Chicago Bulls At Brooklyn Nets – Starting Lineups, Injury News, How To Watch

The Chicago Bulls cognize that a gathering pinch nan Brooklyn Nets can not beryllium taken lightly.

Not only has Michael Porter Jr. turned into 1 of nan NBA's elite scorers this season, but Brooklyn is simply a squad that loves to create a mathematics problem. The Bulls fell unfortunate to this during their past meeting, losing nan conflict down nan arc a staggering 57-21.

The bully news is that they managed to predominate some successful nan fastbreak and connected nan violative glass, but that matters a full batch little erstwhile you can't support up from downtown. Running Brooklyn disconnected nan three-point statement will beryllium 1 cardinal to triumph tonight, arsenic will shooting a higher clip themselves. Fortunately, they are caller disconnected a 17-43 shooting nighttime against nan Utah Jazz, truthful mightiness immoderate of nan momentum transportation over?

If 1 point is for sure, nan Bulls person to move nan shot amended tonight. They fell stagnant against Brooklyn during that December slump, dishing a season-low 20 assists. While I wouldn't deem nan Nets' defense a full-out disaster pinch Nic Claxton manning center, their perimeter defense is thing to constitute location about. The Bulls person to beryllium amended astatine getting into their discourtesy and creating unfastened looks tonight.

How to Watch

Who: Chicago Bulls (19-21) astatine Brooklyn Nets (11-27)
Where: Barclay's Center
When: 6:30 P.M. CT
Watch: Chicago Sports Network

Projected Starting Lineups

Chicago Bulls

1. Tre Jones
2. Coby White
3. Matas Buzelis
4. Isaac Okoro
5. Nikola Vucevic

Brooklyn Nets

1. Ego Demin
2. Drake Powell
3. Michael Porter Jr.
4. Noah Clowney
5. Nic Claxton

Injury News

The Chicago Bulls' Kevin Huerter remains listed pinch a hep wounded for Chicago. However, nan swingman has continued to play done bumps and bruises successful caller weeks and hasn't missed a crippled since nan December 12 gathering pinch Charlotte.

Huerter has besides continued to beryllium a cardinal portion of nan 2nd unit. He's posted double-digit points successful 3 consecutive games, and he's besides picked up a mixed 5 steals complete those performances. Even pinch his three-ball not falling astatine nan complaint galore person grown accustomed to, Huerter has shown he tin make a affirmative impact.

Meanwhile, nan Bulls could beryllium without Julian Phillips again. The young and springy guardant has missed nan erstwhile 2 games pinch a wrist injury. While he was chiefly retired of nan rotation this season, he started to carve retired a domiciled pinch five-straight appearances earlier tweaking his wrist. When we see that nan Nets person nary deficiency of magnitude astatine nan helping position, having Phillips return coming could beryllium a plus.

Chicago Bulls Injury Report

Kevin Huerter – PROBABLE (hip)
Julian Phillips – QUESTIONABLE (wrist)
Zach Collins – OUT (toe)
Coby White – OUT (injury management)

Brooklyn Nets

Zaire Williams – OUT (conditioning)
Haywood Highsmith – OUT (knee)