Chicago Bulls 109, Brooklyn Nets 112 — Recap

January 16, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 109, Brooklyn Nets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 23-27 BKN; Q2 CHI 17-30 BKN; Q3 CHI 32-32 BKN; Q4 CHI 37-23 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (BKN) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Noah Clowney (BKN) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 18 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Michael Porter Jr.

26 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · BKN

Noah Clowney

23 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 7-17 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Season highs

Nicolas Claxton · Season-high 14 reboundsNoah Clowney · 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

CHI 2 largest lead Q1 9:59 (CHI 5, BKN 3) · 11-0 run, Q4 10:45–Q4 8:52

BKN 20 largest lead Q4 11:20 (CHI 72, BKN 92) · 15-0 run, Q2 4:16–Q2 0:40

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Nolan Traore assists) (Q4 0:05, CHI 109, BKN 110).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	23	17	32	37		109
BKN	27	30	32	23		112

🧮 How They Scored

CHIBKN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

41Bench points48

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.1%Effective FG%53.3%

6.9%Turnover %12.4%

10.0%Offensive rebound %22.9%

0.233Free-throw rate0.187

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Smith F-C	35	14	13	4	1	4	1	4-11	4-10	2-2	-5
Nikola Vucevic C	33	19	6	5	0	2	1	9-14	1-3	0-0	+8
Coby White G	33	17	4	4	2	0	3	7-15	2-7	1-3	-5
Matas Buzelis F	32	15	6	3	1	4	0	4-15	2-7	5-6	+7
Isaac Okoro F-G	32	6	2	5	4	0	0	2-3	0-1	2-2	0
Tre Jones G	30	11	5	5	1	0	1	5-9	1-1	0-0	-6
Ayo Dosunmu G	20	18	1	1	1	0	0	7-13	0-2	4-5	0
Patrick Williams F	12	7	3	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-2	0
Kevin Huerter G	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-12
Dalen Terry F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	32	26	7	1	1	0	3	9-17	5-10	3-3	+4
Nicolas Claxton F-C	29	7	14	5	1	2	3	3-5	0-0	1-2	+7
Noah Clowney F	28	23	11	1	1	0	3	7-17	4-7	5-6	+8
Nolan Traoré G	28	8	2	7	1	0	2	2-7	2-4	2-2	-12
Cam Thomas G	25	8	1	4	0	0	1	3-13	2-5	0-0	+4
Drake Powell F	24	3	0	3	1	0	1	1-7	1-4	0-0	+1
Day'Ron Sharpe C	19	14	6	3	0	0	0	6-8	0-0	2-2	-4
Danny Wolf F-C	19	13	4	4	1	1	0	5-8	3-4	0-0	-5
Egor Demin G	19	5	0	2	0	1	1	1-4	1-4	2-2	+11
Terance Mann G	17	5	2	0	1	0	0	2-5	1-2	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
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	33	19	67.9	20.3	+8.3	13.2
Coby White	Starter	33	17	52.1	24.7	-10.0	8.9
Matas Buzelis	Starter	32	15	42.5	25.4	+9.2	9.4
Tre Jones	Starter	30	11	61.1	14.9	-9.5	8.0
Isaac Okoro	Starter	32	6	77.3	5.9	+1.6	10.1
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	20	18	59.2	32.6	+2.5	13.1
Jalen Smith	Bench	35	14	58.9	16.5	-8.3	16.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	12	7	90.2	14.3	-12.9	13.9
Kevin Huerter	Bench	10	2	33.3	20.0	-60.0	-3.7
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-28.6	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Starter	32	26	71.0	27.6	+7.6	16.5
Noah Clowney	Starter	28	23	58.6	32.4	+17.0	16.5
Nicolas Claxton	Starter	29	7	59.5	11.6	+16.5	15.4
Egor Demin	Starter	19	5	51.2	13.3	+30.8	6.1
Drake Powell	Starter	24	3	21.4	13.8	+3.8	0.0
Day'Ron Sharpe	Bench	19	14	78.8	20.5	-6.9	16.3
Danny Wolf	Bench	19	13	81.3	18.2	-3.1	14.9
Cam Thomas	Bench	25	8	30.8	24.1	+8.0	-0.7
Nolan Traoré	Bench	28	8	50.8	15.4	-16.2	4.2
Terance Mann	Bench	17	5	50.0	12.5	+9.3	4.8
Tyrese Martin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Wilson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0