Hornets (112) vs Bulls (99) · Jan 3, 2026 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 3, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	27	23	32	30	112
CHI	39	19	17	24	99

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Kon KnueppelSF	32	4-14	2-6	8-9	5	1	0	0	2	2	+18	18
0Miles BridgesPF	35	11-18	3-7	1-1	14	1	1	0	1	1	+19	26
16PJ HallC	22	4-7	1-1	1-2	6	0	0	2	3	2	0	10
24Brandon MillerSG	36	8-19	4-10	2-2	6	4	1	1	0	2	+3	22
1LaMelo BallPG	26	7-15	3-8	0-0	6	7	2	0	1	1	+12	17
8Collin Sexton	19	3-7	0-1	7-9	2	3	2	0	2	1	-1	13
4Sion James	29	1-5	1-4	0-0	7	3	0	0	2	2	+7	3
10Josh Green	24	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	1	+6	3
33Liam McNeeley	12	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	+1	0
21Pat Connaughton	— did not play —												— did not play —
23Tre Mann	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Antonio Reeves	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Tidjane Salaun	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-9142.9%	15-4136.6%	19-2382.6%	52	23	7	3	11	12	-	112

BULLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35Isaac OkoroSF	27	1-5	0-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	3	-4	2
25Jalen SmithPF	15	4-5	1-2	0-0	5	1	0	3	1	0	+6	9
9Nikola VucevicC	33	11-15	3-4	3-4	7	8	0	1	2	2	-9	28
14Matas BuzelisSG	34	6-16	2-8	3-6	8	3	0	0	3	1	-11	17
30Tre JonesPG	27	4-10	0-1	2-2	2	8	1	0	1	1	-8	10
13Kevin Huerter	30	3-11	1-7	2-2	11	7	1	1	0	1	0	9
11Ayo Dosunmu	27	7-12	2-5	0-0	4	4	1	0	2	1	-10	16
44Patrick Williams	14	0-7	0-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2	-14	0
7Dalen Terry	13	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5
15Julian Phillips	15	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	4	0	1	2	-15	3
5Jevon Carter	— did not play —												— did not play —
47Lachlan Olbrich	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	39-8744.8%	11-4126.8%	10-1471.4%	43	32	9	5	11	16	-	99

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterchachi

(11:55) Jump Ball Vucevic vs. Hall: Tip to Ball
+2 (11:39) Knueppel 8' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
20
(11:21) Jones Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:21) Ball STEAL (1 STL)
(11:12) MISS Miller 3PT Jump Shot
(11:09) Hall REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (11:05) Hall 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ball 1 AST)
50
+2 (10:43) Smith 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Buzelis 1 AST)
52
(10:26) MISS Bridges 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:24) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:13) Vucevic 12' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Buzelis 2 AST)
54
(9:50) MISS Ball 3PT Jump Shot
(9:47) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:34) Buzelis Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Vucevic 1 AST)
56
(9:21) Buzelis S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Sago)
+1 (9:21) Knueppel Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
66
+1 (9:21) Knueppel Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
76
+2 (9:09) Vucevic 8' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
78
(8:53) MISS Bridges 2' Driving Reverse Layup
(8:53) Vucevic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:50) Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:50) Smith Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (8:35) Hall 2' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Miller 1 AST)
98
+2 (8:25) Okoro 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Vucevic 2 AST)
910
+2 (8:14) Bridges 4' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Ball 2 AST)
1110
(7:51) MISS Buzelis 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:49) Ball REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (7:33) Bridges 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Ball 3 AST)
1410
+2 (7:18) Smith 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS) (Vucevic 3 AST)
1412
(6:59) MISS Hall 3' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot
(6:59) Smith BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:56) Buzelis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:53) Miller S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Forte)
(6:53) BULLS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:53) Buzelis Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1413
(6:53) MISS Buzelis Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:48) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:27) MISS Miller 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:26) Hornets Rebound
(6:26) Hornets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+2 (6:05) Smith 1' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Huerter 1 AST)
1415
(5:53) MISS James 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:51) Buzelis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:36) MISS Huerter 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:35) Hornets Rebound
+2 (5:16) Bridges 7' Turnaround Hook Shot (7 PTS)
1615
+2 (4:58) Dosunmu 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1617
(4:45) MISS Sexton 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:45) Smith BLOCK (2 BLK)
(4:42) Huerter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:40) MISS Dosunmu 2' Running Layup
(4:39) Buzelis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:39) MISS Buzelis 1' Tip Dunk Shot
(4:37) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:34) James Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(4:34) Okoro STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:19) Buzelis 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Huerter 2 AST)
1620
(4:02) MISS Sexton 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:59) Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:47) Huerter 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)
1622
(3:46) Hornets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (3:30) Green 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Miller 2 AST)
1922
+2 (3:14) Vucevic 17' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Huerter 3 AST)
1924
(3:01) James Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(3:01) Huerter STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:56) Dosunmu 2' Running Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Huerter 4 AST)
1926
+2 (2:48) Sexton 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2126
+3 (2:38) Vucevic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Dosunmu 1 AST)
2129
(2:29) Terry S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (2:29) Sexton Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2229
+1 (2:29) Sexton Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2329
+3 (2:21) Terry 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Vucevic 4 AST)
2332
(2:04) MISS Miller 10' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot
(1:59) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:52) Terry 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Dosunmu 2 AST)
2334
(1:42) Terry S.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.Reneau)
+1 (1:42) Sexton Free Throw 1 of 3 (5 PTS)
2434
(1:42) MISS Sexton Free Throw 2 of 3
(1:42) Hornets Rebound
+1 (1:42) Sexton Free Throw 3 of 3 (6 PTS)
2534
(1:30) MISS Huerter 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:27) Knueppel REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:16) MISS Hall 4' Layup
(1:14) Huerter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:08) MISS Huerter 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:06) Hall REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:54) Hall 1' Cutting Layup Shot (7 PTS) (Sexton 1 AST)
2734
(0:43) Dosunmu Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:43) Sexton STEAL (1 STL)
(0:38) MISS Knueppel 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(0:35) Huerter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (0:27) Dosunmu 1' Driving Dunk (6 PTS) (Vucevic 5 AST)
2736
(0:04) MISS Knueppel 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:02) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:00) Dosunmu 43' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Vucevic 6 AST)
2739

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHA

CHI

112Points99

39-91(42.9%)Field Goal(%)39-87(44.8%)

15-41(36.6%)3-Point(%)11-41(26.8%)

19-23(82.6%)Free Throw(%)10-14(71.4%)

52(13)Rebounds(Offensive)43(6)

23Assists32

7Steals9

3Blocks5

11Turnovers11

12Fouls16

46Pts In The Paint52

18Fast Break Pts6

16Pts Off Turnovers12

19Bench Pts33

18Largest Lead15

Game Details

Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 5:00 PM

United Center · Chicago, IL

attendance: 21,315 (90.7%)