Chicago Bulls 128, Dallas Mavericks 149 — Recap

April 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 128, Dallas Mavericks 149. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 34-45 DAL; Q2 CHI 22-35 DAL; Q3 CHI 32-39 DAL; Q4 CHI 40-30 DAL.

Top performers (box score): John Poulakidas (DAL) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Rob Dillingham (CHI) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; AJ Johnson (DAL) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-12 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHI) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Moussa Cisse (DAL) 17 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

John Poulakidas

28 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · CHI

Rob Dillingham

25 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DAL

AJ Johnson

20 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST · 6-12 FG

Season highs

John Poulakidas · Season-high 28 pointsRyan Nembhard · Season-high 23 assistsAJ Johnson · Season-high 20 pointsMoussa Cisse · Season-high 20 reboundsLachlan Olbrich · Season-high 15 reboundsLachlan Olbrich · Season-high 10 assistsJohn Poulakidas · Season-high 8 threes

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 11:54 (CHI 2, DAL 0) · 9-0 run, Q1 2:04–Q1 0:49

DAL 34 largest lead Q3 1:31 (CHI 81, DAL 115) · 16-0 run, Q1 10:41–Q1 8:10

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Max Christie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists) (Q1 10:41, CHI 4, DAL 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	34	22	32	40		128
DAL	45	35	39	30		149

🧮 How They Scored

CHIDAL

66Points in the paint48

12Fast-break points14

13Second-chance points13

19Points off turnovers6

39Bench points77

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.7%Effective FG%61.4%

10.3%Turnover %13.2%

23.9%Offensive rebound %34.9%

0.121Free-throw rate0.284

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Leonard Miller F	35	17	7	2	0	1	3	8-12	1-4	0-1	-28
Patrick Williams F	35	13	4	5	3	1	2	5-15	2-9	1-1	-9
Lachlan Olbrich C	31	10	15	10	2	0	1	4-7	0-0	2-2	-11
Rob Dillingham G	30	25	5	5	2	0	5	11-18	1-5	2-4	-19
Collin Sexton G	28	19	3	1	1	0	0	8-16	1-1	2-2	-9
Tre Jones G	19	6	3	2	1	0	0	3-11	0-3	0-0	-12
Yuki Kawamura G	15	14	2	1	0	0	0	5-12	3-9	1-1	-2

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moussa Cisse C	41	17	20	1	2	2	3	6-15	0-0	5-6	+4
Ryan Nembhard G	38	15	9	23	2	0	4	6-11	1-2	2-2	+23
John Poulakidas G	36	28	2	4	1	1	1	9-18	8-16	2-3	+5
AJ Johnson G	25	20	1	1	0	0	5	6-12	0-3	8-9	-7
Dwight Powell F-C	24	7	12	2	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+15
Max Christie G	13	12	1	1	0	2	1	5-7	2-4	0-1	+24
Klay Thompson G	10	12	0	1	1	0	0	4-10	4-9	0-0	-4
Cooper Flagg F	10	10	4	1	1	0	0	4-8	0-1	2-2	+21
Khris Middleton F	6	8	1	1	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	+15

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Collin Sexton	Starter	28	19	56.3	21.6	-17.9	8.2
Leonard Miller	Starter	35	17	68.3	16.3	-32.5	7.6
Patrick Williams	Starter	35	13	42.1	18.3	-14.1	6.4
Lachlan Olbrich	Starter	31	10	63.5	10.5	-14.9	15.1
Tre Jones	Starter	19	6	27.3	22.0	-24.0	2.5
Rob Dillingham	Bench	30	25	63.3	29.8	-27.2	11.4
Yuki Kawamura	Bench	15	14	56.3	30.8	+1.2	10.5
Zach Collins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nick Richards	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ryan Nembhard	Starter	38	15	63.1	15.0	+27.0	17.5
Max Christie	Starter	13	12	80.6	24.2	+80.1	11.8
Cooper Flagg	Starter	10	10	56.3	31.0	+83.9	14.4
Khris Middleton	Starter	06	8	103.1	31.3	+100.0	19.8
Dwight Powell	Starter	24	7	87.5	6.0	+25.1	15.0
AJ Johnson	Bench	25	20	62.7	31.3	-11.9	3.3
Moussa Cisse	Bench	41	17	48.2	18.2	+5.7	8.4
Klay Thompson	Bench	10	12	60.0	37.0	-5.9	13.8
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Naji Marshall	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0