Today in the NBA, the Wizards welcome the Bulls in what should be an entertaining match at the Verizon Center. If you plan to watch Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Washington vs Chicago match preview.
Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls
The Wizards go into this one with a 27% winning record, and naturally as underdogs against the Chicago Bulls. Flip Saunders will be sure to keep an eye on the Chicago streak (W 1), but the key against Bulls will be containing Derrick Rose, Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah. The Wizards point differential is -6.7 this season (good for number 27 in the NBA), but not as good as the Chicago Bulls’s average winning margin of 5.3 in the 2010-2011 NBA season.
Playing on the road, the Bulls will need to play to their strengths and their 44.3 total rebounds per game is their strongest statistical attribute (and 3rd best in the whole league in that area). Tom Thibodeau’s team is 17-9 this season and today will hope to improve their 6-6 record away from United Center.
Washington have been dominating their opponents this season in the steals departement, with a 1.3 steals differential advantage over their opponents on average over the season. Their 8.9 steals average per game is 3rd best in the NBA, and that will be an area that Tom Thibodeau and his coaching staff will want to balance out today if they want to dampen the Wizards’ 7-6 home record.