2-2 -6
Emanuel Miller 7:55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -11
Lachlan Olbrich 6:48 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Trentyn Flowers 1:12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 103 42 20 14 1 16 15 38-90 7-30 20-25

Did not play: Tre Jones (DND - Injury/Illness)

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nic Claxton GS 35:27 14 8 9 2 3 1 2 6-7 0-0 2-3 +5
Noah Clowney GS 33:59 20 7 2 0 0 0 3 6-13 6-11 2-2 +7
Michael Porter Jr. GS 33:35 33 10 5 2 1 3 4 10-20 5-12 8-10 +3
Egor Dëmin GS 25:00 10 0 4 2 0 4 3 3-8 2-5 2-2 +2
Tyrese Martin GS 21:31 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2-7 0-5 0-0 +1
Ziaire Williams 25:28 8 4 1 0 1 2 2 3-7 2-5 0-0 +3
Danny Wolf 24:31 8 4 3 0 0 6 2 3-5 2-3 0-0 +11
Ben Saraf 14:34 6 0 2 2 1 3 1 2-3 1-2 1-2 +5
Drake Powell 13:22 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 2-5 1-3 0-0 +8
Day'Ron Sharpe 12:33 5 7 1 2 2 0 0 1-3 0-0 3-3 +5
Totals 113 42 30 12 8 20 19 38-78 19-46 18-22

Did not play: Tyson Etienne (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Noah Clowney: 28 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Ziaire Williams: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ayo Dosunmu Tyrese Martin: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Egor Dëmin: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević Nic Claxton: 38 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Michael Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Matas Buzelis Egor Dëmin: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Danny Wolf: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Julian Phillips Michael Porter Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyrese Martin: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams Michael Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ziaire Williams: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dalen Terry Danny Wolf: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Drake Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Ben Saraf: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich Day'Ron Sharpe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Emanuel Miller Michael Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Danny Wolf: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trentyn Flowers Danny Wolf: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nic Claxton Nikola Vučević: 45 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Noah Clowney Josh Giddey: 30 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Michael Porter Jr. Matas Buzelis: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Egor Dëmin Ayo Dosunmu: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ziaire Williams Ayo Dosunmu: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Danny Wolf Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Martin Julian Phillips: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Day'Ron Sharpe Patrick Williams: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Lachlan Olbrich: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ben Saraf Jevon Carter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drake Powell Dalen Terry: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/3)