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New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls

November 2, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Bulls 128-116 on 2025-11-02 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mitchell Robinson. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 18 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 29 points (11/19) in his matchups, with Tre Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 36:08 20 15 5 0 2 1 1 5-11 2-2 8-8 +12
OG Anunoby GS 34:48 21 2 4 2 1 1 1 8-17 3-7 2-2 +22
Mikal Bridges GS 34:40 10 5 9 1 0 4 1 3-7 2-5 2-2 +6
Jalen Brunson GS 32:27 31 5 3 2 0 2 2 10-22 4-11 7-7 +5
Mitchell Robinson GS 13:21 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 0-3 0-0 0-0 -1
Josh Hart 26:01 14 9 3 1 0 3 1 5-10 1-4 3-3 +1
Miles McBride 23:03 8 4 3 1 0 0 1 3-8 2-4 0-0 +10
Landry Shamet 18:18 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 3-6 3-3 0-0 +17
Jordan Clarkson 17:44 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 6-11 3-6 0-0 -5
Guerschon Yabusele 1:58 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Mohamed Diawara 0:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Tyler Kolek 0:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Pacôme Dadiet 0:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 128 47 31 7 5 11 12 43-95 20-42 22-22

Did not play: Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 38:17 23 11 12 2 0 4 2 10-19 1-5 2-2 0
Tre Jones GS 33:53 15 2 5 1 0 2 2 6-13 1-2 2-2 -18
Nikola Vučević GS 32:00 17 14 4 0 1 3 3 6-10 3-4 2-2 -11
Matas Buzelis GS 31:23 14 8 0 1 0 1 1 5-11 4-6 0-0 +5
Isaac Okoro GS 21:56 14 1 0 0 0 3 3 6-11 2-4 0-0 -18
Patrick Williams 25:56 11 2 3 2 0 0 2 3-9 2-7 3-4 -8
Kevin Huerter 21:26 7 3 2 1 2 1 3 3-8 1-5 0-0 -15
Jalen Smith 16:00 12 5 0 0 0 0 3 5-7 2-4 0-1 -1
Jevon Carter 12:12 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Julian Phillips 5:45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +2
Dalen Terry 1:12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-1 0-0 +3
Totals 116 46 28 7 3 14 20 45-93 17-40 9-11

Did not play: Ayo Dosunmu (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Karl-Anthony Towns Nikola Vučević: 32 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Jalen Smith: 13 poss., 4 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges Matas Buzelis: 31 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Patrick Williams: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
OG Anunoby Patrick Williams: 25 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Josh Giddey: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jalen Brunson Tre Jones: 30 poss., 14 pts (4/9) · Kevin Huerter: 8 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Josh Hart Josh Giddey: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kevin Huerter: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Miles McBride Tre Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jevon Carter: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tre Jones: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Landry Shamet Kevin Huerter: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson Nikola Vučević: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Guerschon Yabusele Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet
Mohamed Diawara
Tyler Kolek

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Mikal Bridges: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Tre Jones Jalen Brunson: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Miles McBride: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Matas Buzelis Mikal Bridges: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Nikola Vučević Karl-Anthony Towns: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Mitchell Robinson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Patrick Williams OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaac Okoro Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter Landry Shamet: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Jalen Smith Karl-Anthony Towns: 11 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · OG Anunoby: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Miles McBride: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Landry Shamet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips Josh Hart: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry Landry Shamet: 0 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles McBride: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)