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Chicago Bulls vs. Houston Rockets

March 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Rockets 132-124 on 2026-03-23 at home. The Bulls started Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, Nick Richards, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	38:43	15	7	13	2	1	2	2	4-14	3-8	4-4	+7
Matas Buzelis GS	34:47	23	4	1	0	0	3	4	8-16	5-9	2-2	+7
Tre Jones GS	28:03	15	5	6	2	0	1	2	6-11	0-1	3-4	+13
Nick Richards GS	26:23	11	8	0	0	1	0	4	3-7	1-2	4-6	+2
Jalen Smith GS	25:47	15	6	2	0	2	3	4	6-8	3-5	0-0	+17
Collin Sexton	25:53	25	4	2	3	0	2	1	6-14	4-7	9-10	+2
Leonard Miller	23:20	17	9	3	0	0	1	1	7-11	2-3	1-2	+4
Patrick Williams	18:46	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Rob Dillingham	18:18	9	1	3	1	0	1	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-8
Totals		132	45	30	8	4	14	21	45-90	19-38	23-28

Did not play: Isaac Okoro (DND - Injury/Illness), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	39:40	40	7	5	0	0	4	1	15-23	5-10	5-8	-18
Amen Thompson GS	39:20	23	3	1	2	2	2	5	8-12	0-1	7-9	-12
Alperen Sengun GS	37:26	33	13	10	2	2	2	4	16-19	1-2	0-3	-6
Reed Sheppard GS	36:17	13	5	6	2	2	4	3	5-17	3-14	0-0	-17
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	34:11	6	5	1	0	0	2	3	2-10	1-7	1-1	0
Aaron Holiday	21:04	3	1	3	2	0	2	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+22
Tari Eason	14:18	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-2	2-3	+1
Dorian Finney-Smith	7:37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Clint Capela	4:19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Jae'Sean Tate	3:18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Josh Okogie	2:30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		124	41	27	8	7	17	18	49-92	11-41	15-24

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 7.7 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Leonard Miller 5.6 min
Collin Sexton · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis · Rob Dillingham 4.9 min
Collin Sexton · Nick Richards · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis 4.1 min
Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Leonard Miller · Matas Buzelis 3.1 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 12.3 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 3.3 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.0 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Kevin Durant 13 pts (5/10) in 93 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (36 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (16 %, 0 pts) · Leonard Miller (15 %, 5 pts)
Alperen Sengun 37 pts (15/26) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: Nick Richards (27 %, 7 pts) · Leonard Miller (15 %, 4 pts) · Josh Giddey (15 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Amen Thompson: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Matas Buzelis	Kevin Durant: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Collin Sexton	Amen Thompson: 18 poss., 7 pts (1/3) · Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Tre Jones	Reed Sheppard: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Aaron Holiday: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jalen Smith	Jabari Smith Jr.: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards	Alperen Sengun: 24 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Patrick Williams	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham	Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Rockets defense

Collin Sexton 10 pts (4/9) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (33 %, 4 pts) · Reed Sheppard (22 %, 6 pts) · Tari Eason (10 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 7 pts (2/8) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (34 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (14 %, 5 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Matas Buzelis: 43 poss., 22 pts (9/13) · Patrick Williams: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Amen Thompson	Josh Giddey: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Collin Sexton: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Alperen Sengun	Nick Richards: 33 poss., 23 pts (11/13) · Jalen Smith: 21 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Reed Sheppard	Tre Jones: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Jalen Smith: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Leonard Miller: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Rob Dillingham: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Josh Giddey: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Collin Sexton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Leonard Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Nick Richards: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Tre Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Josh Giddey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)