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Chicago Bulls vs. New Orleans Pelicans

December 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Bulls 114-104 on 2025-12-14 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 7 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Patrick Williams as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 14 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	30:47	12	8	4	0	0	0	4	5-16	2-6	0-0	-11
Coby White GS	28:28	20	5	5	2	0	2	3	8-18	1-10	3-3	-10
Josh Giddey GS	24:04	11	7	5	0	0	4	3	4-10	1-3	2-2	-6
Matas Buzelis GS	23:35	9	6	3	1	0	0	2	3-5	1-3	2-2	-7
Isaac Okoro GS	23:31	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	2-10	1-8	0-0	-1
Kevin Huerter	24:16	16	3	0	4	0	3	1	6-12	4-8	0-0	+3
Tre Jones	24:16	6	2	5	2	2	0	1	2-7	0-4	2-2	-5
Patrick Williams	23:38	8	4	2	0	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	2-4	-13
Dalen Terry	13:27	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	4-5	1-1	0-0	+8
Jalen Smith	12:20	6	0	1	1	2	2	4	2-3	0-1	2-2	-10
Zach Collins	11:38	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	+2
Totals		104	43	26	10	4	13	24	38-92	13-49	15-17

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	33:44	20	10	2	0	0	1	2	8-14	2-6	2-3	+6
Jeremiah Fears GS	28:05	20	2	3	2	0	3	4	7-13	1-3	5-6	+12
Derik Queen GS	24:46	4	8	5	0	1	5	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Saddiq Bey GS	24:40	10	6	1	2	0	0	1	4-12	0-2	2-2	+14
Herbert Jones GS	19:47	10	2	1	0	0	1	2	3-8	2-7	2-2	+3
Jordan Poole	27:16	16	2	4	2	0	1	0	6-15	2-9	2-2	+1
Zion Williamson	26:37	18	6	3	0	0	1	0	7-14	0-0	4-5	+6
Jose Alvarado	17:39	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Bryce McGowens	14:16	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-1	3-3	+4
Karlo Matković	12:00	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	+9
Yves Missi	11:10	4	8	0	0	2	2	3	2-3	0-0	0-2	-1
Totals		114	53	21	7	5	14	17	43-93	8-33	20-25

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 8.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones 4.2 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones 3.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Dalen Terry 2.9 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 9.8 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 10.8 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 5.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.0 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Zion Williamson 7 pts (3/8) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Patrick Williams (44 %, 3 pts) · Isaac Okoro (23 %, 2 pts) · Nikola Vučević (13 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (4/13) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Coby White (30 %, 6 pts) · Josh Giddey (18 %, 2 pts) · Matas Buzelis (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	Derik Queen: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · Karlo Matković: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Coby White	Jeremiah Fears: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Giddey	Herbert Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter	Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Tre Jones	Jordan Poole: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Zion Williamson: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Isaac Okoro	Zion Williamson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Matas Buzelis	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry	Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jordan Poole: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins	Yves Missi: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Coby White 14 pts (5/10) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (22 %, 4 pts) · Bryce McGowens (21 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 4 pts (2/10) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (39 %, 0 pts) · Jose Alvarado (17 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Matas Buzelis: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jeremiah Fears	Coby White: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tre Jones: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zion Williamson	Patrick Williams: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Isaac Okoro: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jordan Poole	Tre Jones: 23 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey	Isaac Okoro: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Nikola Vučević: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Isaac Okoro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Josh Giddey: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dalen Terry: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Coby White: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Nikola Vučević: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Zach Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)