Game ID: 22500411
Chicago Bulls @ Atlanta Hawks
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 36 32 37 18 123CHI 30 25 37 34 126
ATL vs CHI ScoutingATL vs CHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
ATL availability going into 12/14 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 21 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Porziņģis missed 2 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/18 · 3 days' restOUT Young missed 22 since 10/31, returns tonight: 20 min (72% of 28)
OUT Porziņģis missed 3 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/19 · back-to-backOUT Porziņģis missed 4 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 20 min since (72% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/21 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 5 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 20 min since (72% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/23 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 6 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 23 min since (83% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Porziņģis missed 7 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 26 min since (92% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/27 · back-to-backOUT Porziņģis missed 8 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 27 min since (98% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/29 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 9 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/31 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 10 since 12/06, returns tonight: 17 min (71% of 24)
NEW Okongwu 31 to 36 min over the last 5
CHI availability going into 12/14 · 1 day's restOUT Huerter missed 4 since 12/03, returns tonight: 24 min (103% of 24)
BACK White back 12/05 after 3, 27 min since (92% of 29)
BACK Jones back 12/12 after 3, 25 min since (93% of 27)
BACK Okoro back 12/12 after 8, 26 min since (97% of 27)
BACK Smith back 12/12 after 5, 17 min since (81% of 21)
BACK Terry back 12/03 after 5, 17 min since (155% of 11)
NEW Dosunmu 26 to 33 min over the last 3
NEW Carter 11 to 16 min over the last 4
CHI availability going into 12/17 · 2 days' restOUT Dosunmu missed 2 since 12/12, out tonight
OUT Carter missed 2 since 12/12, out tonight
BACK White back 12/05 after 3, 27 min since (94% of 29)
BACK Jones back 12/12 after 3, 25 min since (91% of 27)
BACK Okoro back 12/12 after 8, 25 min since (92% of 27)
BACK Huerter back 12/14 after 4, 24 min since (103% of 24)
BACK Smith back 12/12 after 5, 15 min since (70% of 21)
BACK Terry back 12/03 after 5, 16 min since (148% of 11)
CHI availability going into 12/19 · 1 day's restOUT Dosunmu missed 3 since 12/12, returns tonight: 14 min (53% of 26)
OUT Carter missed 3 since 12/12, out tonight
BACK White back 12/05 after 3, 28 min since (96% of 29)
BACK Jones back 12/12 after 3, 25 min since (91% of 27)
BACK Okoro back 12/12 after 8, 27 min since (100% of 27)
BACK Huerter back 12/14 after 4, 25 min since (106% of 24)
BACK Smith back 12/12 after 5, 15 min since (72% of 21)
CHI availability going into 12/21 · 1 day's restOUT Carter missed 4 since 12/12, out tonight
BACK Jones back 12/12 after 3, 24 min since (89% of 27)
BACK Okoro back 12/12 after 8, 25 min since (93% of 27)
BACK Dosunmu back 12/19 after 3, 14 min since (53% of 26)
BACK Huerter back 12/14 after 4, 23 min since (99% of 24)
BACK Smith back 12/12 after 5, 15 min since (73% of 21)
CHI availability going into 12/23 · 1 day's restOUT Carter missed 5 since 12/12, out tonight
OUT Terry missed 2 since 12/19, out tonight
BACK Jones back 12/12 after 3, 24 min since (88% of 27)
BACK Okoro back 12/12 after 8, 24 min since (88% of 27)
BACK Dosunmu back 12/19 after 3, 15 min since (58% of 26)
BACK Huerter back 12/14 after 4, 23 min since (97% of 24)
BACK Smith back 12/12 after 5, 15 min since (71% of 21)
CHI availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Carter missed 6 since 12/12, out tonight
OUT Terry missed 3 since 12/19, out tonight
BACK Dosunmu back 12/19 after 3, 16 min since (59% of 26)
BACK Huerter back 12/14 after 4, 24 min since (100% of 24)
CHI availability going into 12/27 · back-to-backOUT Carter missed 7 since 12/12, out tonight
OUT Terry missed 4 since 12/19, out tonight
BACK Dosunmu back 12/19 after 3, 18 min since (67% of 26)
CHI availability going into 12/29 · 1 day's restOUT Carter missed 8 since 12/12, returns tonight: 5 min (45% of 11)
OUT Terry missed 5 since 12/19, returns tonight: 11 min (98% of 11)
BACK Dosunmu back 12/19 after 3, 18 min since (70% of 26)
CHI availability going into 12/31 · 1 day's restBACK Carter back 12/29 after 8, 5 min since (45% of 11)
BACK Terry back 12/29 after 5, 11 min since (98% of 11)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 134, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Johnson at 25 and Alexander-Walker at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Porziņģis (6 straight). One day's rest. Chicago comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 125, shooting 52 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; White at 20 and Giddey at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Chicago wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Chicago has been plus-2 a night and Atlanta minus-4 and the defense, Chicago allowing 125 a night to Atlanta's 134. Call it Chicago 125, Atlanta 123, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/14 vs PHI 120-117 — ATL notes
ATL won 120-117. ATL shot 43% (43 of 99) to PHI's 38%, 17 of 33 from three, and got to the line 21 times to PHI's 29. ATL turned it over 16 times to PHI's 11, and PHI turned those into 10 steals. Daniels led with 27 (13 of 19); Okongwu added 20, Krejčí 19. The hinge was Q1, 39-29: from level to 10 ahead.
12/18 @ CHA 126-133 — ATL notes
ATL lost 126-133. ATL shot 52% (48 of 92) to CHA's 54%, 11 of 37 from three. Johnson led with 43 (16 of 27, 4 of 9 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Alexander-Walker added 28, Daniels 14. Q4 was theirs, 31-26, the deficit cut from 12 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 107-95 against them. Daniels's -13 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/19 vs SAS 98-126 — ATL notes
ATL lost 98-126. ATL shot 40% (38 of 94) to SAS's 54%, 10 of 40 from three. The glass went 43-56 against them. Alexander-Walker led with 23 (7 of 18, 2 of 10 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); J. Johnson added 17, Risacher 11. Q4 was theirs, 26-24, the deficit cut from 30 to 28, but the other 3 periods went 102-72 against them. Alexander-Walker's -27 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/21 vs CHI 150-152 — ATL notes
ATL lost 150-152. ATL shot 52% (51 of 98) to CHI's 58%, 23 of 47 from three, and got to the line 32 times to CHI's 39. Johnson led with 36 (12 of 20, 2 of 6 from three, 10 of 11 at the line); Young added 35, Okongwu 23. Q3 was theirs, 42-33, the deficit cut from 10 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 119-108 against them. Daniels's -11 in 39 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/23 vs CHI 123-126 — ATL notes
ATL lost 123-126. ATL shot 51% (48 of 95) to CHI's 51%, 14 of 42 from three, and got to the line 20 times to CHI's 28. ATL turned it over 11 times to CHI's 16. The glass went 38-48 against them. Johnson led with 24 (11 of 23, 1 of 7 from three); Young added 22, Alexander-Walker 21. Q2 was theirs, 32-25, but the other 3 periods went 101-91 against them. They led by as many as 18. Alexander-Walker's -20 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/26 vs MIA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 131, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Johnson at 26 and Young at 22 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Porziņģis (7 straight). 2 days' rest. Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 115, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 24 free throws a game; Powell at 20 and Jaquez Jr. at 17 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Herro (5 straight), Larsson (5 straight), Jović (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 115 a night to Atlanta's 131 and the glass, where Miami has been plus-0 a night and Atlanta minus-5. Call it Atlanta 120, Miami 118, Miami keeping it close.
12/27 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 133, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Johnson at 29 and Young at 24 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Porziņģis (8 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 41 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 32 and Bridges at 19 a game. Without McBride (6 straight), Shamet (14 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-3 a night and Atlanta minus-8 and the defense, New York allowing 119 a night to Atlanta's 133. Call it New York 122, Atlanta 118, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/29 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 113, shooting 47 percent and 33 from three, 20 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Jal. Williams at 17 a game. Without J. Williams (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Atlanta comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 132, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; Johnson at 24 and Young at 24 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 11 a night. Without Porziņģis (9 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 113 a night to Atlanta's 132 and the glass, where OKC has been minus-1 a night and Atlanta minus-11. Call it OKC 122, Atlanta 115.
12/31 vs MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 134, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 23 free throws a game; Johnson at 26 and Young at 24 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 11 a night. Without Porziņģis (10 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 114, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 26 free throws a game; Edwards at 31 and Randle at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Minnesota allowing 114 a night to Atlanta's 134 and the glass, where Minnesota has been minus-3 a night and Atlanta minus-11. Call it Minnesota 122, Atlanta 119, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/14 vs NOP 104-114 — CHI notes
CHI lost 104-114. CHI shot 41% (38 of 92) to NOP's 46%, 13 of 49 from three, and got to the line 17 times to NOP's 25. The glass went 43-53 against them. White led with 20 (8 of 18, 1 of 10 from three); Huerter added 16, Vučević 12. Q1 was theirs, 26-21, but the other 3 periods went 93-78 against them. Williams's -13 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/17 vs CLE 127-111 — CHI notes
CHI won 127-111. CHI shot 56% (50 of 89) to CLE's 48%, 14 of 36 from three. CHI turned it over 15 times to CLE's 20. White led with 25 (8 of 13, 3 of 5 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Giddey added 23, Vučević 20. The hinge was Q4, 32-23: a lead of 7 became 16, and the lead reached 19. Jones was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
12/19 @ CLE 136-125 — CHI notes
CHI won 136-125. CHI shot 52% (53 of 102) to CLE's 48%, 18 of 47 from three. Buzelis led with 24 (9 of 15, 2 of 8 from three, 4 of 6 at the line); Vučević added 24, Giddey 17. The hinge was Q2, 34-23: from level to 11 ahead. Jones was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
12/21 @ ATL 152-150 — CHI notes
CHI won 152-150. CHI shot 58% (53 of 92) to ATL's 52%, 20 of 42 from three, and went to the line 39 times to ATL's 32 — 26 points from the stripe to their 25. Buzelis led with 28 (10 of 11, 7 of 8 from three); White added 21, Giddey 19. The hinge was Q2, 45-35: from level to 10 ahead. Huerter was the night's best plus/minus at +9.
12/23 @ ATL 126-123 — CHI notes
CHI won 126-123. CHI shot 51% (46 of 91) to ATL's 51%, 13 of 39 from three, and went to the line 28 times to ATL's 20 — 21 points from the stripe to their 13. CHI turned it over 16 times to ATL's 11, and ATL turned those into 9 steals. The glass went 48-38 for them. White led with 24 (7 of 13, 5 of 10 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Vučević added 21, Giddey 19. The hinge was Q4, 34-18: CHI came in trailing by 13 and left it ahead by 3. CHI trailed 55-68 at the half and won the second half 71-55.
12/26 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 125, shooting 52 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; White at 21 and Vučević at 18 a game. That is 4 straight wins. 2 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 112, shooting 42 percent and 35 from three, 32 free throws a game; Embiid at 29 and Maxey at 27 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (16 straight), Watford (11 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 112 a night to Chicago's 125 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 32 free throws a game to Chicago's 23. Call it Chicago 120, Philadelphia 119, Philadelphia keeping it close.
12/27 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 122, shooting 52 percent and 39 from three, 25 free throws a game; White at 19 and Giddey at 18 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Second night of a back-to-back. Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 100 a night and allowing 112, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 20 free throws a game; Porter Jr. at 18 and Rollins at 16 a game. Without Gia. Antetokounmpo (8 straight), Prince (23 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the defense, Milwaukee allowing 112 a night to Chicago's 122 and the turnovers, Milwaukee giving it away 18 times a game to Chicago's 13. Call it Chicago 121, Milwaukee 113.
12/29 vs MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 122, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 25 free throws a game; White at 17 and Buzelis at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 115, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 30 free throws a game; Edwards at 32 and Randle at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Chicago has been plus-6 a night and Minnesota minus-3 and the arc, Chicago at 38 percent from three to Minnesota's 33. Call it Chicago 119, Minnesota 118, Minnesota keeping it close.
12/31 vs NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 125, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Vučević at 16 and Buzelis at 15 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 124, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 31 free throws a game; Williamson at 25 and Murphy III at 18 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Jones (4 straight), Murray (4 straight), Jordan (30 straight). One day's rest.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Chicago has been plus-4 a night and New Orleans minus-6 and the line, where New Orleans takes 31 free throws a game to Chicago's 24. Call it Chicago 122, New Orleans 119, New Orleans keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHIAD A. Dosunmu
CW C. White
IO I. Okoro
JG J. Giddey
JS J. Smith
KH K. Huerter
MB M. Buzelis
NV N. Vučević
PW P. Williams
TJ T. Jones
VU Vucevic
ZC Z. Collins
ATLAN A. Newell
JJ J. Johnson
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
LK L. Kennard
NA N. Alexander-Walker
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
CHI/ATL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Giddey and White help Bulls rally from late 10-point deficit to beat Hawks 126-123
ATLANTA -- — Josh Giddey had 19 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, Coby White hit a tiebreaking free throw with 1.9 seconds left, and the Chicago Bulls rallied for their fourth straight victory, 126-123 over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.
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.