Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls: Live stream, TV info, injury report
By Phil Watson
The Brooklyn Nets continue their 3-game road trip with an afternoon tilt at United Center against the Chicago Bulls. Tip is set for 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
The Brooklyn Nets will reach the midway point of the season Sunday afternoon when they square off with the Chicago Bulls at United Center.
It is the second and final meeting between the teams at Chicago this season, with two meetings coming up in Brooklyn on Jan. 29 and Feb. 8.
The Nets (19-21) come in with two straight wins and 11 victories in their last 14 games, including getting their current three-game road swing started Friday with a 109-100 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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The Bulls (10-29) have lost their last two games and four of their last five, dropping a 119-116 overtime decision at home to the Indiana Pacers Friday night.
D’Angelo Russell scored 23 points with 10 assists to lead Brooklyn past the Grizzlies Friday night, with DeMarre Carroll coming off the bench for 20 points. The Nets led throughout the fourth quarter and put the game away with a late 9-2 run to build a 12-point cushion.
Jarrett Allen finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks for Brooklyn.
Against Indiana on Friday, Zach LaVine drained a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and Chicago erased a six-point deficit in the final 45.9 seconds. But Victor Oladipo banked in a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds to go in overtime to lift the Pacers to the win.
LaVine paced the Bulls with 31 points and Lauri Markkanen had 27 points and nine rebounds. Kris Dunn went for 16 points and a career-high 17 assists, while Wendell Carter Jr. finished with 15 points and three steals.
Since coming to the NBA in 1976, the Nets are 75-92 against Chicago and have won the last four meetings between the teams.
The Bulls’ 12-game winning streak from Feb. 16, 1991, to Dec. 29, 1993, is the longest by either team in the series. The New Jersey Nets posted eight straight wins from Dec. 23, 2003, to Nov. 5, 2005.
Chicago’s 140-96 win at home on Jan. 4, 1992, is the most points scored by a team in the series as well as the most lopsided game between the clubs.
The Nets scored a 135-133 overtime win at Piscataway on Feb. 11, 1981, for their highest-scoring game of the series. A 130-104 win at East Rutherford on Jan. 14, 1982, marked the most points the team has scored in a regulation game.
The franchise’s biggest win over the Bulls was a 119-86 triumph at East Rutherford on Feb. 23, 1983.
There is little surprise to the fact that Michael Jordan has the series scoring mark with 58 points on Feb. 26, 1987, in a victory at Chicago. Vince Carter scored 43 points for New Jersey in an April 11, 2006, loss at Chicago.
In the Brooklyn era, the Nets are 9-13 against the Bulls, with their current four-game winning streak matching Chicago’s four-game run from March 2, 2013, to Feb. 13, 2014 as the longest since the 2012 move.
Brooklyn’s 124-96 win at Chicago on April 7 is the highest-scoring game as well at the Nets’ largest margin of victory since the team left New Jersey. The Bulls have twice scored 118 points, most recently in a 118-88 win on Oct. 31, 2016.
Chicago has the most lopsided decision since the move, a 112-73 victory at Chicago on April 12, 2017.
Allen Crabbe has the top scoring performance since 2012 with his 41 points for the Nets at Barclays Center in an April 9 win. Jimmy Butler scored 40 for the Bulls in a Dec. 28, 2016, win at Chicago.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls
United Center, Chicago
Time: 3:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass
The skinny
Season series: Brooklyn leads 1-0
Records: Brooklyn 19-21(7th in East), Chicago 10-29 (13th in East)
Scoring: BKN 111.0 (16th), CHI 100.4 (30th)
Defense: BKN 111.7 (20th), CHI 109.6 (14th)
Off. Rating: BKN 109.9 (11th), CHI 100.3 (30th)
Def. Rating: BKN 110.6 (22nd), CHI 109.6 (19th)
Pace: BKN 99.47 (22nd), CHI 98.98 (24th)
Shooting: BKN 45.4% (20th), CHI 44.4% (26th)
3-point: BKN 36.4% (7th), CHI 34,5% (22nd)
Opponent shooting: BKN 47.0% (23rd), CHI 45.8% (14th)
Opponent 3-point: BKN 35.4% (15th), CHI 35.1% (14th)
Availability
Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (right adductor strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (left shoulder subluxation).
Chicago: OUT–Denzel Valentine (left ankle surgery).
Last meeting
Dec. 19 at Chicago: Joe Harris knocked down a floater off the glass with 43 seconds left to give the Nets the lead and Spencer Dinwiddie iced the game with a pair of free throws with 1.4 seconds remaining as Brooklyn came from behind to beat the Bulls 96-93.
The game stayed tight throughout, as neither team led by more than seven points.
Dinwiddie came off the bench to lead the Nets with 27 points. Jarrett Allen had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Harris finished with 11 points and four assists.
Kris Dunn paced Chicago with 24 points and six assists. Bobby Portis logged 16 points and 11 rebounds before leaving late with a sprained right ankle and Justin Holiday blocked a pair of shots.
What’s next?
Brooklyn: at Boston, Monday; vs. Atlanta, Wednesday; at Toronto, Friday
Chicago: at Portland, Wednesday; at Golden State, Friday; at Utah, Saturday