Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls 5/11/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Brooklyn Nets look for their second consecutive victory when visiting the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. Brooklyn is 44-24 and second in the Atlantic division and Eastern Conference standings. The Nets trail the Philadelphia 76ers by three games in the Conference and have just four games remaining in their regular season schedule and Brooklyn is just a half-game ahead of the third place Milwaukee Bucks in the East and is battling to keep second place in the conference.

Kevin Durant is the leading scorer for Brooklyn with an average of 28.2 points per game, while Kyrie Irving is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 27.4 points and 6.2 assists per game. DeAndre Jordan is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.5 rebounds per game. Brooklyn is scoring an average of 118.6 points per game while shooting 49.2% overall and 39.0% from three-point territory.

The Chicago Bulls host the Brooklyn Nets in a must-win situation. Chicago is 29-39 following a 108-96 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Nikola Vecevic was the leading scorer for Chicago with 29 points and grabbed a team-high 16 rebounds. Chicago is in 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings, 2 ½ games behind the 10th place Indiana Pacers with only four games remaining in the regular season.

Zach LaVine is leading Chicago in scoring and assists with averages of 27.2 points and 5.0 assists per game. Nikola Vecevic Is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 22.4 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. Chicago has six players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring 110.9 points per game. Chicago is shooting 47.7% overall and 36.8% from three-point territory.