GAME NIGHT FROM THE UNITED CENTER: Washington (11-13, 3-8 on the road) at Bulls (9-14, 5-5 at home) 7PM.
RADIO: 670 The Score: Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, Alyssa Bergamini. 6:45.
TV: NBCSC: Adam Amin and Stacey King: 7PM
LEADING SCORERS: Bulls: DeRozan: 25 ppg. Wizards: Porzingis: 21 ppg.
LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Vucevic: 11 per. Wizards: Porzingis: 8 per.
LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls: DeRozan: 4.6 per. Wizards: Morris: 5 per
SEASON SERIES: Washington 1-0.
CCI PREVIEW: The Bulls return to the United Center off a 2-4 road trip looking for consistency to their game on both ends of the floor. During their six game road trip the Bulls surrendered 117 points per game with opponents out rebounding the Bulls 47-41 in that span.
The Bulls, as is the case with the Wizards,are dealing with a three game losing streak.
Bradley Beal will miss tonight's game. He played only three first quarter minutes Sunday against the Lakers and left with a hamstring issue. His bank shot with seven seconds left propelled the Wizards over the Bulls earlier this season.
Kristaps Porzinigis is having a terrific season averaging 21 points and seven rebounds.
Corey Kisper ranks eighth in the NBA in three point field goal percentage at 46%. However, Washington as a team shoots just 33%.
CCI 24 SECONDS NBA NEWS AND NOTES
Dallas 116, Denver 115. Luka Doncic posted his 52nd career triple-double of 22-10-12.
Cleveland 116, Los Angeles Lakers 102. Donovan Mitchell had a monster game of 43-6-5. The 43 points were a season high. LeBron James had massive numbers of 21 points and 17 rebounds.
Detroit 116, Miami 96. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 of his 31 points in the second half. The Heat were without three players including Jimmy Butler.
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