Charlotte Hornets 112, Chicago Bulls 99 — Recap

January 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 112, Chicago Bulls 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 27-39 CHI; Q2 CHA 23-19 CHI; Q3 CHA 32-17 CHI; Q4 CHA 30-24 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 26 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-14 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

28 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

26 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Miles Bridges · Season-high 14 reboundsKevin Huerter · Season-high 11 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

CHA 18 largest lead Q4 4:01 (CHA 105, CHI 87) · 16-0 run, Q3 7:25–Q3 3:00

CHI 15 largest lead Q2 6:09 (CHA 35, CHI 50) · 8-0 run, Q4 3:49–Q4 2:07

Swings 12 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q3 6:28, CHA 66, CHI 65).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	27	23	32	30		112
CHI	39	19	17	24		99

🧮 How They Scored

CHACHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

19Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%51.1%

9.8%Turnover %10.6%

26.0%Offensive rebound %13.3%

0.253Free-throw rate0.161

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	36	22	6	4	1	1	0	8-19	4-10	2-2	+3
Miles Bridges F	35	26	14	1	1	0	1	11-18	3-7	1-1	+19
Kon Knueppel G-F	33	18	5	1	0	0	2	4-14	2-6	8-9	+18
Sion James G	30	3	7	3	0	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	+7
LaMelo Ball G	26	17	6	7	2	0	1	7-15	3-8	0-0	+12
Josh Green G	25	3	3	3	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+6
PJ Hall C	22	10	6	0	0	2	3	4-7	1-1	1-2	0
Collin Sexton G	20	13	2	3	2	0	2	3-7	0-1	7-9	-1
Liam McNeeley F	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+1

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	34	28	7	8	0	1	2	11-15	3-4	3-4	-9
Matas Buzelis F	34	17	8	3	0	0	3	6-16	2-8	3-6	-11
Kevin Huerter G	31	9	11	7	1	1	0	3-11	1-7	2-2	0
Ayo Dosunmu G	28	16	4	4	1	0	2	7-12	2-5	0-0	-10
Tre Jones G	28	10	2	8	1	0	1	4-10	0-1	2-2	-8
Isaac Okoro F-G	27	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-5	0-4	0-0	-4
Jalen Smith F-C	15	9	5	1	0	3	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	+6
Julian Phillips F	15	3	1	0	4	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	-15
Patrick Williams F	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-7	0-5	0-0	-14
Dalen Terry F	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Miles Bridges	Starter	35	26	70.5	22.9	+25.8	24.1
Brandon Miller	Starter	36	22	55.3	22.2	-0.6	10.8
Kon Knueppel	Starter	33	18	50.1	25.6	+28.7	5.4
LaMelo Ball	Starter	26	17	56.7	25.0	+20.8	19.6
PJ Hall	Starter	22	10	63.5	20.0	-2.4	4.7
Collin Sexton	Bench	20	13	59.3	25.5	-6.6	12.0
Josh Green	Bench	25	3	50.0	4.6	+7.2	5.8
Sion James	Bench	30	3	30.0	9.9	+9.5	3.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	13	0	0.0	9.7	+0.7	2.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	34	28	83.5	24.7	-12.2	20.2
Matas Buzelis	Starter	34	17	45.6	29.7	-13.3	7.0
Tre Jones	Starter	28	10	46.0	19.0	-15.3	9.9
Jalen Smith	Starter	15	9	90.0	18.2	+17.0	21.1
Isaac Okoro	Starter	27	2	20.0	10.0	-9.6	-1.6
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	28	16	66.7	21.5	-11.9	15.2
Kevin Huerter	Bench	31	9	37.9	16.9	+1.6	14.4
Dalen Terry	Bench	13	5	83.3	8.8	+3.4	1.3
Julian Phillips	Bench	15	3	50.0	11.4	-40.8	5.2
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	15	0	0.0	19.4	-35.8	-7.9
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0