The Chicago Bulls look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. Chicago is second in the Central Division at 41-27 and 1 ½ games behind the first place Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago was defeated by the Sacramento Kings 112-103 on Monday. Zach LaVine was the leading scorer for Chicago with 27 points but the Bulls as a team shot only 40.9% and were outrebounded by Sacramento 45-40.
DeMar DeRozan is leading Chicago in scoring and assists with averages of 28.1 points and 5.1 assists per game, while Zach LaVine is the second leading scorer with an average of 24.6 points per game. Nikola Vecevic is the leading rebounder with an average of 11.5 rebounds per game and is the third leading scorer with an average of 18.0 points per game. As a team, Chicago is scoring an average of 112.3 points per game.
Utah looks to bounce back from a loss when hosting Chicago on Wednesday. The Jazz lead the Northwest division at 42-26 and have a 1 ½-game lead over the second place Denver Nuggets. Utah was defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks 117-111 on Monday. Donovan Mitchell was the leading scorer for Utah with 29 Points but the Jazz shot just 39.8%.
Donovan Mitchell is leading Utah in scoring and assists with averages of 25.5 points and 5.4 assists per game, while Rudy Gobert is the leading rebounder with an average of 14.7 rebounds per game. Bojan Bogdanovic Is the second leading scorer with an average of 18.1 points per game. Utah is scoring an average of 113.9 points per game, while shooting 47.3% overall and 36.3% from three-point territory.
