Bulls vs Jazz

On Saturday night, the Utah Jazz will travel to Illinois for a battle with the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. It's time to continue our NBA odds series ...

The Bulls are 14th in scoring in the NBA. The Jazz are the second-best team in the NBA in scoring. Expect the Jazz to take advantage of a tired Bulls team and come into the United Center and deliver a victory. Additionally, the Bulls are inconsistent on the defensive end, ranking 16th in blocked shots. The Jazz are also 12th from beyond the arc. The Jazz are also 8-14 on the road this season. The Jazz also are up-and-down on the defensive end, ranking 17th in blocked shots. Likewise, the Bulls are 10-9 at the United Center. Additionally, the Bulls also won the battle of the boards 45-30. The Bulls lead the all-time series 55-53. The Jazz also won the turnover battle. The Bulls converted 57.1 percent of their shots from the field, including 58.8 percent from beyond the arc.

Another tough test for the Bulls plus a return for Lauri Markkanen.

Odds: The Bulls are two and a half point underdogs at some books but there are +3’s available as well. [Utah Jazz](https://www.slcdunk.com) were in for a tanking year but instead they are currently 10th in the West with a record of 20-21. As for the total, it’s set at 238.5. After a disastrous loss to the Cavaliers, they have bounced back with two wins against two of the better teams in the Eastern Conference in the [Brooklyn Nets](https://www.netsdaily.com) and [Philadelphia 76ers](https://www.libertyballers.com). is listed as probable with a right wrist sprain, which he suffered in the first half against Philadelphia. It will take place at the United Center meaning the Bulls may be fatigued due to playing two games two different cities back to back.

The Utah Jazz look to make it two in a row versus the Chicago Bulls.

the Agbaji will be the one to keep an eye on against the Bulls. The Jazz will continue to rest Collin Sexton’s hamstring.

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Former Bull Lauri Markkanen is coming off a career-high performance and will look to continue that play against his former team. We’ll give you the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet at BetMGM. Javonte Green (right knee) is out.

Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls play host to Lauri Markkanen and the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, and if you're wondering how you can watch the action ...

- Forward – Lauri Markkanen - Guard – Zach LaVine Former Bull Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 49 points in the win.

10 observations: LaVine, DeRozan lead comeback vs. Jazz originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. The Chicago Bulls are officially streaking. With Saturday's 126-118 victory over the Utah Jazz — which, on the second leg of a road-home back-to-back, ...

For the first time this season, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan scored 30-plus points in the same game, as the Bulls beat the Jazz 126-118.

After Utah tied the game out of a timeout, DeRozan (with a midrange jumper), LaVine (with three straight 3-pointers) and Vučević (with a layup) combined to score the Bulls' next 13 points to grab a 10-point lead ahead of the stretch run. They have now won three straight, and all in impressive fashion: A comfortable home win over the full-strength Nets, a second-half rout of the 76ers sans Joel Embiid, and a back-to-back closing comeback win over the frisky Jazz. DeMar DeRozan snapped out of a mini-funk — he scored just two points in the second half of the Philadelphia game and went scoreless in the first quarter of this one — by pouring in six points early in the second as the Bulls expanded a four-point lead as high as eight. Rookie Jazz wing Ochai Agbaji was the latest in a line of unheralded, sharp-shooting role players to burn the back end of Bulls rotations from beyond the arc. Agbaji, the 14th pick in the 2022 draft who was acquired from Cleveland as part of the Donovan Mitchell trade, entered play shooting 29.6 percent from 3-point range, but made four triples without a miss and converted a few strong drives en route to 19 points on 7-for-7 shooting. It is the first time this season both he and LaVine scored each scored more than 30 points in the same game, a sign that the Bulls' two reigning All-Stars are gelling together again. The Bulls pulled back ahead 53-49 by the break, but the Jazz dominated the third quarter to the tune of a 40-31 scoring margin that put them ahead by five points entering the fourth. He keyed the Bulls' first quarter lead by scoring 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the opening frame, going 3-for-4 at the rim on a handful of strong drives and making his first attempt from long range. Williams drained back-to-back corner 3-pointers, while White hit a long-ball from the top of the key and snuck home a contested floater inside. The Bulls got off to a fast start, jumping ahead 8-0 in the first four minutes of the first quarter before Will Hardy whistled for time. As on Friday, he was devastating roaming off the ball and pulling off the catch, and came up with a big defensive play down the stretch too. Signs of a turnaround have begun to sprout after an 11-18 start to the campaign.