New York Knicks 125, Chicago Bulls 135 — Recap

October 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 125, Chicago Bulls 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 27-35 CHI; Q2 NYK 26-37 CHI; Q3 NYK 38-28 CHI; Q4 NYK 34-35 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Josh Giddey (CHI) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Josh Giddey

32 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

29 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · Season-high 32 pointsOG Anunoby · Season-high 26 pointsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 22 pointsMitchell Robinson · Season-high 11 reboundsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 9 assistsOG Anunoby · Season-high 5 threesMikal Bridges · Season-high 4 threesJosh Giddey · Season-high 4 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
NYK	27	26	38	34		125
CHI	35	37	28	35		135

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCHI

38Points in the paint54

7Fast-break points9

20Second-chance points13

12Points off turnovers25

21Bench points53

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.3%Effective FG%63.7%

10.6%Turnover %6.6%

25.5%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.253Free-throw rate0.417

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	38	23	4	6	0	1	1	9-14	4-8	1-2	-1
OG Anunoby F	36	26	4	3	1	1	1	10-13	5-7	1-2	+6
Jalen Brunson G	35	29	2	7	0	0	2	12-25	3-8	2-5	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns C	32	22	10	4	0	1	2	6-14	1-5	9-9	+7
Miles McBride G	29	8	2	2	1	0	1	3-9	2-5	0-0	-22
Mitchell Robinson C	20	4	11	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Landry Shamet G	15	4	1	0	1	0	0	1-5	1-5	1-2	-7
Josh Hart G	15	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18
Jordan Clarkson G	13	6	1	2	0	1	2	1-4	1-4	3-3	-5
Tyler Kolek G	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Guerschon Yabusele F	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	38	32	10	9	1	0	0	12-21	4-8	4-6	+5
Nikola Vucevic C	31	26	7	2	0	0	1	10-17	4-8	2-5	-3
Ayo Dosunmu G	29	22	4	9	1	0	1	8-10	1-3	5-6	+19
Matas Buzelis F	29	13	0	1	1	1	1	4-10	2-5	3-4	-5
Kevin Huerter G	26	12	6	2	2	1	2	4-7	1-3	3-3	+13
Tre Jones G	24	8	4	3	0	1	0	0-4	0-0	8-8	-3
Patrick Williams F	23	9	1	3	1	1	2	3-6	2-4	1-1	+13
Jalen Smith F-C	17	10	9	2	1	2	0	3-5	2-4	2-2	+13
Isaac Okoro F-G	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-11
Julian Phillips F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+9

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	35	29	53.3	34.5	-11.5	8.7
OG Anunoby	Starter	36	26	93.7	18.3	+11.3	13.1
Mikal Bridges	Starter	38	23	77.3	17.8	+2.1	11.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	32	22	61.2	25.7	+8.7	14.8
Mitchell Robinson	Starter	20	4	66.7	8.5	+10.4	8.3
Miles McBride	Bench	29	8	44.4	14.1	-36.7	2.6
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	13	6	56.4	25.0	-20.0	6.5
Landry Shamet	Bench	15	4	34.0	16.7	-9.8	-0.7
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	3	3	50.0	37.5	-28.6	27.8
Josh Hart	Bench	15	0	0.0	5.3	-58.1	-3.1
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	-25.0	-4.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Starter	38	32	67.7	27.0	+1.4	20.2
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	31	26	67.7	27.8	-6.4	12.9
Matas Buzelis	Starter	29	13	55.3	19.1	-8.3	2.4
Tre Jones	Starter	24	8	53.2	13.6	+1.8	7.0
Isaac Okoro	Starter	16	3	50.0	7.3	-35.7	0.0
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	29	22	87.0	20.3	+29.2	20.4
Kevin Huerter	Bench	26	12	72.1	17.5	+24.1	13.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	17	10	85.0	15.0	+35.4	20.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	23	9	69.9	16.0	+31.4	6.5
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.1	+82.7	-2.9
Noa Essengue	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0