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Charlotte Hornets vs. Chicago Bulls

December 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Hornets 129-126 on 2025-12-12 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, KJ Simpson, and Kon Knueppel. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 6 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender. Brandon Miller (Hornets) scored 23 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	36:03	33	5	9	0	0	2	3	12-21	5-12	4-4	+8
Brandon Miller GS	34:12	18	5	4	1	2	3	5	8-22	2-8	0-0	-13
Miles Bridges GS	33:56	32	2	7	0	0	0	1	13-20	4-7	2-3	+8
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	31:07	10	6	2	0	0	1	2	5-6	0-0	0-0	+15
KJ Simpson GS	25:18	10	5	3	1	0	1	2	4-9	2-3	0-0	+11
Sion James	25:52	14	4	1	0	0	1	0	5-9	2-4	2-3	-12
Josh Green	17:23	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Tidjane Salaün	17:19	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	-12
Moussa Diabaté	12:40	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	-17
Drew Peterson	6:10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		126	32	30	5	3	8	19	51-97	16-37	8-10

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

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Chicago Bulls 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	34:13	26	7	11	1	0	3	2	10-17	2-4	4-4	+8
Coby White GS	29:39	20	5	2	0	0	2	1	6-15	1-4	7-9	+7
Isaac Okoro GS	26:10	15	3	1	0	0	0	3	7-11	0-2	1-1	-4
Matas Buzelis GS	23:42	10	0	1	0	2	0	3	5-8	0-2	0-0	0
Nikola Vučević GS	21:38	13	3	4	0	1	1	0	6-8	1-2	0-1	-15
Patrick Williams	26:10	16	5	1	1	1	2	0	6-8	3-5	1-2	0
Tre Jones	24:58	6	2	5	0	0	1	0	3-9	0-2	0-0	-1
Zach Collins	19:55	16	8	2	0	1	1	1	6-7	2-3	2-2	+17
Jalen Smith	16:48	5	10	1	1	1	0	0	2-9	1-3	0-0	+10
Dalen Terry	13:33	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Julian Phillips	3:14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		129	44	29	3	6	11	11	52-94	10-28	15-19

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.0 min
Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 8.7 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · KJ Simpson 4.1 min
Ryan Kalkbrenner · Drew Peterson · Tidjane Salaün · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel 3.2 min
Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 2.6 min

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Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 7.0 min
Zach Collins · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 4.1 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones 3.9 min
Zach Collins · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey 3.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Tre Jones · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Coby White 6 pts (3/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (25 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 2 pts) · Kon Knueppel (14 %, 2 pts)
Josh Giddey 28 pts (10/13) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (22 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Miller (19 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (14 %, 10 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Tre Jones: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Bridges	Patrick Williams: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Isaac Okoro: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kon Knueppel	Matas Buzelis: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Isaac Okoro: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nikola Vučević: 34 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Zach Collins: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Coby White: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
KJ Simpson	Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tre Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Smith: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Zach Collins: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Drew Peterson	Coby White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Bulls defense

Brandon Miller 23 pts (7/13) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (21 %, 0 pts) · Josh Giddey (18 %, 10 pts) · Tre Jones (15 %, 2 pts)
Miles Bridges 11 pts (4/7) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (26 %, 2 pts) · Patrick Williams (25 %, 3 pts) · Coby White (8 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 10 pts (3/5)
Coby White	Sion James: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · KJ Simpson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams	Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaac Okoro	Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Tre Jones	Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Nikola Vučević	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Miles Bridges: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins	Moussa Diabaté: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Smith	Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalen Terry	KJ Simpson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Drew Peterson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)