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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls

November 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Bulls 128-122 on 2025-11-08 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 9 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 8 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:21	29	6	6	1	0	2	2	10-24	5-12	4-4	+14
Evan Mobley GS	33:37	24	8	5	0	1	1	3	9-14	1-4	5-7	+17
Jaylon Tyson GS	30:37	17	7	3	2	2	0	2	6-10	3-4	2-2	+6
De'Andre Hunter GS	29:57	29	4	2	0	1	3	2	10-16	4-8	5-7	+23
Jarrett Allen GS	24:37	11	3	2	1	2	2	2	4-8	0-0	3-6	+3
Sam Merrill	27:31	8	2	8	0	0	1	3	3-8	2-6	0-0	+6
Lonzo Ball	22:19	2	4	4	0	0	0	4	1-4	0-3	0-0	-8
Dean Wade	19:10	2	3	0	2	1	0	4	1-5	0-4	0-0	-4
Tyrese Proctor	12:38	6	2	1	0	0	0	3	2-5	2-5	0-0	-16
Craig Porter Jr.	4:14	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		128	39	32	6	7	9	27	46-94	17-46	19-26

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	32:50	15	9	6	2	1	2	2	5-18	0-3	5-5	-12
Isaac Okoro GS	32:33	19	4	3	0	0	1	3	5-7	3-4	6-6	-9
Tre Jones GS	30:03	17	6	4	1	0	2	4	3-9	0-3	11-12	-26
Nikola Vučević GS	29:26	9	5	4	2	0	2	4	4-11	0-2	1-2	-23
Matas Buzelis GS	17:35	4	4	0	0	0	3	4	1-6	0-3	2-2	-4
Kevin Huerter	28:34	15	3	3	3	1	1	3	6-10	2-4	1-2	+2
Patrick Williams	23:28	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	3-4	2-2	+10
Ayo Dosunmu	22:49	14	3	1	0	0	1	1	5-11	1-2	3-3	+11
Jalen Smith	18:34	18	11	4	0	1	1	2	6-6	4-4	2-2	+17
Julian Phillips	4:08	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		122	49	27	8	4	13	25	38-84	13-29	33-36

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

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 9.4 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill 8.4 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 7.8 min
Lonzo Ball · De'Andre Hunter · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 3.3 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Sam Merrill · Tyrese Proctor 3.0 min

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Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 5.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Josh Giddey 4.6 min
Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 4.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 3.7 min
Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Josh Giddey 9 pts (4/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (34 %, 2 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (19 %, 0 pts) · Evan Mobley (10 %, 6 pts)
Matas Buzelis 10 pts (4/9) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (26 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (18 %, 2 pts) · Evan Mobley (18 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Isaac Okoro: 36 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Evan Mobley	Nikola Vučević: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Patrick Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Patrick Williams: 15 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Josh Giddey: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Josh Giddey: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Huerter: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Sam Merrill	Tre Jones: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kevin Huerter: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarrett Allen	Nikola Vučević: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Smith: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Lonzo Ball	Tre Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Kevin Huerter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Donovan Mitchell 8 pts (3/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (40 %, 2 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (17 %, 2 pts) · Tre Jones (12 %, 2 pts)
Evan Mobley 15 pts (4/10) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (29 %, 0 pts) · Patrick Williams (19 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Smith (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Jaylon Tyson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · De'Andre Hunter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones	Sam Merrill: 19 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter	Sam Merrill: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Isaac Okoro	Donovan Mitchell: 28 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Nikola Vučević	Jarrett Allen: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Evan Mobley: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	De'Andre Hunter: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jalen Smith	Jarrett Allen: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis	Dean Wade: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Tyrese Proctor: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lonzo Ball: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)