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Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons

October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Pistons 115-111 on 2025-10-22 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 18 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 13 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Tobias Harris as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	33:46	21	6	1	0	3	3	3	7-12	0-3	7-7	-10
Nikola Vučević GS	32:35	28	14	2	1	0	1	2	11-18	4-6	2-2	+8
Tre Jones GS	31:38	12	1	8	3	0	2	3	5-8	1-1	1-2	+6
Josh Giddey GS	28:48	19	5	11	0	1	6	5	5-12	1-2	8-11	+6
Isaac Okoro GS	22:31	0	5	4	0	0	2	5	0-2	0-0	0-0	+17
Kevin Huerter	27:14	15	5	0	1	2	1	2	4-11	2-6	5-6	+9
Ayo Dosunmu	26:30	14	5	2	0	0	0	1	6-14	2-5	0-0	-5
Patrick Williams	17:00	4	4	0	1	2	2	1	1-2	1-2	1-2	+1
Jalen Smith	13:38	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0-7	0-5	2-2	-2
Dalen Terry	6:20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Totals		115	50	29	6	8	17	23	39-87	11-30	26-32

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tobias Harris GS	34:24	10	9	4	1	0	0	2	4-12	1-3	1-1	-8
Cade Cunningham GS	34:16	23	7	10	1	0	3	6	8-24	1-6	6-10	-6
Ausar Thompson GS	33:02	11	9	7	1	1	1	3	5-8	0-0	1-3	+6
Duncan Robinson GS	32:22	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	1-7	0-5	0-0	-7
Jalen Duren GS	19:45	15	6	1	1	2	1	4	7-12	0-0	1-2	-9
Ronald Holland II	26:58	19	4	3	2	1	2	5	6-10	1-4	6-6	+2
Isaiah Stewart	24:54	20	10	2	0	4	0	3	8-14	2-2	2-2	+8
Caris LeVert	21:27	8	1	2	1	0	1	1	3-7	1-3	1-2	-7
Javonte Green	9:31	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Paul Reed	3:21	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	-3
Totals		111	46	29	8	10	10	29	43-97	7-24	18-26

Did not play: Daniss Jenkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Colby Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bobi Klintman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 11.6 min
Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu 5.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 3.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Tre Jones · Dalen Terry · Matas Buzelis 2.2 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 4.8 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 4.1 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Ausar Thompson · Ronald Holland II 3.8 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Ausar Thompson · Ronald Holland II 3.7 min
Tobias Harris · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson · Ronald Holland II 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Cade Cunningham 18 pts (6/15) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Ayo Dosunmu (17 %, 2 pts) · Josh Giddey (17 %, 4 pts) · Isaac Okoro (16 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Duren 17 pts (5/12) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (52 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Smith (17 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Huerter (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	Tobias Harris: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Duncan Robinson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Nikola Vučević	Isaiah Stewart: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Jalen Duren: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Tre Jones	Ronald Holland II: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ausar Thompson: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Josh Giddey	Ausar Thompson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cade Cunningham: 12 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter	Duncan Robinson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Caris LeVert: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Ausar Thompson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cade Cunningham: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Isaac Okoro	Duncan Robinson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Tobias Harris: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Duren: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dalen Terry	Duncan Robinson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ausar Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Josh Giddey 13 pts (4/9) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (32 %, 3 pts) · Ronald Holland II (18 %, 2 pts) · Ausar Thompson (14 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 16 pts (6/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (21 %, 2 pts) · Ausar Thompson (19 %, 1 pts) · Ronald Holland II (14 %, 9 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tobias Harris	Josh Giddey: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cade Cunningham	Isaac Okoro: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/8) · Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson	Ayo Dosunmu: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	Tre Jones: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ronald Holland II	Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Nikola Vučević: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jalen Smith: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Caris LeVert	Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jalen Duren	Nikola Vučević: 18 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Jalen Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green	Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed	Jalen Smith: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)