Chicago Bulls 126, Atlanta Hawks 123 — Recap

December 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 126, Atlanta Hawks 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 30-36 ATL; Q2 CHI 25-32 ATL; Q3 CHI 37-37 ATL; Q4 CHI 34-18 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Johnson (ATL) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 24 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Trae Young (ATL) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 15 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ATL

Jalen Johnson

24 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

24 PTS, 0 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · ATL

Trae Young

22 PTS, 1 REB, 15 AST, 1 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · Season-high 15 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

CHI 3 largest lead Q1 8:15 (CHI 14, ATL 11) · 10-0 run, Q3 0:21–Q4 9:08

ATL 18 largest lead Q2 4:51 (CHI 41, ATL 59) · 13-0 run, Q2 7:57–Q2 5:15

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Coby White makes free throw 1 of 1 (Q4 0:01, CHI 124, ATL 123).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	30	25	37	34		126
ATL	36	32	37	18		123

🧮 How They Scored

CHIATL

64Points in the paint58

10Fast-break points9

19Second-chance points12

7Points off turnovers23

39Bench points36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.7%Effective FG%57.9%

13.4%Turnover %9.6%

22.0%Offensive rebound %13.3%

0.308Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	36	19	11	15	0	0	7	8-15	2-5	1-2	+4
Coby White G	31	24	0	4	3	0	7	7-13	5-10	5-6	+7
Nikola Vucevic C	31	21	10	4	0	1	0	9-16	1-5	2-2	+9
Kevin Huerter G	27	9	7	1	0	0	0	3-7	1-5	2-4	+14
Tre Jones G	23	9	3	2	0	0	0	3-6	0-1	3-4	+9
Isaac Okoro F-G	22	8	2	1	0	1	0	2-6	1-3	3-4	-11
Matas Buzelis F	18	15	2	0	0	2	0	6-8	2-3	1-1	-2
Zach Collins F-C	18	10	7	2	0	1	1	5-9	0-2	0-0	-2
Ayo Dosunmu G	16	6	2	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	2-2	-5
Jalen Smith F-C	12	5	4	3	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-3	-4
Patrick Williams F	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	39	24	9	10	1	2	5	11-23	1-7	1-3	-14
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	36	10	7	3	0	0	1	4-9	0-2	2-2	-6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	21	1	2	2	0	0	9-19	2-8	1-2	-20
Trae Young G	31	22	1	15	2	0	1	7-16	1-7	7-9	+2
Vit Krejci G	29	19	3	2	1	0	1	7-9	5-6	0-0	-7
Asa Newell F	21	13	7	0	2	1	3	5-7	3-5	0-0	+16
Zaccharie Risacher F	21	10	7	3	1	1	0	3-6	2-3	2-4	+12
Luke Kennard G	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	+1
Keaton Wallace G	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Starter	31	24	76.7	28.2	+11.6	8.4
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	31	21	62.2	21.5	+13.2	18.2
Josh Giddey	Starter	36	19	59.8	24.0	+2.0	15.0
Matas Buzelis	Starter	18	15	88.9	17.4	-4.8	11.6
Isaac Okoro	Starter	22	8	51.5	14.5	-17.4	1.9
Zach Collins	Bench	18	10	55.6	21.3	-7.5	12.6
Kevin Huerter	Bench	27	9	51.4	12.0	+21.2	8.3
Tre Jones	Bench	23	9	58.0	12.9	+18.1	7.1
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	16	6	43.6	18.2	-20.4	5.1
Jalen Smith	Bench	12	5	57.9	11.8	-26.1	12.8
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	06	0	0.0	13.3	-30.8	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Atlanta HawksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Johnson	Starter	39	24	49.3	30.5	-13.2	11.0
Trae Young	Starter	31	22	55.1	23.8	-0.5	15.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	34	21	52.8	23.5	-25.6	8.0
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	36	10	50.6	12.4	-4.6	4.3
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	21	10	64.4	15.1	+29.7	7.2
Vit Krejci	Bench	29	19	105.6	14.3	-7.3	15.6
Asa Newell	Bench	21	13	92.9	18.9	+36.9	11.9
Luke Kennard	Bench	21	2	25.0	8.3	+7.0	1.1
Keaton Wallace	Bench	08	2	50.0	10.5	+13.9	11.8
Dyson Daniels	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0