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Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls

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21-19, 10-12 Away
Final
110 - 94

18-23, 8-14 Home

Keaton Wallace scores career-high 27 points to help the Hawks beat the Bulls, 110-94

Daniels wins battle against Giddey with 18 points, 3 steals

Wallace nearly doubled his previous high of 14. He made four 3-pointers and had six assists.

Daeqwon Plowden scored 19 points in his NBA debut after being called up from the G League’s College Park Skyhawks.

Dyson Daniels scored 18 points, and Onyeka Okongwu added 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to help the Hawks win for the third time in four games even though Trae Young sat out due to a bruised right rib. The three-time All-Star was hurt against Phoenix on Tuesday night when he scored a season-high 43 points in a 122-117 win.

Coby White scored 16 points for Chicago. Zach LaVine had 15, and Nikola Vucevic added 14 points and 16 rebounds.

Takeaways Hawks: Young, averaging 23.1 points and a league-leading 11.9 assists, was part of a lengthy list of sidelined Hawks. It included Jalen Johnson (right shoulder inflammation), De’Andre Hunter (left foot soreness), Larry Nance Jr. (right hand) and rookie Zaccharie Risacher (left adductor irritation).

Bulls: The Bulls simply couldn't find much of a rhythm and lost for the fourth time in five games.

Key moment Wallace scored 18 in the first half as the Hawks built a 61-47 lead.

The 6-foot-3 guard had eight points in a 15-0 run early in the second quarter that gave Atlanta a 42-27 lead. The Bulls got within four late in the half before the Hawks scored 13 straight, capped by Okongwu’s alley-oop dunk to make it 59-42 with 1:30 left. Okongwu also put back Bogdan Bogdanovic’s missed 3 in the closing seconds to send Atlanta to the locker room up by 14.

The Bulls went on a 12-2 run in the third to pull within 72-67 with about five miutes left in the quarter. The Hawks led by eight going into the fourth and remained in control from there.

Key stat Both teams struggled from 3-point range, with the Hawks making 13 of 43 and the Bulls going 6 for 27.

Up next The Hawks visit Boston on Saturday night, and the Bulls host Charlotte on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 110 - 94
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 110 - 94
4th 1.0 shot clock turnover 110 - 94
4th 22.1 Keaton Wallace defensive rebound 110 - 94
4th 24.1 Dalen Terry misses two point shot 110 - 94

Statistics

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41-100 FG 39-88
41 Field Goal % 44
13-43 3PT 6-27
30 Three Point % 22
15-22 FT 10-10
68 Free Throw % 100
51 Rebounds 53
14 Offensive Rebounds 8
37 Defensive Rebounds 45
28 Assists 23
11 Steals 5
5 Blocks 5
9 Turnovers 20
2 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 20
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 22
16 Fast Break Points 24
52 Points in Paint 62
15 Fouls 15
17 Largest Lead 0
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Matas Buzelis, F Day-To-Day Dec 23
Noa Essengue, F Out Dec 3
Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mouhamed Gueye, F Day-To-Day Dec 23
Dyson Daniels, G Day-To-Day Dec 23
N'Faly Dante, C Out Dec 23
Eli John Ndiaye, C Out Dec 21
Kristaps Porzingis, C Out Dec 14

Game Information

United Center

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 17,692 · Capacity:

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 17 13 .567 - W1
Miami 15 15 .500 2 L3
Atlanta 15 16 .484 2.5 L4
Charlotte 10 20 .333 7 W1
Washington 5 23 .179 11 L2

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 24 6 .800 - W3
Cleveland 17 14 .548 7.5 W2
Chicago 14 15 .483 9.5 W4
Milwaukee 12 18 .400 12 W1
Indiana 6 24 .200 18 L6
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