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Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Bulls 108-93 on 2026-01-07 at home. The Pistons started Duncan Robinson, Isaiah Stewart, Paul Reed, Jaden Ivey, and Ausar Thompson. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. Matas Buzelis (Bulls) scored 30 points (13/25) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender. Daniss Jenkins (Pistons) scored 15 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Tre Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Isaiah Stewart GS 30:29 31 3 1 1 2 0 2 14-17 2-3 1-2 +9
Ausar Thompson GS 28:52 11 8 3 3 2 2 4 5-11 0-0 1-2 +3
Paul Reed GS 26:20 9 6 6 1 0 0 2 4-10 1-3 0-0 +1
Duncan Robinson GS 22:34 12 1 1 0 1 1 1 4-9 4-7 0-0 -1
Jaden Ivey GS 19:52 8 3 4 0 0 1 1 3-7 0-2 2-2 -6
Daniss Jenkins 28:12 2 6 15 1 0 1 1 1-8 0-3 0-0 +20
Ronald Holland II 26:21 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 5-11 1-3 0-0 +12
Javonte Green 25:26 11 2 1 4 0 1 1 4-9 1-5 2-2 +16
Chaz Lanier 12:00 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 3-5 2-3 0-0 +16
Caris LeVert 11:59 5 2 3 0 2 1 0 2-4 1-3 0-0 +4
Marcus Sasser 6:43 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Tolu Smith 1:12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 108 39 35 10 8 8 14 45-92 12-33 6-8

Did not play: Cade Cunningham (DNP - Injury/Illness)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 93

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Matas Buzelis GS 32:54 20 3 1 1 4 2 1 7-15 4-7 2-3 -9
Nikola Vučević GS 32:07 20 16 4 0 1 1 0 9-20 2-6 0-0 -10
Tre Jones GS 30:15 6 7 12 0 0 3 2 1-7 0-1 4-4 -2
Kevin Huerter GS 30:13 8 3 4 1 0 3 1 4-13 0-6 0-0 -9
Isaac Okoro GS 24:58 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1-4 0-2 0-0 -4
Ayo Dosunmu 31:04 24 1 3 0 1 1 2 10-15 4-6 0-0 -20
Lachlan Olbrich 15:53 2 5 1 0 0 2 5 1-2 0-0 0-2 -5
Patrick Williams 14:36 6 4 1 1 0 3 1 2-5 2-3 0-0 -4
Julian Phillips 13:57 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 2-4 1-3 0-0 -4
Dalen Terry 12:29 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 -6
Jevon Carter 1:34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 93 45 27 5 8 17 15 37-87 13-34 6-9

Did not play: Coby White (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

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.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Isaiah Stewart Nikola Vučević: 36 poss., 14 pts (7/10) · Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Ausar Thompson Kevin Huerter: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Matas Buzelis: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Paul Reed Lachlan Olbrich: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Daniss Jenkins Tre Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Duncan Robinson Isaac Okoro: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Kevin Huerter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Ayo Dosunmu: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Julian Phillips: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jaden Ivey Tre Jones: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caris LeVert Tre Jones: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Patrick Williams: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Chaz Lanier Kevin Huerter: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Marcus Sasser Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith Lachlan Olbrich: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Matas Buzelis Ausar Thompson: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Javonte Green: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Isaiah Stewart: 39 poss., 9 pts (4/10) · Paul Reed: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Tre Jones Daniss Jenkins: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Daniss Jenkins: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter Duncan Robinson: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jaden Ivey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Isaac Okoro Duncan Robinson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Paul Reed: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams Javonte Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Caris LeVert: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Lachlan Olbrich Paul Reed: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalen Terry Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daniss Jenkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips Javonte Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chaz Lanier: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Daniss Jenkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)