Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Chicago Bulls 127 — Recap

December 17, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 111, Chicago Bulls 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 34-33 CHI; Q2 CLE 24-29 CHI; Q3 CLE 30-33 CHI; Q4 CLE 23-32 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 32 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Jaylon Tyson (CLE) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

32 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

25 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · CHI

Josh Giddey

23 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST, 5 3PM · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · 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
CLE	34	24	30	23		111
CHI	33	29	33	32		127

🧮 How They Scored

CLECHI

52Points in the paint68

14Fast-break points25

8Second-chance points12

22Points off turnovers21

27Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.2%Effective FG%64.0%

17.4%Turnover %13.4%

17.8%Offensive rebound %15.8%

0.207Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	33	32	1	5	0	0	3	11-23	4-9	6-6	-15
Jaylon Tyson G-F	32	21	2	3	1	1	3	8-10	2-4	3-4	-15
Darius Garland G	30	15	5	6	0	0	2	6-16	3-7	0-0	-18
Jarrett Allen C	28	14	6	3	1	2	2	7-9	0-0	0-0	-13
De'Andre Hunter F	28	12	5	1	0	0	2	4-9	2-6	2-2	-3
Dean Wade F	22	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Thomas Bryant C	18	7	6	0	0	0	3	2-6	1-4	2-2	-5
Craig Porter G	18	4	2	4	3	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Lonzo Ball G	17	2	7	1	1	0	3	1-5	0-4	0-0	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	2-4	-2
Tyrese Proctor G	7	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+3

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	34	23	11	11	2	1	3	8-18	5-11	2-2	+15
Isaac Okoro F-G	31	12	2	1	1	0	0	6-7	0-0	0-0	+1
Coby White G	30	25	5	3	2	0	3	8-13	3-5	6-7	-1
Nikola Vucevic C	29	20	9	4	2	1	1	9-14	2-4	0-0	+15
Kevin Huerter G	26	11	3	1	0	0	2	4-9	3-6	0-0	+1
Tre Jones G	24	11	1	11	3	0	1	5-7	0-1	1-2	+20
Matas Buzelis F	22	9	1	1	0	1	1	3-7	0-2	3-4	+15
Zach Collins F-C	16	10	4	2	2	0	2	4-8	1-4	1-3	+4
Jalen Smith F-C	16	4	7	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	+11
Patrick Williams F	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Dalen Terry F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	33	32	62.4	35.0	-20.3	11.4
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	32	21	89.3	19.5	-17.7	11.0
Darius Garland	Starter	30	15	46.9	24.7	-25.0	7.2
Jarrett Allen	Starter	28	14	77.8	16.4	-21.3	12.9
Dean Wade	Starter	22	2	33.3	5.8	-7.1	0.0
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	28	12	60.7	17.6	-4.8	7.1
Thomas Bryant	Bench	18	7	50.9	22.2	-9.6	5.3
Craig Porter	Bench	18	4	100.0	6.8	+5.0	13.4
Lonzo Ball	Bench	17	2	20.0	19.0	-25.8	5.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	8	2	26.6	18.2	-11.1	-1.3
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	7	0	0.0	17.6	+26.7	5.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Starter	30	25	77.7	26.0	+0.3	14.5
Josh Giddey	Starter	34	23	60.9	27.2	+19.7	18.5
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	29	20	71.4	22.4	+27.4	17.4
Isaac Okoro	Starter	31	12	85.7	10.1	+7.0	5.8
Matas Buzelis	Starter	22	9	51.4	18.2	+31.7	2.4
Kevin Huerter	Bench	26	11	61.1	18.6	+3.4	6.2
Tre Jones	Bench	24	11	69.8	14.5	+35.7	19.9
Zach Collins	Bench	16	10	53.6	26.2	+10.3	15.7
Jalen Smith	Bench	16	4	66.7	9.3	+24.9	11.3
Patrick Williams	Bench	11	2	33.3	16.7	-4.5	-2.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0