Item 1 of 58 Oct 25, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Magic forward Tristan da Silva (23) warms up prior to a game against the Chicago Bulls at Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
[1\/58]Oct 25, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Magic forward Tristan da Silva (23) warms up prior to a game against the Chicago Bulls at Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n October 26 – Josh Giddey scored a team-high 21 points, five Chicago reserves combined for 58 more and the Bulls held off the host Orlando Magic 110-98 on Saturday night for a second straight season-opening win.<\/p>\n Jalen Smith and Ayo Dosunmu led the Chicago bench crew with 16 and 15 points, respectively, helping the Bulls’ backups outscore their Magic counterparts 58-35.<\/p>\n The Bulls’ reserves were outscored 50-35 by the Detroit bench in their opening win over the Pistons on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Starters Nikola Vucevic (15 points) and Tre Jones (13), and reserves Patrick Williams (12) and Kevin Huerter (11) made it seven players — including four backups — in double figures for the Bulls, who outshot the hosts 47.0% to 39.1% overall and 37.0% to 12.5% on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n Despite 7-for-21 shooting, Paolo Banchero was the game’s leading scorer with 24 points for the Magic, who lost at home for the second consecutive night. They dropped a 111-107 decision to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.<\/p>\n Banchero also grabbed 10 rebounds to complete a double-double.<\/p>\n The Bulls never trailed in the second half but found themselves clinging to an 88-85 advantage in the fourth minute of the final period before Dosunmu and Smith drilled consecutive 3-pointers to balloon the lead to nine.<\/p>\n With Dosunmu bombing in two more 3-pointers, the Bulls never let the Magic closer than seven after that.<\/p>\n Dosunmu finished 3-for-4 on threes, matching the Orlando team total.<\/p>\n Giddey also found time to share team rebounding honors with Vucevic with eight, while Jones complemented his 13 points with a game-high eight assists and five steals.<\/p>\n Four different Chicago reserves made at least half their shots, led by Smith’s 6-for-8 and Williams’ 5-for-7.<\/p>\n Wendell Carter Jr. led all rebounders with 13 for the Magic to go with eight points, while Anthony Black put up 19 points and Franz Wagner 17.<\/p>\n Desmond Bane added 14 points for Orlando but missed both his 3-point attempts. The Magic went just 3-for-24 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n