Who’s Playing
Utah Jazz @ Chicago Bulls
Current Records: Utah 0-6, Chicago 3-3
How To Watch
- When: Monday, November 4, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. ET
- Where: United Center — Chicago, Illinois
- TV: Chicago Sport Network
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $16.00
What to Know
For the first time this season, the Bulls are headed into a contest the experts think they’ll win. They will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Utah Jazz at 8:30 p.m. ET at United Center. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long.
Last Friday, the Bulls couldn’t handle the Nets and fell 120-112. Chicago hasn’t had much luck with Brooklyn recently, as the team’s come up short the last three times they’ve met.
Despite the loss, the Bulls got top-tier performance from Nikola Vucevic, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Vucevic a new career-high in field goal percentage (90.9%).
Meanwhile, the Jazz’s recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They suffered a grim 129-103 loss to the Nuggets. Utah was surely aware of their disadvantage in the point spread, but the foreknowledge did nothing to prevent the result.
Chicago’s defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Utah, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: The Bulls have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 50.3 rebounds per game. However, it’s not like the Jazz struggle in that department as they’ve been averaging 46.3. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we’ll see if one team can grab an edge.
The Bulls came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jazz in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 119-117. Do the Bulls have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Jazz turn the tables on them? We’ll have the answer soon enough.
Odds
Chicago is a big 7.5-point favorite against Utah, according to the latest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Bulls as a 6.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 228 points.
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Series History
Chicago and Utah both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Mar 06, 2024 – Chicago 119 vs. Utah 117
- Nov 06, 2023 – Chicago 130 vs. Utah 113
- Jan 07, 2023 – Chicago 126 vs. Utah 118
- Nov 28, 2022 – Chicago 114 vs. Utah 107
- Mar 16, 2022 – Utah 125 vs. Chicago 110
- Oct 30, 2021 – Chicago 107 vs. Utah 99
- Apr 02, 2021 – Utah 113 vs. Chicago 106
- Mar 22, 2021 – Utah 120 vs. Chicago 95
- Jan 02, 2020 – Utah 102 vs. Chicago 98
- Mar 23, 2019 – Utah 114 vs. Chicago 83
