Chicago Bulls 116, Charlotte Hornets 123 — Recap

November 28, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 116, Charlotte Hornets 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 29-32 CHA; Q2 CHI 33-35 CHA; Q3 CHI 32-26 CHA; Q4 CHI 22-30 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHA) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

27 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · CHI

Josh Giddey

25 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

25 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 11-23 FG

Season highs

Brandon Miller · Season-high 27 pointsBrandon Miller · Season-high 5 threes

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	29	33	32	22		116
CHA	32	35	26	30		123

🧮 How They Scored

CHICHA

74Points in the paint56

29Fast-break points15

7Second-chance points10

24Points off turnovers10

34Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.5%Effective FG%53.1%

8.6%Turnover %10.0%

21.7%Offensive rebound %22.7%

0.206Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	33	25	11	9	1	0	0	8-16	3-7	6-7	+6
Nikola Vucevic C	31	13	14	3	1	0	2	6-11	1-5	0-0	+12
Matas Buzelis F	30	8	2	3	1	0	2	3-8	0-5	2-4	+14
Coby White G	29	25	2	4	0	0	0	11-23	1-6	2-3	+3
Tre Jones G	27	16	1	4	5	1	2	6-9	0-1	4-4	+17
Kevin Huerter G	25	11	2	4	0	0	0	4-8	1-4	2-2	-17
Ayo Dosunmu G	23	5	2	2	0	0	1	2-7	1-2	0-0	-21
Jalen Smith F-C	17	6	5	0	0	0	2	3-5	0-2	0-0	-19
Patrick Williams F	13	5	5	0	0	0	1	2-8	1-3	0-0	-8
Jevon Carter G	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-18
Julian Phillips F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	36	22	8	7	0	2	2	8-17	1-5	5-6	-2
Brandon Miller F	32	27	5	1	0	3	1	10-19	5-11	2-3	+8
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	12	5	4	1	0	1	5-14	2-9	0-0	+10
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	30	7	5	0	0	3	2	2-2	0-0	3-4	-22
LaMelo Ball G	29	16	7	8	2	0	2	6-19	3-10	1-2	+11
Collin Sexton G	26	21	4	3	1	2	1	8-15	1-4	4-4	-6
Sion James G	20	9	3	3	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	3-3	+6
Moussa Diabate F	18	4	8	2	2	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	+29
Tre Mann G	14	5	1	0	0	0	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	-6
Liam McNeeley F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7

🔬 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	29	25	51.4	33.3	+4.5	10.5
Josh Giddey	Starter	33	25	65.5	23.2	+6.8	26.4
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	31	13	59.1	17.3	+17.4	14.1
Kevin Huerter	Starter	25	11	61.9	15.0	-31.5	9.5
Matas Buzelis	Starter	30	8	41.0	16.2	+20.6	1.5
Tre Jones	Bench	27	16	74.3	18.8	+24.5	17.7
Jalen Smith	Bench	17	6	60.0	15.9	-46.1	7.3
Patrick Williams	Bench	13	5	31.3	27.3	-24.3	2.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	23	5	35.7	14.0	-35.9	0.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	10	2	50.0	7.7	-94.3	2.1
Isaac Okoro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-66.7	-9.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	32	27	66.4	26.6	+12.6	15.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	36	22	56.0	24.4	-2.5	15.8
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	16	40.2	29.7	+13.3	10.7
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	12	42.9	18.8	+14.3	4.5
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	30	7	93.1	8.1	-31.1	5.5
Collin Sexton	Bench	26	21	62.6	25.8	-8.8	17.4
Sion James	Bench	20	9	104.2	7.0	+12.8	12.9
Tre Mann	Bench	14	5	50.0	19.4	-11.5	-1.3
Moussa Diabate	Bench	18	4	51.5	8.3	+72.5	10.9
Mason Plumlee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Grant Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+77.8	0.0