Chicago Bulls 129, Charlotte Hornets 126 — Recap

December 12, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 129, Charlotte Hornets 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 33-29 CHA; Q2 CHI 22-32 CHA; Q3 CHI 34-31 CHA; Q4 CHI 40-34 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Kon Knueppel (CHA) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 32 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-20 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Kon Knueppel

33 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

32 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 13-20 FG

Scoring · CHI

Josh Giddey

26 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Kon Knueppel · Season-high 33 points

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	33	22	34	40		129
CHA	29	32	31	34		126

🧮 How They Scored

CHICHA

80Points in the paint66

11Fast-break points18

20Second-chance points15

9Points off turnovers15

45Bench points23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.6%Effective FG%60.8%

9.7%Turnover %7.3%

31.4%Offensive rebound %19.5%

0.202Free-throw rate0.103

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	34	26	7	11	1	0	3	10-17	2-4	4-4	+8
Coby White G	30	20	5	2	0	0	2	6-15	1-4	7-9	+7
Patrick Williams F	26	16	5	1	1	1	2	6-8	3-5	1-2	0
Isaac Okoro F-G	26	15	3	1	0	0	0	7-11	0-2	1-1	-4
Tre Jones G	25	6	2	5	0	0	1	3-9	0-2	0-0	-1
Matas Buzelis F	24	10	0	1	0	2	0	5-8	0-2	0-0	0
Nikola Vucevic C	22	13	3	4	0	1	1	6-8	1-2	0-1	-15
Zach Collins F-C	20	16	8	2	0	1	1	6-7	2-3	2-2	+17
Jalen Smith F-C	17	5	10	1	1	1	0	2-9	1-3	0-0	+10
Dalen Terry F	14	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Julian Phillips F	3	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	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	36	33	5	9	0	0	2	12-21	5-12	4-4	+8
Miles Bridges F	34	32	2	7	0	0	0	13-20	4-7	2-3	+8
Brandon Miller F	34	18	5	4	1	2	3	8-22	2-8	0-0	-13
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	31	10	6	2	0	0	1	5-6	0-0	0-0	+15
Sion James G	26	14	4	1	0	0	1	5-9	2-4	2-3	-12
K.J. Simpson G	25	10	5	3	1	0	1	4-9	2-3	0-0	+11
Tidjane Salaun F	17	5	2	3	2	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	-12
Josh Green G	17	2	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Moussa Diabate F	13	2	3	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-17
Drew Peterson F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Starter	34	26	69.3	25.9	+9.2	17.5
Coby White	Starter	30	20	52.7	28.4	+10.8	8.0
Isaac Okoro	Starter	26	15	65.6	17.7	-7.0	7.7
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	22	13	77.0	19.6	-30.6	12.5
Matas Buzelis	Starter	24	10	62.5	14.0	-2.6	5.1
Zach Collins	Bench	20	16	101.5	15.8	+30.1	24.9
Patrick Williams	Bench	26	16	90.1	17.5	-2.0	13.3
Tre Jones	Bench	25	6	33.3	15.9	-3.9	4.3
Jalen Smith	Bench	17	5	27.8	20.9	+26.1	12.7
Dalen Terry	Bench	14	2	50.0	9.7	-10.3	1.6
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-57.1	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kon Knueppel	Starter	36	33	72.5	30.1	+10.7	15.6
Miles Bridges	Starter	34	32	75.0	26.3	+12.7	16.2
Brandon Miller	Starter	34	18	40.9	29.8	-15.3	3.5
K.J. Simpson	Starter	25	10	55.6	17.9	+21.6	8.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	31	10	83.3	9.3	+18.8	7.6
Sion James	Bench	26	14	67.8	18.0	-16.7	9.2
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	17	5	50.0	12.8	-20.0	10.6
Josh Green	Bench	17	2	50.0	5.3	-8.3	1.3
Moussa Diabate	Bench	13	2	50.0	7.1	-55.2	1.1
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