Chicago
Bulls
130
–
142
FINAL
Los Angeles
Lakers
Date
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 7 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 130 |
| LAL | 14 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 142 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Austin Reaves
LAL
30
PTS
5
REB
7
AST
+18
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections5
Contested Shots2
Opp FG% When Defending55.6%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.32
Impact Composite47.0
Hustle: 13.0Defense: 31.1Impact: 2.9
30 points65.0% FG4-7 from 35 deflections+18 plus/minusonly 22 pts allowed on 68.0 possessions
Box Score MVP
Luka Dončić
LAL
51
PTS
10
REB
9
AST
+15
+/−
Game Performance
FG17-31 (54.8%)
3PT9-14
FT8-9
TS%72.9%
eFG%69.4%
STL3
BLK1
TOV1
ORTG142
DRTG124
NET+19
51 pointsDouble-Double9-14 from 33 steals3 deflections8 contested shots+15 plus/minusonly 49 pts allowed on 73.8 possessions
Box Score
| CHI | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Miller | 31:05 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-9 | 67% | 1-3 | 33% | 2-2 | 100% | -11 |
| Matas Buzelis | 35:23 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7-19 | 37% | 4-11 | 36% | 4-5 | 80% | -25 |
| Tre Jones | 32:02 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-16 | 50% | 0-2 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -14 |
| Josh Giddey | 39:46 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10-17 | 59% | 6-9 | 67% | 1-2 | 50% | -8 |
| Jalen Smith | 30:21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-11 | 46% | 2-5 | 40% | 2-2 | 100% | -18 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Lachlan Olbrich | 6:17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-2 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| Nick Richards | 25:33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7-9 | 78% | 0-1 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | -7 |
| Yuki Kawamura | 10:08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +7 |
| Rob Dillingham | 29:25 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-10 | 50% | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | +10 |
| TOTAL | — | 130 | 41 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 51-95 | 54% | 15-36 | 42% | 13-16 | 81% | — |
Guerschon Yabusele —
Isaac Okoro —
Collin Sexton —
| LAL | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deandre Ayton | 37:08 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10-13 | 77% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-6 | 50% | +9 |
| LeBron James | 33:14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7-13 | 54% | 0-2 | 0% | 4-6 | 67% | +12 |
| Austin Reaves | 38:33 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13-20 | 65% | 4-7 | 57% | 0-0 | 0% | +18 |
| Rui Hachimura | 40:13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-10 | 60% | 3-5 | 60% | 0-0 | 0% | +16 |
| Luka Dončić | 36:43 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17-31 | 55% | 9-14 | 64% | 8-9 | 89% | +15 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Luke Kennard | 19:38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-7 | 14% | 1-5 | 20% | 0-0 | 0% | -13 |
| Jake LaRavia | 21:07 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +13 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 9:36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -3 |
| Drew Timme | 3:48 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| TOTAL | — | 142 | 41 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 55-99 | 56% | 17-36 | 47% | 15-21 | 71% | — |
Bronny James —
Adou Thiero —
Dalton Knecht —
Kobe Bufkin —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
CHI51/95 (54%)
Paint
33/55 (60%)
Mid
4/9 (44%)
3PT
15/36 (42%)
RA 72%ATB3 40%Paint 29%Corner 3 50%Mid 100%
LAL55/99 (56%)
Paint
36/54 (67%)
Mid
12/22 (55%)
3PT
17/36 (47%)
ATB3 44%RA 69%Paint 58%Mid 20%Corner 3 75%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Austin Reaves
defended Tre Jones
6.2 min • 6 pts • 60%
Best Defender
LeBron James
held Leonard Miller
5.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Luka Dončić
vs Matas Buzelis
2.7 min • 20 pts • 73%
| LAL Defense | Jalen Smith | Josh Giddey | Lachlan Olbrich | Leonard Miller | Matas Buzelis | Nick Richards | Rob Dillingham | Tre Jones | Yuki Kawamura |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rui Hachimura | 1.2m 8pts 75% | 2.7m 3pts 100% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 2.1m 2pts 100% | 3.8m 2pts 50% | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 2.6m 0pts 0% | — |
| Deandre Ayton | 4.7m 6pts 100% | 2.0m 6pts 100% | — | 1.3m 2pts 0% | — | 6.0m 6pts 75% | — | — | — |
| Luka Dončić | 1.7m 11pts 50% | 6.1m 8pts 43% | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 2.7m 20pts 73% | 1.1m 8pts 60% | 1.2m 2pts 0% | — | — |
| Austin Reaves | — | 1.6m 7pts 60% | — | 1.3m 5pts 100% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | 2.9m 4pts 33% | 6.2m 6pts 60% | — |
| LeBron James | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.2m 4pts 100% | — | 5.2m 0pts 0% | 3.5m 10pts 80% | 1.2m 7pts 75% | — | — | — |
| Luke Kennard | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2m 0pts 0% | — | 2.0m 3pts 33% |
| Jake LaRavia | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Other | 1.8m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | — | 1.6m 6pts 60% | 1.6m 5pts 100% | 2.5m 4pts 40% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = LAL leads, negative = CHI leads
LAL Largest Lead
22
Q3 5:55
CHI Largest Lead
7
Q2 6:45
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CHI 8-0 run
Q1 10:15 – Q1 11:59
+7 → +1
CHI 9-0 run
Q1 10:15 – Q1 11:59
+7 → 0
LAL 9-0 run
Q2 10:52 – Q3 0:26
0 → +7
LAL 12-0 run
Q2 10:52 – Q3 0:46
0 → +10