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Brooklyn Nets vs. Chicago Bulls

January 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Bulls 112-109 on 2026-01-16 at home. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, Egor Dëmin, and Drake Powell. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 16 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Drake Powell as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS 32:03 26 7 1 1 0 3 1 9-17 5-10 3-3 +4
Nic Claxton GS 29:02 7 14 5 1 2 3 2 3-5 0-0 1-2 +7
Noah Clowney GS 28:15 23 11 1 1 0 3 3 7-17 4-7 5-6 +8
Drake Powell GS 24:26 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 1-7 1-4 0-0 +1
Egor Dëmin GS 18:58 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1-4 1-4 2-2 +11
Nolan Traore 27:57 8 2 7 1 0 2 4 2-7 2-4 2-2 -12
Cam Thomas 24:34 8 1 4 0 0 1 3 3-13 2-5 0-0 +4
Day'Ron Sharpe 18:58 14 6 3 0 0 0 2 6-8 0-0 2-2 -4
Danny Wolf 18:50 13 4 4 1 1 0 2 5-8 3-4 0-0 -5
Terance Mann 16:57 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2-5 1-2 0-0 +1
Totals 112 47 30 7 4 14 17 39-91 19-40 15-17

Did not play: Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Coby White GS 33:04 17 4 4 2 0 3 2 7-15 2-7 1-3 -5
Nikola Vučević GS 32:32 19 6 5 0 2 1 1 9-14 1-3 0-0 +8
Isaac Okoro GS 32:27 6 2 5 4 0 0 2 2-3 0-1 2-2 0
Matas Buzelis GS 31:55 15 6 3 1 4 0 2 4-15 2-7 5-6 +7
Tre Jones GS 29:38 11 5 5 1 0 1 4 5-9 1-1 0-0 -6
Jalen Smith 35:05 14 13 4 1 4 1 0 4-11 4-10 2-2 -5
Ayo Dosunmu 20:29 18 1 1 1 0 0 1 7-13 0-2 4-5 0
Patrick Williams 11:36 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-2 2-2 0
Kevin Huerter 9:56 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 -12
Dalen Terry 3:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 109 41 28 10 10 7 14 41-86 11-35 16-20

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

Lineups

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Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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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.

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. Isaac Okoro: 41 poss., 13 pts (4/10) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Nic Claxton Jalen Smith: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nikola Vučević: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore Tre Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Noah Clowney Matas Buzelis: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/8) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Cam Thomas Ayo Dosunmu: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Tre Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Drake Powell Coby White: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Matas Buzelis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Day'Ron Sharpe Nikola Vučević: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jalen Smith: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Danny Wolf Jalen Smith: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Egor Dëmin Tre Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terance Mann Patrick Williams: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Coby White: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Coby White Noah Clowney: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Drake Powell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Smith Nic Claxton: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Danny Wolf: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Isaac Okoro Michael Porter Jr.: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Egor Dëmin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Day'Ron Sharpe: 20 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Nic Claxton: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis Drake Powell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Noah Clowney: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Tre Jones Nolan Traore: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Drake Powell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Cam Thomas: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nolan Traore: 7 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Patrick Williams Danny Wolf: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Terance Mann: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter Cam Thomas: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Michael Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalen Terry Terance Mann: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Thomas: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)