Chicago at Atlanta

The Bulls are 4-1 in their last five games and have won three in a row. The Hawks are 1-4 in their last five games and have lost three consecutive games. Neither team plays defense. Yet the Hawks are favored. Don't see it. The two teams just met in Atlanta this past Sunday. It was a track meet. The Bulls won, 152-150, in the NBA's highest scoring game of the season. Trae Young and Jalen Johnson combined for 71 points for the Hawks. It wasn't enough. The Bulls had nine players scoring in double figures. Dyson Daniels, one of the Hawks' few decent perimeter defenders, logged more than 39 minutes in that game. Daniels is out today because of right hip inflammation. Atlanta is just 5-8 at home. The Hawks do have rapid home revenge. But that means little when no defense is being played, and the other team has all the momentum. Take the Bulls.