Chicago Bulls 146, Los Angeles Lakers 115 — Recap

March 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 146, Los Angeles Lakers 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 32-31 LAL; Q2 CHI 33-31 LAL; Q3 CHI 39-27 LAL; Q4 CHI 42-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Coby White (CHI) 36 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Luka Doncic (LAL) 34 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Coby White

36 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 12-17 FG

Scoring · LAL

Luka Doncic

34 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 8 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · CHI

Matas Buzelis

31 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 12-18 FG

Season highs

Matas Buzelis · Season-high 31 pointsJosh Giddey · Season-high 17 assistsLuka Doncic · Season-high 8 threesMatas Buzelis · 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	32	33	39	42		146
LAL	31	31	27	26		115

🧮 How They Scored

CHILAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.9%Effective FG%59.4%

8.8%Turnover %18.2%

29.4%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.211Free-throw rate0.275

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Coby White G	34	36	3	2	2	—	3	12-17	6-9	6-8	+28
Kevin Huerter G	34	14	3	2	1	1	—	6-12	0-4	2-2	+16
Josh Giddey G	33	15	10	17	8	—	2	5-11	1-2	4-6	+22
Matas Buzelis F	30	31	2	1	1	—	2	12-18	5-10	2-2	+26
Nikola Vucevic C	26	12	12	5	2	1	1	5-10	2-3	—	+19
Dalen Terry F	24	13	4	4	2	—	—	6-12	1-4	—	+8
Patrick Williams F	23	14	3	3	—	1	—	5-8	4-7	—	+16
Zach Collins F-C	18	9	3	4	1	1	1	4-4	—	1-2	+10
Julian Phillips F	7	—	—	1	—	—	1	0-1	0-1	—	—
Jevon Carter G	4	2	1	—	—	1	—	1-1	—	—	+4
Jalen Smith F-C	4	—	1	2	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	+2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	34	25	2	5	—	—	2	9-13	3-7	4-4	-21
Luka Doncic F-G	32	34	8	6	—	—	7	10-18	8-13	6-8	-9
LeBron James F	31	17	6	4	3	—	5	7-16	1-2	2-5	-27
Jaxson Hayes C	25	10	4	2	1	—	—	5-6	—	0-1	-17
Dorian Finney-Smith F	21	2	2	1	1	1	2	1-4	0-3	—	-19
Gabe Vincent G	19	6	3	—	—	—	1	2-4	2-4	—	-5
Rui Hachimura F	18	5	2	—	1	—	—	2-6	1-4	—	-4
Jordan Goodwin G	15	4	3	1	1	—	—	1-3	0-1	2-2	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt F	11	—	2	—	—	—	3	0-2	0-1	—	-9
Dalton Knecht F	7	6	1	1	1	—	—	2-4	2-3	—	-8
Bronny James G	7	2	—	1	—	—	—	0-4	0-2	2-2	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Bench	34	36	87.7	27.1	+40.1	18.1
Matas Buzelis	Bench	30	31	82.1	28.8	+39.4	12.4
Josh Giddey	Bench	33	15	55.0	19.5	+30.1	17.0
Kevin Huerter	Bench	34	14	54.3	15.7	+23.9	6.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	23	14	87.5	13.6	+27.8	14.2
Dalen Terry	Bench	24	13	54.2	19.7	+14.3	11.9
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	26	12	60.0	16.7	+31.1	14.0
Zach Collins	Bench	18	9	92.2	13.3	+25.9	20.1
Jevon Carter	Bench	4	2	100.0	12.5	+41.1	20.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	4	—	0.0	12.5	+25.0	10.8
Julian Phillips	Bench	7	—	0.0	10.5	-11.8	-3.6

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Bench	32	34	79.0	36.7	-11.1	16.1
Austin Reaves	Bench	34	25	84.7	20.5	-25.4	12.2
LeBron James	Bench	31	17	46.7	29.5	-35.1	6.8
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	25	10	77.6	9.7	-29.3	9.3
Gabe Vincent	Bench	19	6	75.0	10.6	-5.1	4.5
Dalton Knecht	Bench	7	6	75.0	26.7	-57.1	15.4
Rui Hachimura	Bench	18	5	41.7	13.0	-7.0	4.4
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	15	4	51.5	9.8	-11.4	5.1
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	21	2	25.0	12.0	-37.5	-3.1
Bronny James	Bench	7	2	20.5	33.3	-57.1	-5.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	11	—	0.0	15.6	-34.6	-16.2
Christian Koloko	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0