vs DENVER NUGGETS (5-1) @ CHICAGO BULLS (2-5) Game 8, Home Game 4 Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 – 7:00 PM CT United Center NBCSCH / WSCR-AM 670 / Univision Deportes Radio BULLS/NUGGETS STREAKS CURRENT STREAK .................. 5 Losses HOME STREAK ......................... 2 Losses ROAD STREAK ....................... 11 Losses BULLS VS. NUGGETS THIS SEASON Oct. 31 @ Chicago – Jan. 17 @ Denver – Game Notes Chicago Bulls (2-5) Home 1-2 Road 1-3 Bulls Season Averages: PPG: 110.3 RPG: 41.1 APG: 23.4 SPG: 6.14 BPG: 4.86 FG%: .469 FT%: .735 3p%: .381 Probable Bulls starters Cameron Payne - PG - Zach LaVine - SG - Justin Holiday - SF - Jabari Parker - PF - Wendell Carter Jr. - C - Bulls Regular Season Stats Leaders Points:LaVine 29.3 Rebounds: Portis 9.8 Assists:Arcidiacono 5.6 Steals: Holiday 1.83 Blocks: Carter 1.83 FG%: Felicio .583, Arcidiacono .560 FT%: LaVine .827, Parker .800 3FG%: Arcidiacono .529, Parker .435 Regular Season Player Highs 2018/2019 Points: LaVine 34 Field Goals Made: LaVine 12 Field Goals Attempts: LaVine 22 Free Throws Made: LaVine 11 Free Throws Attempts: LaVine 12 3-Point FGM: Payne 7 3-Point FGA: Payne 11 Rebounds: Portis 14 Off. Rebounds: Carter, Blakeney 3 Def. Rebounds: Portis 12 Assists: Arcidiacono 8 Blocks: LaVine, Carter, Blakeney 3 Steals: Holiday 5 Minutes: Holiday 38 Double-Double: Portis, Carter, LaVine 1 Triple-Double: - Injury report Kris Dunn (left MCL sprain), Lauri Markkanen (right elbow sprain), Bobby Portis (right MCL sprain) and Denzel Valentine (left ankle sprain) are OUT. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Denver Nuggets (5-1) Home 4-0 Road 1-1 Probable Nugets starters J. Murray G. Harris T. Craig P. Millsap N. Jokic Injury report ISAIAH THOMAS – RIGHT HIP SURGERY. OUT JARRED VANDERBILT – RIGHT FOOT SURGERY. OUT MICHAEL PORTER JR. – LOW BACK SURGERY. OUT WILL BARTON – RIGHT HIP/CORE MUSCLE SURGERY. OUT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wendell Carter Jr.’s 1.57 blocks per game ranks second among all rookies, behind Orlando’s Mo Bamba (2.00). Ryan Arcidiacono is averaging 5.2 assists per game this season and has led the Bulls in assists in four of seven games, including two of the past three outings. Arcidiacono ranks fourth in the NBA and second in the Eastern Conference with a 6.20 assist to turnover ratio. The Bulls have outshot their opponent in four of seven games this season. Chicago’s bench has outscored its opponents’ in five of seven games this season. Justin Holiday has recorded at least two steals in four of seven games this season and his 1.57 steals per game currently ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago set a season high for points with 124 vs. Golden State on Monday, and only turned the ball over a season-low eight times.
Zach LaVine is currently on a career-long streak of games with 20 or more points (8, 3/15-10/29/18). He ranks sixth in the NBA in points per game (28.1), sixth in free throws made per game (6.6) and eighth for free throw attempts per game (8.0).
YOUTH MOVEMENT Looking at the rosters from around the NBA, the Bulls enter the 2018-19 season as the second-youngest group with an average age of 24.5 years old. In addition, Chicago has 13 players on its roster who are not yet 25 years old. No other team in the league had more than 11 such players.
