The Bulls, who have narrowly beaten the opponent in the home game against the Lakers, will play a match with the Rockets at 9 a.m. Beijing time on December 21. Less than a month ago, the Rockets had a game with the Bulls at home, that game the Rockets were very lucky, in the case of Jaylen Green's first quarter injury, with the overall performance of the team to defeat the Bulls, this Bulls and Rockets "two-time war", presumably the Bulls in good shape to win the Rockets must be very confident.
However, the Rockets' physical strength is better, after all, the Bulls have just finished a game with the Lakers, and the next game against the Rockets is at home, but they are also "back-to-back" operations, and the physical strength is certainly not as good as the young and well-manned Houston Rockets. The advantage is that many of the Bulls' star players can play, except for Zach Lavin, one of the Bulls' big three who missed due to health and safety agreements, deRozan, Bauer and Vucevic can start.
Since the Rockets defeated the Bulls at home, the team has won 8 wins and 4 losses, this time again, can the Rockets continue the miracle? We'll see. Look at the injury situation of the two teams, the Rockets are still Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. are missing, but the two of them plan to return in a week, and the shooter Almoni Brooks is in doubt due to injury, in addition to these 3 players, rocket point guard Wall is not playing due to the agreement, and the Knicks are still developing the League Vipers.
On the Bulls side, in addition to LaVine, Dossom, Troy Brown Jr., Aliz Johnson and Matt Thomas all withdrew from the game due to health agreements, and forward Patrick Williams has not recovered from a wrist injury and will also miss this game.
That is to say, don't look at the Bulls' Vucevic, Ball and DeRozan three star players can start in this game, but their bench depth is not as deep as the Rockets, and they can play less than the Rockets. Therefore, the strength and state of the two teams are basically half a pound and eight two, and the Rockets are not behind in this battle matchup.
NBA expert Ben Dubos gave the starting lineup predictions for both sides as usual, and the Rockets' starting lineup was the same as when they won the Pistons in the previous game: Gordon, Christopher, Matthews, Tate and Wood started, and rookie Christopher played for the Rockets as a starter for the second time in his career.
The Bulls' predicted starting five Tigers are: Lonzo Ball, Caruso, DeRozan, Javent Green and center Vucevic.
It seems that the rocket players are not as strong and famous as the Bulls, and the rockets are in the middle of a 5-game game, Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. have not returned for a long time, but with the Bulls who just finished playing the Lakers, the Rockets still have the possibility of upsetting on the road.