Thursday night NBA and we will see the Cleveland Cavaliers travel to the United Center to take on the Chicago Bulls.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have won 14 of their last 15 games and begin a four-game road trip. On the season, the Cavs are averaging 102 points on 45.5 percent shooting and are allowing 99.2 points on 45.8 percent shooting. LeBron James is averaging 26 points and 7.4 assists while Kyrie Irving is averaging 21.9 points and 5.2 rebounds. J.R. Smith is shooting 41.5 percent from the field and Timofey Mozgov is grabbing 8.5 rebounds.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are allowing just 42.1 percent shooting from the field in their last five games. While the Cavs offense gets a lot of credit, it’s their defense that’s made the biggest difference during this impressive run. Kevin Love is questionable for this game with an eye injury.
The Chicago Bulls come in playing good ball as they have won their last 3 games. The Bulls currently hold a 1 game lead over Cleveland and a 3.5 game lead over the surprising Milwaukee Bucks in the Central Division with a 33-20 record, but they have been a mediocre 14-11 at home. The Bulls have gone 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record and 10-4 the last 14 in the series, but just 4-9 ATS in their last 13 home games. The Bulls have been a good offensive squad this year, ranking 10th in scoring (102 ppg), 20th in shooting, 10th in 3 point shooting and 3rd in FT shooting. The defense for this team been average, ranking 12th in points allowed (99.1 ppg), 9th in defensive FG% and 7th in 3 point defense.
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This is the final game in the NBA before the All-Star break. The Cavs lead the season series 2-0 against the Bulls, including a 114-108 overtime win in Chicago on Oct. 31 in the second game of the season. That was David Blatt’s first NBA head coaching win. James scored 36 points. Butler missed that game for Chicago. … The Cavs hammered the Bulls 108-94 in Cleveland on Jan. 19. All five Cavs starters scored 15 or more points. Noah did not play for Chicago, which shot just 37.5 percent from the floor and was outrebounded 54-40.The Cavs are 12-12 on the road. The Bulls, winners of three straight, are 14-11 at home, as compared to 19-9 on the road. The Bulls entered Wednesday tied with Washington for the third spot in the Eastern Conference. The Cavs, who hosted the Heat on Wednesday, were a game back at 32-21Cleveland is 8-6 on the second night of back-to-backs.
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