Chicago Bulls 130, Los Angeles Lakers 142 — Recap

March 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 130, Los Angeles Lakers 142. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 26-26 LAL; Q2 CHI 36-41 LAL; Q3 CHI 36-41 LAL; Q4 CHI 32-34 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 51 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 9 threes on 17-of-31 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-20 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 10-of-13 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

51 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 9 3PM · 17-31 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

30 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 13-20 FG

Scoring · CHI

Josh Giddey

27 PTS, 8 REB, 15 AST, 6 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Luka Doncic · Season-high 51 pointsLuka Doncic · Season-high 9 threesJosh Giddey · Season-high 6 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

CHI 7 largest lead Q2 5:15 (CHI 50, LAL 43) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:45–Q1 0:01

LAL 22 largest lead Q3 6:05 (CHI 71, LAL 93) · 12-0 run, Q2 1:08–Q3 11:12

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: LeBron James makes 6-foot running pullup jump shot (Austin Reaves assists) (Q2 0:54, CHI 62, LAL 64).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	26	36	36	32		130
LAL	26	41	41	34		142

🧮 How They Scored

CHILAL

66Points in the paint72

24Fast-break points13

16Second-chance points30

18Points off turnovers17

34Bench points5

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.6%Effective FG%64.1%

12.8%Turnover %7.7%

30.8%Offensive rebound %32.6%

0.168Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	40	27	8	15	2	0	6	10-17	6-9	1-2	-8
Matas Buzelis F	35	22	6	1	2	2	2	7-19	4-11	4-5	-25
Tre Jones G	32	18	4	6	1	0	0	8-16	0-2	2-2	-14
Leonard Miller F	31	15	9	1	1	0	1	6-9	1-3	2-2	-11
Jalen Smith F-C	30	14	4	0	0	0	0	5-11	2-5	2-2	-18
Rob Dillingham G	30	12	5	7	1	0	1	5-10	1-3	1-2	+10
Nick Richards C	26	15	4	1	0	0	2	7-9	0-1	1-1	-7
Yuki Kawamura G	10	3	1	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+7
Lachlan Olbrich C	6	4	0	1	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura F	40	15	1	1	1	0	0	6-10	3-5	0-0	+16
Austin Reaves G	38	30	5	7	1	0	3	13-20	4-7	0-0	+18
Luka Doncic F-G	37	51	10	9	3	1	1	17-31	9-14	8-9	+15
Deandre Ayton C	37	23	10	1	0	0	0	10-13	0-0	3-6	+9
LeBron James F	33	18	7	7	2	1	4	7-13	0-2	4-6	+12
Jake LaRavia F	21	0	3	3	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+13
Luke Kennard G	20	3	1	2	2	1	0	1-7	1-5	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Drew Timme F	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-7

🔬 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	40	27	75.5	22.8	-4.9	16.8
Matas Buzelis	Starter	35	22	51.9	26.7	-28.0	7.0
Tre Jones	Starter	32	18	53.3	20.7	-18.7	10.1
Leonard Miller	Starter	31	15	75.9	13.9	-12.3	10.1
Jalen Smith	Starter	30	14	58.9	14.8	-24.7	4.3
Nick Richards	Bench	26	15	79.4	17.7	-12.5	8.3
Rob Dillingham	Bench	30	12	55.1	16.9	+15.2	8.2
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	06	4	100.0	21.1	+27.7	16.3
Yuki Kawamura	Bench	10	3	75.0	11.5	+29.2	7.2
Collin Sexton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaac Okoro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	37	51	72.9	37.9	+18.5	25.3
Austin Reaves	Starter	38	30	75.0	25.0	+22.2	14.3
Deandre Ayton	Starter	37	23	73.5	16.8	+11.1	11.0
LeBron James	Starter	33	18	57.5	21.8	+13.3	12.1
Rui Hachimura	Starter	40	15	75.0	9.3	+16.6	5.5
Luke Kennard	Bench	20	3	21.4	12.7	-35.9	0.4
Drew Timme	Bench	04	2	50.0	16.7	-83.3	9.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	10	0	0.0	0.0	-23.4	3.1
Jake LaRavia	Bench	21	0	0.0	7.5	+25.5	-0.4
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Adou Thiero	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0