Chicago Bulls
Bulls are a bit up and down as team overall, they can play really good in one game and in the next they are under the weather, sure they had a b2b against the Raptors but Im talking abou the Hornets game when LaVine had a bad night and they could've won it if he had stepped up. They won against Memphis but they didn't play as good as the result shows. They got big games from LaVine and White but no one else had over double digits in scoring.
Bulls have traveled a lot this recent week even if they had a quick stop back home in Chicago against the Raptors. I think fatigue from the travel will show this game this evening in NY. Bulls have traveled from the westcoast to the east all last week and it will have an impact tonight in my opinion against a okey defensive team in the Knicks. Knicks got back Mitchell Robinson who is a big factor for them on the defensive end. Bulls are inconsistent in their offense but they have young team so that is expected maybe, I think they will have tired legs tonight after the travel and they lost a bit of confidens after the blowout loss against Toronto. The pace of the game will be a bit slower then the total indicates and both teams struggle to score the ball.
New York Knicks
RJ Barrett, rookie from Duke, has looked great he gets a lot of playcalls and he is showing us that he can be someone the Knicks can trust for a long time, this is his team until the 2021 summer if Knicks can get some star/stars to come and play for them. Knicks have looked like the Knicks, a bit lower grade on the defensive end and even if Barrett is doing great they have struggled on the offensive end. They don't have anyone that can take over night after night, that their biggest problem. Julius Randle can go off one game and then the next he has 10 points and is a non factor. The offense doesn't look that good, a lot of the players when a set gets blown up they don't know where to go and it turns out to be a iso situation and nobody is trying to get open and they burp up a shot. Randle in the highpost has been a good idea, from there he can take one or two dribbles and go to the basket or he can dump it of to a cutting Barret. Knicks haven't gotten their bench going either, like the Bulls. The got Allonzo Trier who was great for them last season, he's a natural scorer who can do good things but he has also been inconsistent these two games.
Knicks have a lot of problems both defensivley and offensivley but it's the offense that has the biggest problems. There is not enough movement. They will however find easy buckets inside this Bulls defense with Randle and Barrett, the Bulls defense are lacking a rim protector and Wendell Carter has looked lost out there, he's fouling a lot too. Ellington is the Knicks only threepoint shooter who can scorer consistently from out there and he has looked okey and if they can have him shot on a good level it would be good. He had 1/4 from three in the first game, second game 3/4 and against Boston he didn't play. If he plays he can be dangerous.
Bet
What I want to say is that both teams have it rough offensivley, Bulls will have tired legs after their travel last week and a dip in confidents after the blowout against Toronto. If their stars can step up togheter they will have a good chance to win. Knicks have Barrett, Morris and Randle to take care of them. I think Randle will have a good game because he has the best matchup in Markkanen who isn't a good defender and they don't have anyone to protect the rim.
I like the under total in this game, I think both teams will keep struggling on offense.
