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Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Wizards

November 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Wizards 121-120 on 2025-11-22 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Wizards started CJ McCollum, Corey Kispert, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, and Kyshawn George. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 14 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Jalen Smith as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 10 points (3/14) in his matchups, with Corey Kispert as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 34:15 18 12 11 3 1 2 2 5-12 2-3 6-7 +3
Coby White GS 31:19 20 3 6 0 0 4 2 6-16 3-11 5-7 +8
Matas Buzelis GS 29:19 13 6 1 1 3 1 0 4-11 1-6 4-5 +4
Ayo Dosunmu GS 28:59 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 2-9 1-4 3-4 +2
Nikola Vučević GS 27:00 28 12 2 0 0 1 4 12-20 3-7 1-1 -1
Tre Jones 26:09 10 2 1 0 0 2 2 2-5 0-1 6-6 +7
Kevin Huerter 19:18 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 4-8 1-3 0-0 -9
Jalen Smith 19:10 9 9 1 0 1 0 2 4-13 1-6 0-0 -3
Jevon Carter 10:40 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 0
Julian Phillips 9:58 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 +3
Noa Essengue 3:53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Totals 121 54 26 5 5 10 15 42-100 12-44 25-30

Did not play: Emanuel Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision)

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Corey Kispert GS 36:51 20 5 5 1 0 1 1 7-10 3-6 3-3 +6
Kyshawn George GS 35:48 17 12 7 4 0 4 2 5-14 1-3 6-6 0
Alex Sarr GS 27:56 16 11 4 0 0 1 2 7-18 2-6 0-3 -8
CJ McCollum GS 27:07 18 2 3 0 1 1 5 7-15 3-5 1-1 -7
Bilal Coulibaly GS 25:08 7 2 3 0 0 1 4 2-6 1-1 2-2 +1
Bub Carrington 23:59 8 3 4 0 0 2 3 3-9 2-4 0-0 +4
Justin Champagnie 23:04 2 5 2 2 1 1 3 1-3 0-1 0-0 -11
Tristan Vukcevic 20:04 12 8 2 2 2 2 1 5-11 2-6 0-0 +7
Cam Whitmore 17:31 20 7 2 0 0 2 2 7-10 2-4 4-5 +4
Will Riley 2:32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 120 55 33 9 4 15 23 44-96 16-36 16-20

Did not play: Malaki Branham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Sharife Cooper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jamir Watkins (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Kyshawn George: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Justin Champagnie: 9 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
Coby White Bilal Coulibaly: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Kyshawn George: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Matas Buzelis Corey Kispert: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bilal Coulibaly: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu CJ McCollum: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kyshawn George: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Alex Sarr: 37 poss., 15 pts (6/10) · Kyshawn George: 5 poss., 10 pts (5/7)
Tre Jones Bub Carrington: 21 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · CJ McCollum: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Huerter Corey Kispert: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Cam Whitmore: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith Tristan Vukcevic: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Justin Champagnie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Julian Phillips Cam Whitmore: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tristan Vukcevic: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Bub Carrington: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Noa Essengue Tristan Vukcevic: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Kyshawn George Josh Giddey: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Matas Buzelis: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Corey Kispert Coby White: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kevin Huerter: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Alex Sarr Nikola Vučević: 37 poss., 10 pts (4/12) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
CJ McCollum Ayo Dosunmu: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bub Carrington Tre Jones: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Bilal Coulibaly Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Coby White: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Justin Champagnie Josh Giddey: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tristan Vukcevic Jalen Smith: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Nikola Vučević: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cam Whitmore Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley Tre Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)