44pts
DeMarcus Cousins
NOPvsCHI
Jan 22, 2018
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
Chicago Bulls vs New Orleans Pelicans Head-to-Head
Chicago Bulls lead the all-time record 28-25 across 53 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The earliest meeting on record was on November 1, 2002: New Orleans Hornets 79, Chicago Bulls 84.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026CHI
28
vs
NOP
25
53 meetings
All-time
CHI lead 28-25
Recent form
CHI 3-7 over the latest 10
Last meeting
CHI won 134-118 on Dec 31, 2025
Closeness
3 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 9.6 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Dec 31, 25
CHI 134-118 NOP
CHIDec 14, 25
CHI 104-114 NOP
NOPNov 24, 25
NOP 143-130 CHI
NOPJan 14, 25
CHI 113-119 NOP
NOPOct 23, 24
NOP 123-111 CHI
NOPFeb 25, 24
NOP 106-114 CHI
CHIDec 2, 23
CHI 124-118 NOP
CHINov 16, 22
NOP 124-110 CHI
NOPNov 9, 22
CHI 111-115 NOP
NOPMar 24, 22
NOP 126-109 CHI
NOP| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | CHI | NOP | 134–118 | CHI |
| Dec 14, 2025 | CHI | NOP | 104–114 | NOP |
| Nov 24, 2025 | NOP | CHI | 143–130 | NOP |
| Jan 14, 2025 | CHI | NOP | 113–119 | NOP |
| Oct 23, 2024 | NOP | CHI | 123–111 | NOP |
| Feb 25, 2024 | NOP | CHI | 106–114 | CHI |
| Dec 2, 2023 | CHI | NOP | 124–118 | CHI |
| Nov 16, 2022 | NOP | CHI | 124–110 | NOP |
| Nov 9, 2022 | CHI | NOP | 111–115 | NOP |
| Mar 24, 2022 | NOP | CHI | 126–109 | NOP |
Last Meeting
Dec 31, 2025Final
CHI
134
HOME
NOP
118
AWAY
Bullswon by16
Game 53 of all-time series
Matchup context
New Orleans Pelicans have won 7 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Chicago Bulls lead the complete decided record 28-25. The 9.6-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 2002 to 2025
- 24 seasons
- Average margin
- 9.6 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
28W
25W
CHI
NOP
53%47%
Chicago BullsNew Orleans Pelicans
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season53 games
28
25
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Chicago Bulls Biggest Win
107–72+35
Feb 7, 2015
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
115–90+25
Dec 3, 2002
Decade Breakdown
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Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CHI ↕ | NOP ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
13-13
CHI
AWAY
12-15
NOP
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Chicago Bulls won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 9.6 pts on average
9.6pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CHI↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
All-Time52.8%
NOP↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
All-Time47.2%
Last 10 Results
CHI / NOP
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 39 of 53 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
5
CHI OT Wins
1
NOP OT Wins
4
Biggest OT Game
128-131 on Dec 2, 2013 (3OT)
Largest Leads
CHI Biggest Leads
+36pts
Feb 7, 2015
#2:+32 pts·Mar 14, 2009
#3:+30 pts·Oct 22, 2021
NOP Biggest Leads
+22pts
Jan 10, 2004
#2:+18 pts·Feb 10, 2021
#3:+18 pts·Jan 22, 2018
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
23
Dec 2, 2013
Average per Game
7.5
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
19
Nov 9, 2022
Average Ties per Game
6.5
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,217
Mar 18, 2005
Lowest
2,700
Mar 3, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,000
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CHI46.2%
NOP44.4%
CHI +1.8 pp
3P%
CHI37.9%
NOP36.1%
CHI +1.8 pp
FT%
CHI77.5%
NOP73.3%
CHI +4.2 pp
TS%
CHI55.0%
NOP53.3%
CHI +1.7 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
CHI Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 213 | 12 | 17.8 | 37 |
| Zach LaVine | 213 | 9 | 23.7 | 32 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 179 | 16 | 11.2 | 22 |
| Ben Gordon | 157 | 7 | 22.4 | 31 |
| Jimmy Butler | 151 | 6 | 25.2 | 39 |
| Derrick Rose | 149 | 9 | 16.6 | 24 |
| Joakim Noah | 121 | 12 | 10.1 | 19 |
| Jamal Crawford | 116 | 7 | 16.6 | 34 |
| Taj Gibson | 109 | 10 | 10.9 | 26 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 108 | 4 | 27.0 | 33 |
| Jalen Rose | 99 | 4 | 24.8 | 34 |
| Eddy Curry | 95 | 8 | 11.9 | 19 |
| Justin Holiday | 77 | 5 | 15.4 | 18 |
| Andres Nocioni | 76 | 5 | 15.2 | 31 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 76 | 5 | 15.2 | 30 |
NOP Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 257 | 9 | 28.6 | 37 |
| Chris Paul | 193 | 9 | 21.4 | 37 |
| Baron Davis | 160 | 8 | 20.0 | 35 |
| David West | 155 | 10 | 15.5 | 29 |
| Jrue Holiday | 141 | 10 | 14.1 | 19 |
| David Wesley | 138 | 7 | 19.7 | 34 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 117 | 4 | 29.3 | 44 |
| Brandon Ingram | 108 | 5 | 21.6 | 29 |
| P.J. Brown | 93 | 9 | 10.3 | 22 |
| Peja Stojakovic | 93 | 5 | 18.6 | 27 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 80 | 4 | 20.0 | 27 |
| Tyreke Evans | 79 | 5 | 15.8 | 26 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 77 | 7 | 11.0 | 15 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 72 | 8 | 9.0 | 16 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 70 | 4 | 17.5 | 22 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
39pts
Jimmy Butler
CHIvsNOP
Apr 2, 2017
37pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsCHI
Oct 8, 2017
37pts
Luol Deng
CHIvsNOP
Dec 2, 2013
37pts
Chris Paul
NOPvsCHI
Mar 17, 2008
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
39 games with complete quarter lines
CHINOP
How they create points
39 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q3 scoring: NOP +2.7 points39 games
CHI highest-scoring quarter
Q4 · 26.7
NOP highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.2
Widest fingerprint gap
NOP +2.7 q3 scoring
Questions about this record: Chicago Bulls vs New Orleans Pelicans
How do recent Chicago Bulls vs New Orleans Pelicans results compare with the complete record?
New Orleans Pelicans have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Chicago Bulls lead the complete decided record 28-25. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.