Chicago Bulls 122, Cleveland Cavaliers 128 — Recap

November 8, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 122, Cleveland Cavaliers 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 29-32 CLE; Q2 CHI 43-24 CLE; Q3 CHI 26-40 CLE; Q4 CHI 24-32 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; De'Andre Hunter (CLE) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Isaac Okoro (CHI) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-7 shooting; Jalen Smith (CHI) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

29 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 10-24 FG

Scoring · CLE

De'Andre Hunter

29 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Season highs

De'Andre Hunter · Season-high 29 pointsJalen Smith · Season-high 11 reboundsSam Merrill · Season-high 8 assistsJalen Smith · Season-high 4 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	43	26	24		122
CLE	32	24	40	32		128

🧮 How They Scored

CHICLE

48Points in the paint50

25Fast-break points16

4Second-chance points12

15Points off turnovers16

58Bench points18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.0%Effective FG%58.0%

11.5%Turnover %7.9%

25.6%Offensive rebound %20.4%

0.429Free-throw rate0.277

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaac Okoro F-G	33	19	4	3	0	0	1	5-7	3-4	6-6	-9
Josh Giddey G	33	15	9	6	2	1	2	5-18	0-3	5-5	-12
Tre Jones G	30	17	6	4	1	0	2	3-9	0-3	11-12	-26
Kevin Huerter G	29	15	3	3	3	1	1	6-10	2-4	1-2	+2
Nikola Vucevic C	29	9	5	4	2	0	2	4-11	0-2	1-2	-23
Ayo Dosunmu G	23	14	3	1	0	0	1	5-11	1-2	3-3	+11
Patrick Williams F	23	11	1	2	0	0	0	3-5	3-4	2-2	+10
Jalen Smith F-C	19	18	11	4	0	1	1	6-6	4-4	2-2	+17
Matas Buzelis F	18	4	4	0	0	0	3	1-6	0-3	2-2	-4
Julian Phillips F	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	35	29	6	6	1	0	2	10-24	5-12	4-4	+14
Evan Mobley F-C	34	24	8	5	0	1	1	9-14	1-4	5-7	+17
Jaylon Tyson G-F	31	17	7	3	2	2	0	6-10	3-4	2-2	+6
De'Andre Hunter F	30	29	4	2	0	1	3	10-16	4-8	5-7	+23
Sam Merrill G	28	8	2	8	0	0	1	3-8	2-6	0-0	+6
Jarrett Allen C	25	11	3	2	1	2	2	4-8	0-0	3-6	+3
Lonzo Ball G	22	2	4	4	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-8
Dean Wade F	19	2	3	0	2	1	0	1-5	0-4	0-0	-4
Tyrese Proctor G	13	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	-16
Craig Porter G	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Isaac Okoro	Starter	33	19	98.5	14.7	-15.4	12.9
Tre Jones	Starter	30	17	59.5	22.7	-39.1	10.2
Josh Giddey	Starter	33	15	37.1	27.5	-19.0	10.2
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	29	9	37.9	20.6	-38.8	3.9
Matas Buzelis	Starter	18	4	29.1	22.7	-7.0	-5.3
Jalen Smith	Bench	19	18	130.8	16.7	+41.5	33.5
Kevin Huerter	Bench	29	15	68.9	14.9	-0.6	11.3
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	23	14	56.8	23.6	+22.0	8.4
Patrick Williams	Bench	23	11	93.5	10.7	+17.2	9.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	4	0	0.0	10.0	+57.1	0.0
Noa Essengue	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	35	29	56.3	30.7	+20.8	14.2
De'Andre Hunter	Starter	30	29	76.0	29.6	+37.5	15.7
Evan Mobley	Starter	34	24	70.3	21.5	+28.8	16.8
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	31	17	78.1	15.7	+14.9	16.7
Jarrett Allen	Starter	25	11	51.7	21.3	+1.1	4.9
Sam Merrill	Bench	28	8	50.0	13.8	+9.8	5.9
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	13	6	60.0	18.5	-70.3	5.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	22	2	25.0	8.2	-16.7	2.7
Dean Wade	Bench	19	2	20.0	11.4	-6.8	-1.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-104.4	-5.4
Luke Travers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0