The Cleveland Cavaliers (23-14, 16-4 Home) will try to slow down one of the league’s top shooting teams when they play host to the Chicago Bulls (16-20, 7-11 Away) on Monday. The teams will be playing their second successive game against each other. Cleveland edged past Chicago 103-102 at United Center on Saturday.
Caris LeVert led the Cavaliers with 23 points and seven rebounds. DeMar DeRozan had 21 points in the losing effort. The Bulls are 10th in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.Cleveland is undefeated in the season series against Chicago, taking both of their matchups.
DeRozan and Zach LaVine, averaging 26.2 and 22.6 points per game, respectively, have led the Bulls in scoring this season. DeRozan also has dished 4.9 assists per game. Meanwhile, Nikola Vucevic is grabbing 10.4 rebounds per game. Donovan Mitchell has supplied much of the Cavs’ offense, averaging 28.0 points per game.
He has the ninth-best scoring average in the NBA. Darius Garland is distributing 7.8 assists per game, sixth-most in the league, and Jarrett Allen is averaging 10.2 rebounds per game (9th). The Bulls are one of the NBA’s most accurate teams from the field, ranking fifth at 48.5%.
The teams have split their last 10 matchups at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (5-5). Chicago is pursuing a fourth straight road win this season. In the last 10 games, Chicago is 5-5 with an average margin of -3.8 (114.9-118.7). Cleveland has gone 6-4 over the last 10, scoring 112.3 points per game on average while holding opponents to 109.8 (+2.5 margin).
BULLS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
DeMar DeRozan: 6.4 | 4.9 | +1.5
CAVALIERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Evan Mobley: 10.5 | 14.5 | -4.0
Rebounds per game:
Evan Mobley: 6.0 | 8.9 | -2.9
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Cleveland Cavs (-175)
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