Los Angeles Lakers – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 March 2025

LAL117–119CHI

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It was more exciting than 75% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ CHI winsLAL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when CHI leads and falls when LAL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Coby White decided it, the Chicago Bulls player with the most points (26, with 3 rebounds and 9 assists; -1 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Kevin Huerter's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Chicago Bulls 119-117 Los Angeles Lakers (March 27, 2025) was hit by Josh Giddey: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Chicago Bulls up 119-117. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 119-117 Los Angeles Lakers (March 27, 2025) was a 11-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the fourth quarter (from 9:07 to 7:28), from 81-97 to 92-97. The Los Angeles Lakers' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 9:25 to 7:42), from 64-62 to 72-62.

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Play: Josh Giddey makes 46-foot driving floating jump shot (Patrick Williams assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Josh Giddey decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Giddey decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

27 March 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705629:668; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Los Angeles made 276 passes and Chicago made 336.
LAL 276336 CHI
Los Angeles made 19 of 56 jump shots and Chicago made 24 of 59.
LAL19/56
CHI24/59

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Doncic · Reaves · Finney-Smith · Vincent

Closing lineup · CHI

Giddey · Huerter · White · Vucevic · Williams

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LAL

LeBron James

39′ · -10

Luka Doncic

38′ · -1

Austin Reaves

37′ · -10

Jaxson Hayes

32′ · -9

Dorian Finney-Smith

30′ · -10

Jarred Vanderbilt

19′ · +9

Jordan Goodwin

18′ · +3

Gabe Vincent

14′ · +13

Dalton Knecht

12′ · +5

CHI

Josh Giddey

40′ · +8

Kevin Huerter

40′ · +12

Coby White

38′ · -1

Nikola Vucevic

32′ · +11

Matas Buzelis

25′ · +3

Patrick Williams

29′ · -6

Zach Collins

16′ · -9

Dalen Terry

13′ · -2

Julian Phillips

7′ · -6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. LAL and CHI.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Los Angeles Lakers

Finney-Smith, Doncic, Hayes, Reaves, and James played 22.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Vanderbilt, Reaves, Goodwin, Knecht, and James played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Finney-Smith, Doncic, Vincent, Hayes, and Goodwin played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Chicago Bulls

Huerter, White, Giddey, Buzelis, and Vucevic played 10.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Huerter, White, Williams, Giddey, and Vucevic played 9.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Huerter, Williams, Giddey, Buzelis, and Vucevic played 9.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Vanderbilt, Doncic, Vincent, Goodwin, and Knecht played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Vanderbilt, Doncic, Vincent, Reaves, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Finney-Smith, Vanderbilt, Doncic, Reaves, and Goodwin played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Vanderbilt, Vincent, Hayes, Knecht, and James played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Doncic, Hayes, Reaves, Goodwin, and James played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Hayes, Reaves, Goodwin, Knecht, and James played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Finney-Smith, Vanderbilt, Doncic, Vincent, and James played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Finney-Smith, Vanderbilt, Doncic, Vincent, and Goodwin played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Chicago Bulls

Collins, Huerter, White, Giddey, and Terry played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Collins, White, Williams, Giddey, and Terry played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Collins, White, Williams, Terry, and Phillips played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Collins, Huerter, White, Phillips, and Buzelis played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Collins, Huerter, White, Terry, and Buzelis played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Huerter, White, Williams, Buzelis, and Vucevic played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
White, Williams, Giddey, Phillips, and Vucevic played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Josh Giddey covered 4.70 km, more than anyone in the game.

Josh Giddey touched the ball 109 times, a game high.
Josh Giddey made 92 passes, a game high.
Matas Buzelis defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.

▸See what was measured for each player

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Austin Reaves	4.02	6.7	70	53
Luka Dončić	3.89	6.3	78	53
LeBron James	3.88	6.1	80	54
Jaxson Hayes	3.62	6.9	35	26
Dorian Finney-Smith	3.51	7.0	28	32
Jordan Goodwin	2.27	7.5	18	17
Jarred Vanderbilt	2.20	7.2	19	18
Gabe Vincent	1.56	7.3	16	12
Dalton Knecht	1.29	6.6	14	11

Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Josh Giddey	4.70	7.2	109	92
Kevin Huerter	4.57	7.1	62	44
Coby White	4.10	6.7	77	48
Nikola Vučević	3.39	6.4	68	53
Patrick Williams	3.20	6.6	34

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
LeBron James	38:45	27.8
Luka Dončić	38:10	29.9
Austin Reaves	36:53	25.6
Jaxson Hayes	32:04	16.9
Dorian Finney-Smith	30:12	12.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	19:11	8.2
Jordan Goodwin	18:29	11.9
Gabe Vincent	13:47	17.1
Dalton Knecht	12:29	6.7

Chicago Bulls

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Josh Giddey	39:51	30.9
Kevin Huerter	39:36	19.6
Coby White	38:17	24.7
Nikola Vučević	32:17	14.8
Patrick Williams	29:28	12.0
Matas Buzelis	24:53	20.6
Zach Collins	15:43	17.9
Dalen Terry	12:58	6.5
Julian Phillips	6:57	5.6

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Los Angeles Lakers

Austin Reaves drew 0.30 charges per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 4 of 388 in the league.
Luka Dončić deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 11 of 388 in the league.
Gabe Vincent drew 0.17 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Nikola Vučević contested 8.4 shots per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 22 of 388 in the league.
Josh Giddey recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 31 of 388 in the league.
Matas Buzelis defended 4.2 shots at the rim per game over his 77 games, and opponents made 9 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 17 of 138 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Chicago Bulls have won 80 of their 195 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

80-115record of the Chicago Bulls · NBA 1966-67 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1966-67 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

21.957

105% of capacity

United Center · Chicago

Scoring

236

combined points

8.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors