Chicago Bulls 136, Cleveland Cavaliers 125 — Recap

December 19, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 136, Cleveland Cavaliers 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 32-32 CLE; Q2 CHI 34-23 CLE; Q3 CHI 35-44 CLE; Q4 CHI 35-26 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Darius Garland (CLE) 35 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Tyrese Proctor (CLE) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Darius Garland

35 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

24 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · CHI

Matas Buzelis

24 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Darius Garland · Season-high 35 pointsCoby White · Season-high 9 assistsDarius Garland · Season-high 6 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	32	34	35	35		136
CLE	32	23	44	26		125

🧮 How They Scored

CHICLE

58Points in the paint62

20Fast-break points7

20Second-chance points18

21Points off turnovers14

55Bench points49

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.8%Effective FG%54.5%

10.0%Turnover %12.1%

28.3%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.147Free-throw rate0.188

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis F	33	24	5	1	2	2	0	9-15	2-8	4-6	+7
Nikola Vucevic C	32	24	15	2	1	2	1	11-20	2-6	0-0	+15
Josh Giddey G	30	17	6	7	1	0	2	7-15	3-7	0-0	+8
Coby White G	30	13	6	9	0	0	3	5-13	1-5	2-2	+16
Tre Jones G	22	16	1	6	2	0	2	5-7	2-2	4-4	+18
Kevin Huerter G	20	14	5	3	2	0	0	6-12	2-8	0-0	-7
Isaac Okoro F-G	20	3	2	0	3	1	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	-14
Zach Collins F-C	19	13	3	2	0	0	3	4-5	3-3	2-2	+1
Jalen Smith F-C	15	4	4	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	+9
Ayo Dosunmu G	14	8	1	3	1	0	0	3-7	2-5	0-1	-2
Patrick Williams F	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	33	35	2	8	1	0	4	13-27	6-12	3-3	+3
Jarrett Allen C	30	14	12	5	2	1	1	6-9	0-0	2-2	-8
Lonzo Ball G	28	8	3	8	2	0	1	3-4	1-2	1-2	-11
Dean Wade F	28	2	5	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Tyrese Proctor G	27	16	6	3	1	0	1	6-15	3-8	1-2	-10
De'Andre Hunter F	26	11	3	1	0	0	1	3-10	1-4	4-5	-13
Jaylon Tyson G-F	26	9	5	1	1	0	5	4-10	0-3	1-1	-1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	21	15	3	2	1	0	1	6-14	2-5	1-2	-2
Thomas Bryant C	16	11	4	2	1	0	0	4-6	1-3	2-2	+1
Luke Travers F	6	4	3	0	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 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	32	24	60.0	25.0	+17.7	18.8
Matas Buzelis	Starter	33	24	68.0	20.2	+9.3	12.7
Josh Giddey	Starter	30	17	56.7	23.6	+15.8	11.5
Coby White	Starter	30	13	46.8	22.7	+24.6	9.3
Isaac Okoro	Starter	20	3	50.0	6.0	-26.2	5.7
Tre Jones	Bench	22	16	91.3	19.3	+35.3	15.7
Kevin Huerter	Bench	20	14	58.3	23.1	-12.1	12.4
Zach Collins	Bench	19	13	110.5	19.1	+5.2	10.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	14	8	53.8	17.9	-2.2	7.6
Jalen Smith	Bench	15	4	50.0	12.5	+25.7	3.5
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	+36.4	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

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Starter	33	35	61.8	37.2	+4.0	15.1
Tyrese Proctor	Starter	27	16	50.4	24.6	-16.7	9.7
Jarrett Allen	Starter	30	14	70.9	14.1	-13.8	16.7
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	26	9	43.1	24.2	-6.2	1.1
Dean Wade	Starter	28	2	25.0	5.5	-17.7	3.9
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	21	15	50.4	28.1	-6.6	7.7
Thomas Bryant	Bench	16	11	79.9	16.7	+6.4	13.0
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	26	11	45.1	17.1	-21.7	0.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	28	8	82.0	8.2	-15.3	9.0
Luke Travers	Bench	6	4	100.0	16.7	-20.0	16.4
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0