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Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Bulls 125-120 on 2025-12-01 at home. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Tristan da Silva. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Jalen Suggs as his primary defender. Franz Wagner (Magic) scored 15 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Josh Giddey as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Desmond Bane GS 34:28 37 6 5 1 0 2 3 12-17 3-7 10-10 +7
Franz Wagner GS 32:20 25 6 2 2 1 5 1 11-18 0-2 3-3 -8
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 30:18 17 6 1 1 1 0 1 6-8 1-2 4-6 -1
Jalen Suggs GS 29:58 10 4 4 5 1 4 3 3-13 2-10 2-2 -9
Tristan da Silva GS 20:50 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 0-4 0-3 0-0 -19
Anthony Black 33:50 22 9 3 0 2 1 0 8-15 2-5 4-6 +25
Tyus Jones 18:41 0 0 6 1 0 1 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 +13
Goga Bitadze 17:42 8 5 3 1 4 1 1 3-5 0-0 2-2 +6
Noah Penda 11:06 5 5 0 0 0 1 2 2-4 1-2 0-0 +9
Jonathan Isaac 7:20 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 1-4 +7
Jett Howard 3:27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 125 46 25 12 11 17 16 45-88 9-33 26-33

Did not play: Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 36:44 18 3 7 1 0 4 5 6-13 4-6 2-2 +8
Josh Giddey GS 35:39 22 9 6 3 1 8 2 8-14 3-6 3-5 +5
Matas Buzelis GS 35:38 21 6 4 2 3 0 3 7-16 2-7 5-6 +5
Nikola Vučević GS 34:29 20 11 5 2 0 2 4 9-13 1-2 1-2 +12
Kevin Huerter GS 5:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 +2
Tre Jones 29:43 20 1 3 0 0 1 1 7-10 2-3 4-5 -16
Julian Phillips 20:30 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 4-7 1-4 1-2 +9
Patrick Williams 18:20 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 2-7 2-4 0-0 -18
Lachlan Olbrich 12:01 0 4 2 0 0 1 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 -17
Emanuel Miller 6:37 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -9
Jevon Carter 4:38 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -6
Totals 120 43 30 9 4 20 23 44-88 16-37 16-22

Did not play: Trentyn Flowers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic

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.

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Desmond Bane Ayo Dosunmu: 20 poss., 9 pts (2/3) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 11 pts (5/6)
Franz Wagner Matas Buzelis: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jalen Suggs Josh Giddey: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Jones: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Anthony Black Ayo Dosunmu: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Wendell Carter Jr. Nikola Vučević: 36 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Lachlan Olbrich: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan da Silva Julian Phillips: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze Nikola Vučević: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Lachlan Olbrich: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Tyus Jones Tre Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda Patrick Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Giddey: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jonathan Isaac Matas Buzelis: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard Josh Giddey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Emanuel Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Franz Wagner: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Anthony Black: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Ayo Dosunmu Jalen Suggs: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Anthony Black: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Matas Buzelis Tristan da Silva: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Nikola Vučević Wendell Carter Jr.: 37 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Goga Bitadze: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Jones Anthony Black: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jalen Suggs: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Julian Phillips Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tristan da Silva: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams Noah Penda: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Franz Wagner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Lachlan Olbrich Wendell Carter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Emanuel Miller Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jett Howard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Huerter Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tristan da Silva: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Tyus Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Black: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)