The Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers are playing on the NBA schedule on Friday night and the game from the Wells Fargo Center starts up at 7 pm ET on CSN and the League Pass website online and it comes as Derrick Rose and the Bulls are 4-1, while the Sixers are looking for their first win of the young season.
Rose has been resting and he also has been playing through pain and he was sharp against the Bucks in limited action, leading the team with seven assists. The Bulls come in after a win against the Milwaukee Bucks and now they have the Sixers before a matchup with the Boston Celtics and that will be at the United Center. Taj Gibson led the team with 23 points in the win against the Bucks, while Pau Gasol grabbed 14 rebounds.
The Bulls come into the game ranked 10th in the league in scoring and they are ninth in points allowed per game and they have opened up first in the central division. The Cavaliers are suffering right now and while many see them as the team that will there at the end, the Bulls should make the division race interesting. The Bulls are playing against the Sixers, Celtics and Pistons next on the schedule before playing on the road against the Raptors and then they will host the Pacers before a west coast road trip.
The Bulls come into the game after a win against the Bucks and they have a matchup with the Celtics next and they have been one of the best teams in the east this season. The Bulls are 4-1 on the year and have started off first in the division and they are considered to be one of the title favorites and they have won three straight games this season coming into this matchup.
Derrick Rose is once again uncertain for the matchup and that will be an issue all season for the Bulls as they try and get him back to full strength. Joakim Noah is one of the best defensive players in the league and he has been out while sick the past two games and he has averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds in his last six games against the Sixers and the team is hoping he will be available along with Pau Gasol and Taj Gibson.
The schedule is favorable for now, but things pick up moving forward and the team has the Raptors after playing the Pistons in over a week and then they play a tough schedule. The team has the Pacers at home and then the LA Clippers on the road as they have a road trip and that will also have the Kings and the Portland Trail Blazers. The team takes a very long roadie and they have seven games on the road and eight of nine. The Bulls play the Blazers, Jazz, Nuggets, Kings, Celtics and Nets during that stretch and that will be very daunting for the team.
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