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Charlotte Hornets at Chicago Bulls

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12-23, 5-13 Away
Final
112 - 99

17-18, 10-9 Home

Bridges and Miller help the Hornets beat the Bulls 112-99

Charlotte Hornets vs. Chicago Bulls: Game Highlights

Brandon Miller scored 22 points for Charlotte, and Kon Knueppel finished with 18. LaMelo Ball added 17 points and seven assists.

The Hornets had lost three straight and five of seven. They improved to 5-2 on the second day of back-to-back games.

Nikola Vucevic had 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for Chicago, which had won two in a row and seven of nine overall. Matas Buzelis scored 17 points.

The Bulls closed out a 3-3 homestand after they beat the Magic 121-114 on Friday night.

Charlotte trailed by 15 before moving in front with a big third quarter, outscoring Chicago 32-17 in the period. Miller made three of the Hornets' seven 3-pointers in the third, and the Bulls shot 21.7% (5 for 23) from the field in the quarter.

Miller's 3 made it 82-73 with 49.3 seconds left, but Ayo Dosunmu's driving layup trimmed Chicago's deficit to seven going into the fourth.

The Hornets pulled away with a 10-0 run in the final period. Miller capped the decisive stretch with a fadeaway jumper that made it 105-87 with 4:01 left.

Charlotte outrebounded Chicago 52-43 while playing with a depleted frontcourt. Moussa Diabate (wrist), Ryan Kalkbrenner (elbow), Mason Plumlee (groin surgery), Grant Williams (knee surgery) and Tidjane Salaun (ankle soreness) were sidelined by injuries.

Bulls guards Josh Giddey (left hamstring) and Coby White (right calf) each missed their third consecutive game after they got hurt in a loss to Minnesota on Monday night. Jalen Smith departed in the third quarter after a collision with Ball, and the Bulls said he was being evaluated for a concussion.

The Bulls had a 58-50 lead at the break. Dosunmu scored 14 points in the first half on 6-for-7 shooting, including a half-court buzzer-beater at the end of the first quarter.

Up next Hornets: At Oklahoma City on Monday night.

Bulls: At Boston on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

CHA leads series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 112 - 99
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 112 - 99
4th 7.6 Tre Jones makes driving layup 112 - 99
4th 13.9 LaMelo Ball makes running dunk 112 - 97
4th 16.2 Matas Buzelis lost ball turnover (Miles Bridges steals) 110 - 97

Statistics

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39-91 FG 39-87
43 Field Goal % 45
15-41 3PT 11-41
37 Three Point % 27
19-23 FT 10-14
83 Free Throw % 71
52 Rebounds 43
13 Offensive Rebounds 6
39 Defensive Rebounds 37
23 Assists 32
7 Steals 9
3 Blocks 5
11 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
18 Fast Break Points 6
46 Points in Paint 52
12 Fouls 16
18 Largest Lead 15
12 Lead Changes 12
49 Percent Led 48
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Zach Collins, F Out Jan 14
Noa Essengue, F Out Dec 3
Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Grant Williams, F Day-To-Day Jan 23
KJ Simpson, G Day-To-Day Jan 23
Tre Mann, G Day-To-Day Jan 23
Mason Plumlee, C Out Dec 31

Game Information

United Center

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 21,315 · Capacity:

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 23 20 .535 - L2
Miami 23 22 .511 1 L1
Atlanta 21 25 .457 3.5 W1
Charlotte 17 28 .378 7 W1
Washington 10 33 .233 13 L8

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 10 W4 0.7619048 32
Cleveland 8.5 20 W1 0.5555556 25
Chicago 11 22 W3 0.5 22
Milwaukee 14.5 25 L1 0.41860464 18
Indiana 23.5 35 L3 0.22222222 10
Full Standings

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