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Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pacers beat the Bulls 120-105 on 2025-12-05 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Josh Giddey, Julian Phillips, and Matas Buzelis. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Garrison Mathews, Jay Huff, and Bennedict Mathurin. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 16 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Patrick Williams as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 23 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Ethan Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	34:43	19	12	2	1	1	6	2	5-8	0-3	9-9	-8
Josh Giddey GS	32:59	9	7	6	1	0	5	1	2-9	1-3	4-4	-17
Coby White GS	26:26	22	3	6	0	0	2	1	6-14	1-5	9-12	-1
Nikola Vučević GS	26:12	8	4	2	0	0	0	1	3-7	2-3	0-0	-10
Julian Phillips GS	22:39	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+8
Patrick Williams	26:16	9	3	0	0	0	1	4	3-9	2-4	1-2	-27
Jevon Carter	22:11	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	5-11	4-8	0-0	-4
Zach Collins	20:34	8	6	1	0	0	0	4	3-5	1-2	1-2	-5
Dalen Terry	19:31	7	3	0	3	1	4	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	-8
Emanuel Miller	7:15	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-3
Lachlan Olbrich	1:14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		105	46	21	7	2	18	15	34-77	13-35	24-29

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS	38:07	28	5	3	2	1	2	4	9-16	6-11	4-4	+16
Andrew Nembhard GS	32:50	15	2	7	3	0	3	3	7-14	1-5	0-0	+4
Pascal Siakam GS	31:23	36	10	1	2	0	3	2	13-24	5-7	5-7	+19
Jay Huff GS	28:27	11	4	5	2	5	0	0	4-5	1-2	2-2	+13
Garrison Mathews GS	14:56	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	-10
Ethan Thompson	34:18	11	2	3	1	2	0	4	4-6	3-5	0-0	+25
Isaiah Jackson	18:19	7	3	0	1	0	2	1	3-4	0-0	1-3	+2
Johnny Furphy	16:14	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1-4	0-2	0-0	-7
T.J. McConnell	13:56	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+11
Jarace Walker	9:02	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+2
Taelon Peter	1:14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Tony Bradley	1:14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		120	35	24	13	8	13	21	45-84	18-39	12-16

Did not play: Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Josh Giddey · Julian Phillips · Matas Buzelis Starter 3.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Patrick Williams · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 8.4 min
Zach Collins · Jevon Carter · Coby White · Patrick Williams · Matas Buzelis 6.6 min
Zach Collins · Jevon Carter · Coby White · Dalen Terry · Julian Phillips 5.2 min
Nikola Vučević · Josh Giddey · Dalen Terry · Julian Phillips · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Garrison Mathews · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin Starter 2.5 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin 14.9 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin 5.4 min
Andrew Nembhard · Garrison Mathews · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker 3.7 min
T.J. McConnell · Isaiah Jackson · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin · Johnny Furphy 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Pascal Siakam 16 pts (6/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Patrick Williams (36 %, 2 pts) · Matas Buzelis (18 %, 4 pts) · Julian Phillips (13 %, 3 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 7 pts (1/5) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Coby White (27 %, 5 pts) · Julian Phillips (13 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	Ethan Thompson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Josh Giddey	Andrew Nembhard: 39 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević	Jay Huff: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Isaiah Jackson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Bennedict Mathurin: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Pascal Siakam: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Patrick Williams	Pascal Siakam: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ethan Thompson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
Julian Phillips	Garrison Mathews: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zach Collins	Isaiah Jackson: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jay Huff: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dalen Terry	Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Garrison Mathews: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jevon Carter	Ethan Thompson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · T.J. McConnell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Emanuel Miller	Ethan Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich	Tony Bradley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Coby White 23 pts (9/11) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Ethan Thompson (30 %, 3 pts) · Garrison Mathews (13 %, 0 pts) · Johnny Furphy (12 %, 2 pts)
Josh Giddey 14 pts (6/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Nembhard (34 %, 6 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (14 %, 3 pts) · Ethan Thompson (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Matas Buzelis: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Julian Phillips: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andrew Nembhard	Josh Giddey: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Pascal Siakam	Patrick Williams: 18 poss., 12 pts (4/6) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jay Huff	Nikola Vučević: 23 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Zach Collins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson	Coby White: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Jackson	Zach Collins: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nikola Vučević: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy	Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Garrison Mathews	Coby White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
T.J. McConnell	Jevon Carter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarace Walker	Nikola Vučević: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taelon Peter	Patrick Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Lachlan Olbrich: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)