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Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls

December 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Hawks 152-150 on 2025-12-21 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Trae Young, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Trae Young as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 21 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 150

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Onyeka Okongwu GS 39:31 23 7 6 1 1 0 2 10-18 3-7 0-0 +2
Dyson Daniels GS 39:04 8 9 9 2 0 1 1 3-9 0-1 2-4 -11
Jalen Johnson GS 35:35 36 11 9 0 0 2 2 12-20 2-6 10-11 -5
Trae Young GS 26:21 35 1 9 0 0 2 3 10-16 7-9 8-9 +2
Zaccharie Risacher GS 24:16 17 2 2 0 0 2 3 6-11 4-7 1-2 -6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 29:01 9 1 2 1 2 3 5 3-12 1-6 2-3 +7
Vít Krejčí 18:28 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 6-10 6-10 2-3 +5
Mouhamed Gueye 12:58 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +2
Luke Kennard 9:27 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Asa Newell 5:19 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 150 35 39 6 7 10 25 51-98 23-47 25-32

Did not play: Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 152

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 31:51 19 9 12 2 0 1 3 6-12 2-6 5-8 +2
Coby White GS 31:04 21 2 5 0 0 3 2 6-13 3-7 6-10 +4
Nikola Vučević GS 30:16 13 5 6 3 0 1 1 5-12 1-6 2-2 +6
Matas Buzelis GS 28:53 28 3 0 1 2 0 2 10-11 7-8 1-2 +5
Isaac Okoro GS 18:36 14 1 1 2 0 0 6 6-7 2-3 0-1 +5
Tre Jones 22:57 11 3 5 0 0 1 0 2-5 0-1 7-7 -8
Kevin Huerter 21:04 16 1 5 1 1 1 3 6-9 4-7 0-1 +9
Ayo Dosunmu 16:40 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 6-10 1-3 0-0 +1
Zach Collins 15:59 10 7 2 0 0 2 3 4-5 0-0 2-4 -5
Jalen Smith 13:12 3 5 3 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-0 3-4 -4
Patrick Williams 9:29 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2-7 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 152 40 41 9 3 11 21 53-92 20-42 26-39

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

Lineups

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

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.

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Onyeka Okongwu Nikola Vučević: 41 poss., 12 pts (5/11) · Zach Collins: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dyson Daniels Josh Giddey: 31 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Coby White: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Johnson Matas Buzelis: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Isaac Okoro: 17 poss., 10 pts (3/5)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Tre Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Coby White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Trae Young Tre Jones: 16 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Coby White: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Vít Krejčí Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mouhamed Gueye Jalen Smith: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zach Collins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard Kevin Huerter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Josh Giddey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach Collins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Coby White Zaccharie Risacher: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Josh Giddey Dyson Daniels: 33 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nikola Vučević Onyeka Okongwu: 37 poss., 11 pts (5/10) · Dyson Daniels: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis Jalen Johnson: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Trae Young: 8 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Tre Jones Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trae Young: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Okoro Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Trae Young: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trae Young: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins Onyeka Okongwu: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith Mouhamed Gueye: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams Vít Krejčí: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mouhamed Gueye: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)