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Chicago Bulls vs. New Orleans Pelicans

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Pelicans 134-118 on 2025-12-31 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 10 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Matas Buzelis (Bulls) scored 31 points (13/21) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaac Okoro GS	35:37	24	5	2	1	2	2	4	8-10	2-4	6-8	+31
Nikola Vučević GS	33:30	17	8	5	0	0	0	2	7-13	2-5	1-2	+6
Tre Jones GS	27:05	20	2	12	0	0	1	0	7-7	1-1	5-6	+16
Matas Buzelis GS	27:01	19	6	2	1	0	0	4	8-17	2-9	1-4	+11
Jalen Smith GS	26:20	14	14	1	1	2	1	3	5-11	1-5	3-3	+21
Kevin Huerter	29:26	13	6	1	1	2	1	3	4-9	2-5	3-5	+12
Ayo Dosunmu	24:40	12	4	6	0	1	0	1	3-11	2-6	4-4	+2
Patrick Williams	20:02	12	2	2	1	0	1	0	4-8	2-4	2-2	0
Dalen Terry	10:13	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-14
Jevon Carter	6:06	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-5
Totals		134	49	33	5	7	7	18	47-92	15-43	25-34

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	33:35	16	4	3	0	0	0	1	6-16	2-7	2-2	-11
Trey Murphy III GS	33:35	15	6	5	0	1	4	3	6-15	3-11	0-0	-17
Zion Williamson GS	29:28	31	7	3	0	0	1	4	12-19	0-0	7-9	-6
Derik Queen GS	25:26	9	7	4	2	5	2	4	4-7	0-1	1-2	-19
Jeremiah Fears GS	22:32	5	0	4	0	0	2	2	2-8	1-2	0-0	-18
Jordan Poole	26:11	26	3	2	0	0	0	3	6-14	4-10	10-10	+2
Yves Missi	22:41	3	6	0	2	3	0	2	1-3	0-0	1-3	-2
Kevon Looney	17:56	2	10	3	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins	14:25	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	+1
Micah Peavy	14:11	6	2	1	0	0	1	3	2-4	1-2	1-1	-5
Totals		118	46	25	4	9	10	24	42-98	12-38	22-27

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jose Alvarado (DNP - League Suspension), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Karlo Matković (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 10.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Jevon Carter · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 6.1 min
Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry 5.7 min
Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 4.8 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones 4.7 min

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 8.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen 4.7 min
Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 4.1 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.0 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Zion Williamson 10 pts (2/5) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (40 %, 5 pts) · Matas Buzelis (18 %, 0 pts) · Nikola Vučević (15 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 15 pts (6/7) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Jones (32 %, 5 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (18 %, 0 pts) · Isaac Okoro (15 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Isaac Okoro	Zion Williamson: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević	Saddiq Bey: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Kevin Huerter	Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Poole: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones	Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Matas Buzelis	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Zion Williamson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jalen Smith	Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Yves Missi: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ayo Dosunmu	Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Yves Missi: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry	Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Jordan Hawkins: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Poole: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Matas Buzelis 31 pts (13/21) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (31 %, 5 pts) · Zion Williamson (14 %, 13 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 3 pts)
Nikola Vučević 14 pts (5/10) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (30 %, 2 pts) · Kevon Looney (20 %, 0 pts) · Yves Missi (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	Kevin Huerter: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jalen Smith: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Trey Murphy III	Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zion Williamson	Isaac Okoro: 35 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Patrick Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Poole	Tre Jones: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 7 pts (1/4)
Derik Queen	Nikola Vučević: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi	Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Tre Jones: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevon Looney	Nikola Vučević: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Smith: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Tre Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Kevin Huerter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)