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Charlotte Hornets vs. Chicago Bulls

November 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Bulls 123-116 on 2025-11-28 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Coby White, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 11 points (3/10) in his matchups, with LaMelo Ball as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Kevin Huerter as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	35:34	22	8	7	0	2	2	2	8-17	1-5	5-6	-2
Kon Knueppel GS	31:40	12	5	4	1	0	1	5	5-14	2-9	0-0	+10
Brandon Miller GS	31:37	27	5	1	0	3	1	0	10-19	5-11	2-3	+8
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	29:39	7	5	0	0	3	2	2	2-2	0-0	3-4	-22
LaMelo Ball GS	28:55	16	7	8	2	0	2	2	6-19	3-10	1-2	+11
Collin Sexton	25:34	21	4	3	1	2	1	3	8-15	1-4	4-4	-6
Sion James	20:10	9	3	3	0	0	0	1	2-3	2-2	3-3	+6
Moussa Diabaté	18:21	4	8	2	2	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	+29
Tre Mann	14:23	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	-6
Liam McNeeley	4:08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Totals		123	46	28	6	10	12	19	44-97	15-45	20-24

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	33:15	25	11	9	1	0	0	1	8-16	3-7	6-7	+6
Nikola Vučević GS	30:33	13	14	3	1	0	2	3	6-11	1-5	0-0	+12
Matas Buzelis GS	29:42	8	2	3	1	0	2	3	3-8	0-5	2-4	+14
Coby White GS	29:09	25	2	4	0	0	0	3	11-23	1-6	2-3	+3
Kevin Huerter GS	24:56	11	2	4	0	0	0	1	4-8	1-4	2-2	-17
Tre Jones	26:37	16	1	4	5	1	2	1	6-9	0-1	4-4	+17
Ayo Dosunmu	23:24	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	2-7	1-2	0-0	-21
Jalen Smith	17:27	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	-19
Patrick Williams	12:33	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	2-8	1-3	0-0	-8
Jevon Carter	10:07	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-18
Julian Phillips	2:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		116	44	31	8	1	10	18	46-97	8-36	16-20

Did not play: Isaac Okoro (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 11.1 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.7 min
LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.4 min
Collin Sexton · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Liam McNeeley 2.7 min

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Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 9.8 min
Nikola Vučević · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 4.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.6 min
Coby White · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Coby White 11 pts (3/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (26 %, 3 pts) · Brandon Miller (23 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (14 %, 2 pts)
Josh Giddey 13 pts (5/15) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (22 %, 3 pts) · Miles Bridges (19 %, 5 pts) · Brandon Miller (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Matas Buzelis: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/8) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Brandon Miller	Coby White: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kon Knueppel	Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nikola Vučević: 41 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Coby White: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton	Tre Jones: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Sion James	Coby White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Jalen Smith: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Liam McNeeley	Jevon Carter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

LaMelo Ball 9 pts (4/9) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Huerter (27 %, 2 pts) · Coby White (24 %, 3 pts) · Tre Jones (12 %, 2 pts)
Brandon Miller 15 pts (6/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Coby White (27 %, 7 pts) · Tre Jones (14 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Huerter (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Kon Knueppel: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Nikola Vučević	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 40 poss., 11 pts (5/8) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	Miles Bridges: 30 poss., 1 pts (0/5) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Brandon Miller: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · LaMelo Ball: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones	Collin Sexton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu	Collin Sexton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tre Mann: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Moussa Diabaté: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jevon Carter	Liam McNeeley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	LaMelo Ball: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)