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Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Hawks 126-123 on 2025-12-23 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Trae Young, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 17 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 15 points (5/12) 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 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	38:52	24	9	10	1	2	5	3	11-23	1-7	1-3	-14
Onyeka Okongwu GS	35:58	10	7	3	0	0	1	6	4-9	0-2	2-2	-6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	34:24	21	1	2	2	0	0	1	9-19	2-8	1-2	-20
Trae Young GS	31:00	22	1	15	2	0	1	1	7-16	1-7	7-9	+2
Zaccharie Risacher GS	20:49	10	7	3	1	1	0	5	3-6	2-3	2-4	+12
Vít Krejčí	28:31	19	3	2	1	0	1	1	7-9	5-6	0-0	-7
Asa Newell	21:10	13	7	0	2	1	3	5	5-7	3-5	0-0	+16
Luke Kennard	20:46	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	+1
Keaton Wallace	8:30	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		123	38	38	9	4	11	24	48-95	14-42	13-20

Did not play: Dyson Daniels (DND - Injury/Illness), Caleb Houstan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malik Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	36:08	19	11	15	0	0	7	1	8-15	2-5	1-2	+4
Coby White GS	31:10	24	0	4	3	0	7	3	7-13	5-10	5-6	+7
Nikola Vučević GS	30:55	21	10	4	0	1	0	1	9-16	1-5	2-2	+9
Isaac Okoro GS	22:05	8	2	1	0	1	0	3	2-6	1-3	3-4	-11
Matas Buzelis GS	18:24	15	2	0	0	2	0	3	6-8	2-3	1-1	-2
Kevin Huerter	26:41	9	7	1	0	0	0	1	3-7	1-5	2-4	+14
Tre Jones	23:29	9	3	2	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-1	3-4	+9
Zach Collins	17:40	10	7	2	0	1	1	2	5-9	0-2	0-0	-2
Ayo Dosunmu	16:10	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	2-6	0-2	2-2	-5
Jalen Smith	11:44	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	2-3	-4
Patrick Williams	5:34	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		126	48	35	4	5	16	18	46-91	13-39	21-28

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

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Trae Young · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 11.1 min
Trae Young · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson 9.2 min
Luke Kennard · Trae Young · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Asa Newell 5.7 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Asa Newell 4.3 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Keaton Wallace · Asa Newell 3.5 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 10.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 6.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 3.0 min
Zach Collins · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones 3.0 min
Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

Coby White 17 pts (5/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (24 %, 4 pts) · Trae Young (16 %, 3 pts) · Zaccharie Risacher (16 %, 5 pts)
Josh Giddey 12 pts (5/11) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (25 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Johnson (15 %, 2 pts) · Vít Krejčí (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Isaac Okoro: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu	Nikola Vučević: 42 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Zach Collins: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Josh Giddey: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Coby White: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Trae Young	Tre Jones: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí	Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zaccharie Risacher	Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard	Kevin Huerter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell	Zach Collins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Smith: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Keaton Wallace	Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Jalen Johnson 15 pts (5/12) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (23 %, 4 pts) · Isaac Okoro (13 %, 2 pts) · Coby White (10 %, 3 pts)
Trae Young 10 pts (4/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (27 %, 3 pts) · Tre Jones (24 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Huerter (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 30 poss., 1 pts (0/4) · Jalen Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Zaccharie Risacher: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Nikola Vučević	Onyeka Okongwu: 32 poss., 15 pts (7/10) · Jalen Johnson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Luke Kennard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trae Young: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones	Trae Young: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Vít Krejčí: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Isaac Okoro	Trae Young: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Matas Buzelis	Jalen Johnson: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins	Asa Newell: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Onyeka Okongwu: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Ayo Dosunmu	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Smith	Jalen Johnson: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Onyeka Okongwu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Asa Newell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luke Kennard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)