NBA Basketball Matchup: Rockets vs Bulls
The Houston Rockets are fighting for their playoff lives and are in tough spot on Monday night. It will the their third game in 4 nights and they will be visiting the team with the best record in the league.
The Houston Rockets are fighting for their playoff lives and are in tough spot on Monday night. It will the their third game in 4 nights and they will be visiting the team with the best record in the league.
The Detroit Pistons have won two in a row so are entering Chicago to face the Bulls with a little momentum.
The Bulls will be without Derrick Rose for the 7th straight game, but even without the reigning MVP in the lineup Chicago has won 4 straight.
The Magic are coming off a tough loss to the Miami Heat where they only scored 81 points and tonight face a Bulls’ team that has the league’s 2nd ranked defense.
TNT will have Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic going against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls in their opening game this Thursday night.
It was another amazing performance by Derrick Rose that led the Bulls to yet another big road win last night in Philadelphia.
Derrick Rose is back in the lineup and the Bulls are playing some terrific basketball right now. Chicago has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 30-8.
The Spurs (24-10) are a NBA best 13-1 at home this season and even though they have been dealing some injuries they simply keep winning.
Derrick Rose hasn’t played for a little over a week, and he is expected to miss this game as well.
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Still, the Celtics will have a difficult game against the Bulls in Chicago. Kevin Garnett missed last night’s game for the Celtics, and he is questionable for this one. These teams have split their last six meetings with each other. Boston beat the Bulls 95-91 on Sunday, so Chicago will be looking for revenge in this one.
Boston has benefited nicely from the return of point guard Rajon Rondo. Rondo is arguably the team’s best player at this point, and he is the facilitator for the offense. Rondo averages 9.8 assists per game. Paul Pierce leads the Celtics in scoring at 17.8 per contest. Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo, and Kevin Garnett all average about 14 points per game. Brandon Bass is out until the end of the month, and that is a significant loss for the Celtics in the paint. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Boston has been winning with defense of late. Last night’s loss to Detroit was unexplainable, and Boston will have to play much better if they expect to win this one on the road.
The Bulls miss Derrick Rose in a big way, but this is still a decent team without Rose. Luol Deng put up 23 points Tuesday against Sacramento, and he seems to be fully healthy once again.
Chicago has no shortage of quality big men with Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Taj Gibson, and Omer Asik. Kyle Korver and C.J. Watson are both shooting it very well from deep this year for the Bulls, but it is much more difficult for them to get open looks without Rose in the lineup.
The Bulls are one of the best rebounding teams in the league, and they will need to control the glass to win this game.
The Bulls are 10-1 at home, and the Celtics are notoriously bad on the back end of a back-to-back. I think Chicago will dominate in the paint and win this one.
Prediction: Chicago 91 Boston 87
Two of the East’s top teams will do battle on Sunday when the Chicago Bulls face off with the Boston Celtics in Beantown.
The only team worse than the Hornets in the NBA right now is the Charlotte Bobcats.
Madison Square Garden will host the disappointing Knicks against the Chicago Bulls Thursday night. New York is just 2-8 in their last ten games.
In one of the season’s most anticipated rematches, the Chicago Bulls will head to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat on Sunday afternoon, for the first time since last season’s Eastern Conference final.
The big news in this one is whether or not the Chicago Bulls will get back reigning MVP Derrick Rose for their Friday night bout with the Boston Celtics who are reeling after back-back home losses.
The big question for the Bulls heading here, is whether or not leading scorer Derrick Rose will be ready for the team’s upcoming road matchup with the Orlando Magic on Friday.
The Bulls (5-1) have won 4 straight games and they have beaten the Pistons 11 straight times and are the betting favorite in this away game.