The Chicago Bulls are coming into the matchup on Friday with the winless Utah Jazz not much better with one win on the season and now that the team is back home, the Bulls are Derrick Rose will try to get things right at the United Center in a game that will start up at 8:00 pm and streaming online on NBA.com from the league pass.
The Bulls have not played great since getting back Derrick Rose from his serious knee injury and the team now will try and get things going against the Utah Jazz after a bad loss against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, as the team lost by 17 to their division rivals and now they have a chance to turn things around against a very bad Jazz team as they prepare to get another home game on Monday against the Cavaliers and while the Jazz have some young talent, they have lost all five of their games this season and this now is a game that the Bulls appear ready to win and even though Rose has been rusty, this could be the perfect game for him to break out and after Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich and Carlos Boozer led the team in scoring, assists and rebounds on Wednesday, it could be time for Rose to take over and have one of his dominating games as he comes back from his knee injury.
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The Bulls are expecting to be one of the best teams in the east this season and now it's clear that the Pacers will be the top dogs in the early goings and with the Bulls losing three straight it could be perfect time for the team to rebound. The team is ranked 27th in the league in scoring and Rose's slow start has not helped that, while Deng and Boozer as well as Joakim Noah have been excellent on the boards, ranking the team ninth in rebounds per game and they are also in the top half in assists and defensive scoring, but if the offense doesn't pick up, it could be a long season for the team and now with Rose looking sluggish, many wonder how long it will take for him to get back to full strength and that could be the main question that the Bulls deal with all season.
The Jazz are playing terrible although Gordon Hayward is doing his part and now the team will try and get things right after losing to another bad team in the Boston Celtics and they will travel to the United Center on Friday night to play against the Chicago Bulls and the matchup comes in with the team losing five straight games and they will next play the Toronto Raptors on this mini road trip and the game against the Bulls should be a tough test. The team is now far off record wise from the Bulls and the stats are similar as well, as the team is ranked 29th in points per game and 17th in defensive scoring while they are ninth in rebounding and 25th in assists per game and they will try and get their first win of the season and it would be a big upset against the Bulls.
The Bulls opened the season with a loss to the Heat despite having Carlos Boozer lead with 31 points and Noah with 11 rebounds and they got their only win on a last second shot from Rose against the Knicks at MSG and now they will try to win at home after losing back to back road games against the Sixers and the Pacers in the East and they have another matchup coming up against the Pacers as well as games against the Nuggets and the Bobcats. The team has a tough road trip coming up with the Nuggets, Blazers, Clippers and also the Utah Jazz, Pistons and the Cavs and that could be very rough on the team and then they kick off December with the Pelicans.
The Bulls and the Jazz are playing at the United Center on Friday night starting up at 8 pm and streaming online on NBA.com.