Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets

Apr 6, 2025

FINAL

36-42ChicagoBulls

131

19-59CharlotteHornets

117

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	29	46	20	36	131
CHA	28	27	26	36	117

Game Recap

The Bulls defeated the Hornets, 131-117. The Bulls win their third in a row and improve to 36-42, while the Hornets fall to 19-59.

Player Stats

BULLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13Kevin HuerterSF	28	5-8	3-5	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	4	+8	13
14Matas BuzelisPF	23	4-8	2-3	0-2	4	1	0	1	1	3	+5	10
9Nikola VucevicC	32	6-12	2-5	2-4	11	4	2	0	2	2	+25	16
0Coby WhiteSG	35	12-16	6-8	7-7	2	5	2	0	1	2	+14	37
3Josh GiddeyPG	33	7-13	2-6	7-8	10	8	1	0	5	1	+14	23
44Patrick Williams	26	6-8	1-2	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	0	+25	15
25Dalen Terry	12	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1	+6	2
12Zach Collins	15	2-6	0-2	0-0	8	2	0	0	0	4	-11	4
22Talen Horton-Tucker	14	1-4	0-1	3-4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	5
15Julian Phillips	10	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+7	2
5Jevon Carter	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-11	0
11Jahmir Young	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
32E.J. Liddell	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	0
20Emanuel Miller	1	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	4
7Jalen Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8653.5%	16-3644.4%	23-2979.3%	41	26	8	1	12	23	-	131

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12Josh OkogieSF	16	0-3	0-2	7-8	1	2	2	0	2	0	+8	7
0Miles BridgesPF	19	3-12	0-4	2-4	4	2	0	0	2	1	-9	8
5Mark WilliamsC	30	7-11	0-1	8-9	9	2	1	1	2	5	-14	22
30Seth CurrySG	18	4-5	1-1	1-1	1	2	0	0	0	2	-11	10
25KJ SimpsonPG	31	7-13	3-6	1-1	3	7	2	0	2	0	-8	18
3DaQuan Jeffries	19	0-0	0-0	4-4	2	2	0	0	0	2	-21	4
31Tidjane Salaun	25	3-8	0-3	0-2	6	3	0	0	1	5	-4	6
8Nick Smith Jr.	22	3-12	0-7	2-2	2	4	0	0	0	3	-13	8
11Jusuf Nurkic	16	8-11	2-4	0-0	3	0	0	1	2	1	-1	18
14Moussa Diabate	22	3-6	0-0	2-3	7	0	2	0	0	2	+1	8
30Jaylen Sims	11	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	+4	6
67Taj Gibson	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2	2



TOTAL	-	41-8548.2%	8-3026.7%	27-3479.4%	40	25	7	2	12	22	-	117

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCHICHA

(11:58) Jump Ball Williams vs. Vucevic: Tip to Simpson
+2 (11:38) Bridges 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
02
(11:17) MISS Buzelis 1' Driving Layup
(11:15) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:04) MISS Okogie 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:02) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:50) Vucevic 3' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Giddey 1 AST)
22
+2 (10:27) Curry 16' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Williams 2 AST)
24
+3 (10:19) Vucevic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Giddey 2 AST)
54
(9:55) MISS Simpson 15' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(9:50) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:43) MISS Buzelis 20' Jump Shot
(9:41) Curry REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:30) Simpson 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Okogie 1 AST)
57
(9:09) Vucevic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:09) Simpson STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (8:58) Curry 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS)
510
(8:40) MISS Vucevic 7' Floating Jump Shot
(8:38) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:29) MISS Bridges 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:27) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:24) Huerter 1' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Giddey 3 AST)
710
(8:07) Vucevic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Brothers)
+1 (8:07) Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
711
+1 (8:07) Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
712
(7:59) Giddey Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (7:46) Williams 7' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Curry 1 AST)
714
(7:46) Bulls Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(7:28) Giddey Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(7:28) Simpson STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (7:19) Curry 1' Driving Layup (7 PTS)
716
(7:19) Huerter S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Myers)
+1 (7:19) Curry Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
717
+3 (7:08) Giddey 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Vucevic 1 AST)
1017
(6:50) MISS Williams 2' Hook Shot
(6:48) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:38) Williams 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Huerter 1 AST)
1317
(6:38) Bulls Violation: Delay of game Violation
(6:16) MISS Bridges 3PT Jump Shot
(6:13) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (5:58) Giddey 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1517
(5:48) MISS Bridges 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:45) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (5:34) Vucevic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Buzelis 1 AST)
1817
(5:34) HORNETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(5:11) MISS Bridges 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:09) Bulls Rebound
+2 (4:48) Williams 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Huerter 2 AST)
2017
+2 (4:23) Salaun 2' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Jeffries 1 AST)
2019
+2 (4:15) Williams 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2219
+2 (3:53) Nurkic 5' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2221
(3:41) MISS Giddey 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:39) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(3:33) MISS Huerter 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:31) Smith Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:21) MISS Smith Jr. 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:20) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (3:15) Terry 2' Running Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Giddey 4 AST)
2421
(3:02) Terry P.FOUL (P1.T3) (G.Petraitis)
+3 (2:52) Nurkic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Smith Jr. 1 AST)
2424
+2 (2:42) Collins 1' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Terry 1 AST)
2624
(2:22) MISS Smith Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:19) Horton-Tucker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:15) Salaun S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
(2:15) MISS Horton-Tucker Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:15) Bulls Rebound
+1 (2:15) Horton-Tucker Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2724
+2 (1:55) Nurkic 2' Driving Layup (7 PTS)
2726
(1:44) MISS White 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:40) Diabate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:24) Nurkic 8' Floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Okogie 2 AST)
2728
(1:16) MISS Terry 1' Driving Layup
(1:15) Diabate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:05) MISS Smith Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:03) Collins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:53) MISS Horton-Tucker 4' Driving Layup
(0:51) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:43) MISS Nurkic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:40) Collins REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:34) MISS Horton-Tucker 23' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:31) Diabate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:07) HORNETS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+2 (0:01) White 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2928

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHI

CHA

131Points117

46-86(53.5%)Field Goal(%)41-85(48.2%)

16-36(44.4%)3-Point(%)8-30(26.7%)

23-29(79.3%)Free Throw(%)27-34(79.4%)

41(9)Rebounds(Offensive)40(9)

26Assists25

8Steals7

1Blocks2

12Turnovers12

23Fouls22

60Pts In The Paint64

26Fast Break Pts5

20Pts Off Turnovers18

32Bench Pts52

25Largest Lead10

Game Details

Sunday, April 6, 2025 · 1:00 PM

Spectrum Center · Charlotte, NC

attendance: 18,499 (91.6%)

tv: NBA TV