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Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons

February 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Bulls 126-110 on 2026-02-21 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, 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 (6/14) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Caris LeVert as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaac Okoro GS	33:50	15	3	3	1	1	1	2	5-12	3-6	2-2	-18
Matas Buzelis GS	30:04	15	6	3	2	6	4	2	5-10	2-7	3-4	-19
Josh Giddey GS	27:11	27	6	3	0	1	5	1	10-16	5-8	2-5	-7
Jalen Smith GS	24:46	15	7	2	0	3	1	3	5-6	3-4	2-3	-3
Guerschon Yabusele GS	24:21	12	9	8	0	1	3	1	3-7	2-4	4-5	-13
Tre Jones	25:44	7	2	6	2	0	1	1	3-7	0-1	1-1	-2
Nick Richards	19:03	5	5	0	0	1	5	4	2-6	0-2	1-2	-12
Patrick Williams	15:32	6	1	1	2	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	-10
Collin Sexton	15:24	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	+3
Anfernee Simons	12:57	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	2-6	0-1	0-0	+3
Rob Dillingham	8:29	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	2-2	-4
Leonard Miller	2:39	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		110	44	29	10	13	23	17	38-84	17-40	17-24

DET

Detroit Pistons 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ausar Thompson GS	32:21	8	3	8	3	0	2	1	4-12	0-1	0-0	+21
Tobias Harris GS	30:16	18	6	1	4	0	1	1	8-14	2-5	0-0	+3
Cade Cunningham GS	30:13	18	9	13	1	3	1	2	7-16	3-6	1-1	+28
Jalen Duren GS	28:45	26	13	2	1	0	0	2	12-20	0-0	2-5	+22
Duncan Robinson GS	23:59	17	3	2	0	0	1	4	5-12	5-10	2-2	+11
Daniss Jenkins	21:18	3	0	2	0	0	1	4	1-6	1-2	0-0	-12
Paul Reed	19:15	15	9	0	1	1	1	2	7-11	0-0	1-1	-6
Caris LeVert	17:38	7	0	2	0	2	2	0	2-7	1-2	2-3	+5
Ronald Holland II	17:02	9	4	2	2	0	4	3	3-5	0-2	3-3	+5
Javonte Green	16:34	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Marcus Sasser	2:39	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-2
Totals		126	50	34	12	6	14	20	51-105	13-29	11-15

Did not play: Kevin Huerter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stewart (NWT - League Suspension)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Guerschon Yabusele · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 11.3 min
Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 6.2 min
Anfernee Simons · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey 4.9 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Isaac Okoro · Nick Richards · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 3.1 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 13.0 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 3.9 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 3.3 min
Caris LeVert · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson · Ronald Holland II 3.3 min
Tobias Harris · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 3.3 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 (6/14) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (30 %, 6 pts) · Matas Buzelis (17 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (11 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Duren 13 pts (6/8) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Smith (38 %, 4 pts) · Nick Richards (24 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Isaac Okoro	Duncan Robinson: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Cade Cunningham: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Matas Buzelis	Ausar Thompson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Giddey	Ausar Thompson: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Cade Cunningham: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Tre Jones	Daniss Jenkins: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	Jalen Duren: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ausar Thompson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	Tobias Harris: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Richards	Jalen Duren: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Patrick Williams	Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tobias Harris: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Collin Sexton	Ronald Holland II: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Daniss Jenkins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ausar Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham	Daniss Jenkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller	Ronald Holland II: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Collin Sexton 12 pts (4/7) in 33 possessions

Guarded by: Caris LeVert (24 %, 3 pts) · Ronald Holland II (21 %, 0 pts) · Daniss Jenkins (12 %, 3 pts)
Josh Giddey 16 pts (7/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (28 %, 2 pts) · Tobias Harris (25 %, 4 pts) · Ausar Thompson (21 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ausar Thompson	Matas Buzelis: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Josh Giddey: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Cade Cunningham	Isaac Okoro: 35 poss., 10 pts (4/11) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Duren	Jalen Smith: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Nick Richards: 15 poss., 8 pts (4/7)
Tobias Harris	Josh Giddey: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Guerschon Yabusele: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Duncan Robinson	Josh Giddey: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Isaac Okoro: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Tre Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Paul Reed	Nick Richards: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert	Tre Jones: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ronald Holland II	Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green	Guerschon Yabusele: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser	Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nick Richards: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)