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New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls

April 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Bulls 136-96 on 2026-04-03 at home. The Knicks started OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mitchell Robinson. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 11 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
OG Anunoby GS 30:30 31 8 2 0 1 1 2 9-15 7-10 6-6 +32
Jalen Brunson GS 29:51 17 1 10 0 0 2 4 6-13 1-4 4-4 +25
Josh Hart GS 28:12 7 11 4 0 0 1 3 3-5 0-0 1-2 +30
Mitchell Robinson GS 22:56 17 11 0 2 1 0 2 7-7 0-0 3-4 +13
Mikal Bridges GS 22:41 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 4-12 0-5 4-4 +15
Jeremy Sochan 16:53 7 8 1 1 1 1 2 2-2 0-0 3-4 +30
Miles McBride 12:42 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 2-4 2-4 0-0 +14
Landry Shamet 12:41 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 3-7 2-4 0-0 +12
Mohamed Diawara 12:18 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-4 0-2 2-2 +4
Jose Alvarado 12:00 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 +4
Tyler Kolek 12:00 8 0 2 1 0 2 1 3-6 2-3 0-0 +4
Pacôme Dadiet 9:39 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-5 1-4 0-0 -7
Jordan Clarkson 9:26 4 5 3 1 0 0 0 2-6 0-1 0-0 +27
Ariel Hukporti 8:11 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 0-0 2-2 -3
Totals 136 54 30 11 3 8 21 48-91 15-39 25-28

Did not play: Karl-Anthony Towns (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 96

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Isaac Okoro GS 26:24 7 1 2 3 0 0 3 3-6 0-2 1-1 -40
Tre Jones GS 25:51 13 3 8 0 0 1 3 4-5 0-0 5-8 -12
Josh Giddey GS 25:40 6 5 5 0 2 4 1 3-12 0-4 0-2 -32
Guerschon Yabusele GS 24:42 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 2-9 1-6 0-0 -27
Matas Buzelis GS 23:13 11 6 0 0 0 3 4 4-9 1-5 2-4 -19
Collin Sexton 28:30 19 2 1 1 0 2 2 6-12 5-7 2-2 -19
Leonard Miller 27:34 14 6 0 0 0 1 2 5-8 2-3 2-3 -26
Patrick Williams 20:49 7 3 2 0 0 2 1 3-8 1-4 0-0 -19
Rob Dillingham 17:01 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 1-4 0-1 1-2 -7
Lachlan Olbrich 11:06 8 2 1 0 0 1 4 3-6 0-1 2-4 +1
Mac McClung 4:35 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Yuki Kawamura 4:35 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0
Totals 96 36 24 4 2 16 23 35-81 11-35 15-26

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
OG Anunoby Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Brunson Isaac Okoro: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tre Jones: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Josh Hart Tre Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mitchell Robinson Guerschon Yabusele: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Josh Giddey: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mikal Bridges Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremy Sochan Leonard Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaac Okoro: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaac Okoro: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Patrick Williams: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Rob Dillingham: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jose Alvarado Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yuki Kawamura: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Leonard Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson Leonard Miller: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaac Okoro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ariel Hukporti Lachlan Olbrich: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Leonard Miller: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Collin Sexton Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaac Okoro Jalen Brunson: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Miles McBride: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Jeremy Sochan: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pacôme Dadiet: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Guerschon Yabusele Mitchell Robinson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Hart: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Giddey OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis Josh Hart: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams Mohamed Diawara: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Kolek: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich Ariel Hukporti: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jeremy Sochan: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yuki Kawamura Jose Alvarado: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mac McClung Tyler Kolek: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)