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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls

December 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Cavaliers 136-125 on 2025-12-19 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Jaylon Tyson, and Tyrese Proctor. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 9 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Darius Garland (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (5/7) 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 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland GS	33:12	35	2	8	1	0	4	1	13-27	6-12	3-3	+3
Jarrett Allen GS	29:45	14	12	5	2	1	1	2	6-9	0-0	2-2	-8
Dean Wade GS	27:54	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Tyrese Proctor GS	26:51	16	6	3	1	0	1	0	6-15	3-8	1-2	-10
Jaylon Tyson GS	25:45	9	5	1	1	0	5	3	4-10	0-3	1-1	-1
Lonzo Ball	28:06	8	3	8	2	0	1	2	3-4	1-2	1-2	-11
De'Andre Hunter	25:47	11	3	1	0	0	1	5	3-10	1-4	4-5	-13
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	20:55	15	3	2	1	0	1	1	6-14	2-5	1-2	-2
Thomas Bryant	16:06	11	4	2	1	0	0	2	4-6	1-3	2-2	+1
Luke Travers	5:39	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		125	46	31	10	1	15	17	48-101	14-39	15-19

Did not play: Donovan Mitchell (DND - Injury/Illness), Craig Porter Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis GS	33:11	24	5	1	2	2	0	2	9-15	2-8	4-6	+7
Nikola Vučević GS	32:18	24	15	2	1	2	1	1	11-20	2-6	0-0	+15
Josh Giddey GS	29:59	17	6	7	1	0	2	2	7-15	3-7	0-0	+8
Coby White GS	29:46	13	6	9	0	0	3	3	5-13	1-5	2-2	+16
Isaac Okoro GS	19:30	3	2	0	3	1	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	-14
Tre Jones	22:06	16	1	6	2	0	2	1	5-7	2-2	4-4	+18
Kevin Huerter	20:15	14	5	3	2	0	0	1	6-12	2-8	0-0	-7
Zach Collins	18:58	13	3	2	0	0	3	2	4-5	3-3	2-2	+1
Jalen Smith	15:08	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	+9
Ayo Dosunmu	13:56	8	1	3	1	0	0	1	3-7	2-5	0-1	-2
Patrick Williams	4:53	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		136	48	34	12	5	12	14	53-102	18-47	12-15

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

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor Starter 10.0 min
Lonzo Ball · Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Tyrese Proctor 7.4 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Jaylon Tyson 5.1 min
Lonzo Ball · Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Dean Wade 4.8 min
Lonzo Ball · Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 4.3 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 6.8 min
Zach Collins · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 4.0 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Matas Buzelis 3.5 min
Nikola Vučević · Zach Collins · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Coby White 9 pts (3/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (23 %, 0 pts) · Tyrese Proctor (22 %, 0 pts) · Lonzo Ball (14 %, 1 pts)
Josh Giddey 11 pts (4/7) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (25 %, 0 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (19 %, 2 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Isaac Okoro: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tre Jones: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Jarrett Allen	Nikola Vučević: 35 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Zach Collins: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dean Wade	Josh Giddey: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball	Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Coby White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Coby White: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Jalen Smith: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Matas Buzelis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Zach Collins: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nikola Vučević: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Luke Travers	Matas Buzelis: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Patrick Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Darius Garland 11 pts (5/7) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (31 %, 3 pts) · Tre Jones (20 %, 2 pts) · Josh Giddey (13 %, 2 pts)
De'Andre Hunter 15 pts (6/11) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (27 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Huerter (14 %, 2 pts) · Josh Giddey (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	De'Andre Hunter: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Nikola Vučević	Jarrett Allen: 31 poss., 9 pts (4/9) · Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Josh Giddey	Dean Wade: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Coby White	Tyrese Proctor: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dean Wade: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Tre Jones	Darius Garland: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Lonzo Ball: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Lonzo Ball: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Isaac Okoro	Darius Garland: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jarrett Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Thomas Bryant: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lonzo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Lonzo Ball: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Darius Garland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Travers: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)