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New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls

November 4, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Knicks beat the Bulls 135-105 on 2026-11-04 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Landry Shamet. The Bulls started Norman Powell, Jalen Smith, Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis, and Caleb Wilson. Caleb Wilson (Bulls) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 14 points (5/18) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 135

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 28:13 33 2 4 0 0 0 2 10-17 5-10 8-9 +33
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 25:09 17 12 1 1 0 1 1 5-5 2-2 5-7 +34
Landry Shamet GS 24:49 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 3-7 1-5 0-2 +21
OG Anunoby GS 24:03 18 5 2 3 0 2 4 3-10 1-6 11-12 +31
Mikal Bridges GS 21:58 7 4 4 1 0 2 1 3-5 1-1 0-0 +31
Mohamed Diawara 21:20 8 6 4 0 2 1 3 2-5 1-4 3-4 +1
Dalton Knecht 16:28 10 7 1 0 1 0 1 4-6 2-4 0-0 -9
Jordan Clarkson 15:08 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 4-9 2-2 0-0 +5
Andre Drummond 12:26 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 2-6 0-0 2-2 +3
Miles McBride 11:06 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 2-4 2-3 1-1 +16
Tyler Kolek 10:39 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
James Wiseman 10:25 8 8 0 0 3 1 2 4-5 0-0 0-0 -7
Pacôme Dadiet 9:08 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-4 0-1 0-0 -6
Jose Alvarado 9:08 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0-4 0-2 0-0 -6
Totals 135 57 27 7 6 13 21 44-87 17-40 30-37

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Giddey GS 26:31 10 1 6 0 0 3 2 4-7 1-2 1-2 -26
Matas Buzelis GS 26:04 12 5 3 1 0 1 2 5-11 1-6 1-1 -19
Norman Powell GS 22:08 12 1 1 0 0 2 2 3-12 0-5 6-7 -34
Caleb Wilson GS 21:45 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 2-12 1-7 0-0 -22
Jalen Smith GS 7:06 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1-3 1-3 0-0 -15
Patrick Williams 19:50 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 1-6 0-3 2-2 +3
Leonard Miller 19:02 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 1-3 0-1 2-4 +6
Tre Jones 18:28 14 3 4 0 0 1 0 5-8 1-1 3-3 -18
Isaac Okoro 14:57 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3-6 0-1 0-0 -11
Jaylin Sellers 14:16 14 3 1 1 1 0 1 4-8 4-7 2-2 -5
Zach Collins 14:02 3 1 3 1 0 1 5 1-4 0-2 1-1 -20
Noa Essengue 13:53 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 2-6 0-2 2-4 -6
Buddy Hield 8:20 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 3-5 1-1 0-1 +7
Jordan Hawkins 6:49 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 +5
Dailyn Swain 6:49 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 1-1 +5
Totals 105 34 25 6 4 11 23 37-96 10-44 21-28

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
Jalen Brunson Isaac Okoro: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Josh Giddey: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns Zach Collins: 14 poss., 10 pts (2/2) · Jalen Smith: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
OG Anunoby Caleb Wilson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet Norman Powell: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mikal Bridges Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Isaac Okoro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson Jordan Hawkins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dalton Knecht Patrick Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Sellers: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Drummond Leonard Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Zach Collins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride Tre Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tyler Kolek Tre Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Noa Essengue: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Wiseman Leonard Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Sellers: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pacôme Dadiet Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dailyn Swain: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jose Alvarado Jaylin Sellers: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Landry Shamet: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Matas Buzelis Jalen Brunson: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Dalton Knecht: 6 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Norman Powell Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Landry Shamet: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Caleb Wilson OG Anunoby: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Patrick Williams Dalton Knecht: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones Miles McBride: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Leonard Miller James Wiseman: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Andre Drummond: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Noa Essengue Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Isaac Okoro Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mohamed Diawara: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach Collins Karl-Anthony Towns: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andre Drummond: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylin Sellers Dalton Knecht: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Pacôme Dadiet: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Buddy Hield Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith Karl-Anthony Towns: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Brunson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Hawkins Jordan Clarkson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pacôme Dadiet: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dailyn Swain Jose Alvarado: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pacôme Dadiet: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)