The Chicago Bulls (16-19, 9-8 Home), one of the league’s top shooting teams, host the Cleveland Cavaliers (22-14, 6-10 Away) on Saturday. Cleveland lost to the Indiana Pacers 135-126 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday, their third loss in a row.
Donovan Mitchell was the scoring leader in defeat with 28 points. Jarrett Allen added 19 points and 14 rebounds. The Cavaliers are fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago is playing on back-to-back days after finding victory yesterday at United Center, beating the Detroit Pistons 132-118. Zach LaVine had 43 points and six assists to lead the team. The Bulls are 10th in the Eastern Conference.It’s the final meeting of the season between the teams.
Cleveland will be seeking a season sweep against Chicago after taking the only prior meeting 128-96 at United Center on October 22. Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 32 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists.
LaVine had 23 points in defeat. Mitchell is averaging 28.4 points per game, ninth-highest in the NBA, to lead the Cavs in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Darius Garland is dishing 7.8 assists per game, sixth-most in the league, and Allen is grabbing 10.2 rebounds per game (9th).
DeMar DeRozan (26.3 ppg) and LaVine (22.9) have powered the Bulls on offense. DeRozan also has doled out 5.0 assists per game. Nikola Vucevic has collected 10.3 rebounds per game. The Bulls are one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams, ranking fifth at 48.5%.
The Bulls have found success in the last 10 meetings between the teams at United Center, winning six. Meanwhile, the Bulls are 3-3 when playing the second of a back-to-back this season and 2-2 in such games against rested opponents.
The Cavaliers are 1-1 with a rest advantage. Cleveland is 6-4 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +3.2 (113.0-109.8). Chicago has split the last 10 (5-5), allowing 120.7 points per game on average while scoring only 116.9 (-3.8 margin).
CAVALIERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Evan Mobley: 10.8 | 14.5 | -3.7
Rebounds per game:
Evan Mobley: 6.4 | 8.9 | -2.5
BULLS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Zach LaVine: 28.8 | 22.9 | +5.9
Rebounds per game:
Andre Drummond: 9.4 | 7.1 | +2.3
Assists per game:
DeMar DeRozan: 6.8 | 5.0 | +1.8
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Cleveland Cavaliers (-140)
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