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Chicago Bulls at Atlanta Hawks

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14-15, 7-9 Away
Final
126 - 123

15-16, 5-9 Home
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Giddey and White help Bulls rally from late 10-point deficit to beat Hawks 126-123

Trae Young and Ayo Dosunmu get into it, need to be separated at midcourt

White finished with 24 points for the Bulls, who trailed by 18 points in the second quarter, by 15 late in the third and by 10 with less than six minutes left.

Giddey's triple-double was his seventh this season, the second-most in the league behind Denver's Nikola Jokic, who has 14. Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 10 rebounds as the Bulls moved to 3-0 against the Hawks this season.

Jalen Johnson had 24 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for the Hawks, who have lost four straight. Trae Young contributed 22 points and 15 assists.

Atlanta was missing Dyson Daniels for the first time this season. He sat out with right hip inflammation.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker hit a driving layup for the Hawks with 1.9 seconds left to tie it at 123-all. The Bulls advanced the ball with a timeout, and then Zaccaharie Risacher fouled White before the inbound pass, giving White one free throw that he converted.

The Hawks fouled Vucevic on the next inbounds play, and he made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left. A desperation 3-pointer by Alexander-Walker wasn't close.

The Bulls trailed 117-107 but closed the game on a 19-6 run.

Matas Buzelis scored 15 points and Zach Collins added 10 for Chicago, including a monster dunk in the fourth quarter.

Young and Chicago's Ayo Dosummu had a brief shoving match with 6:52 to play, with each earning a technical foul.

Up next Bulls: Host Philadelphia on Friday in the first of six straight home games.

Hawks: Host Miami on Friday.

Regular Season Series

CHI wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 126 - 123
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 126 - 123
4th 0.1 Hawks offensive team rebound 126 - 123
4th 0.6 Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses heave jump shot 126 - 123
4th 1.5 Nikola Vucevic makes free throw 2 of 2 126 - 123

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/chi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originATL
46-91 FG 48-95
51 Field Goal % 51
13-39 3PT 14-42
33 Three Point % 33
21-28 FT 13-20
75 Free Throw % 65
48 Rebounds 38
9 Offensive Rebounds 6
39 Defensive Rebounds 32
35 Assists 38
4 Steals 9
5 Blocks 4
16 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 1
16 Total Turnovers 12
1 Technical Fouls 2
1 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 7
10 Fast Break Points 9
64 Points in Paint 58
18 Fouls 24
3 Largest Lead 18
3 Lead Changes 3
4 Percent Led 93
Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Zaccharie Risacher, F Out Jan 19
Kristaps Porzingis, C Out Jan 19
N'Faly Dante, C Out Dec 23
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Zach Collins, F Out Jan 14
Noa Essengue, F Out Dec 3

Game Information

State Farm Arena

Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 15,367 · Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 32 10 .762 - W4
Cleveland 25 20 .556 8.5 W1
Chicago 22 22 .500 11 W3
Milwaukee 18 25 .419 14.5 L1
Indiana 10 35 .222 23.5 L3

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando - 20 L2 0.53488374 23
Miami 1 22 L1 0.51111114 23
Atlanta 3.5 25 W1 0.45652175 21
Charlotte 7 28 W1 0.37777779 17
Washington 13 33 L8 0.23255815 10
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