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The Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Chicago Bulls on the road tonight. What are the odds, expected lineups and prediction for the showdown?

DeRozan should get his, but the Cavs are in position to win a low-scoring game. They stay home Wednesday to face Rookie of the Year favorite Paolo Banchero, then hit the road for Beantown and the defending Eastern Conference Champions. It’s something of a question as to who will replace Darius Garland in the starting lineup. Yet they do come into Chicago at 0-1, while facing a Bulls team that is 1-1 after DeMar DeRozan carried them to a win over the Miami Heat and then last night the Washington Wizards snuck out a two-point win. The Cleveland Cavaliers will tell you they don’t believe in moral victories, but their season opener on Wednesday in Toronto against the Raptors has to count as one. Donovan Mitchell looked as advertised running the offense and scoring 31 points and nine assists, while Cedi Osman got hot and Caris LeVert debuted as a starter.

The Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 102-100 on Friday night in their home opener at Capital One Arena.

Over time, the Wizards are likely to be much better at limiting turnovers, as they 8th-best in the league last year and then added two of the top-5 players in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio; Monte Morris and Delon Wright. Hours before tip-off, the Wizards announced Deni Avdija would not play in this game due to his right ankle sprain, despite the fact he practiced the day before and was by all accounts good to go. If the Wizards had protected the ball a bit better, they could have won by a much larger margin. The Wizards have had some problems protecting the ball so far in this young season. So far, it has been a carryover of what we saw from him in the latter half of last season, which was a very dynamic player. The Wizards like to run the offense through Porzingis at the top of the key and have had some success getting Beal open when he runs around him. A few of his makes were dunks, including a nasty poster slam on Andre Drummond in the third quarter. Before the season, he said Kuzma would run some after timeout plays and that may have been underselling it a bit. DeRozan missed a last-second 3-point attempt reminiscent of the one he made to beat the Wizards on New Year’s Day last season. Getting the ball in Kuzma’s hands one way or another was a good idea on Friday night, as he caught an early rhythm to lead the Wizards with 15 points in the first half. The game was also played in Washington, so the Wizards had homecourt advantage. This game featured the Wizards’ ‘new’ throwback jerseys, harkening back to their days in blue and bronze.

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The Bulls come into today’s game as the 19th ranked scoring offense at 108.0 points per game. The Cavaliers come into today’s game as the 28th ranked scoring offense at 105.0 points per game. Coming into today’s game, the Bulls will be looking to improve their 3-point shooting numbers, as they are averaging just 10.0 made 3’s per game. So far, they are ranked 3rd, with an average of 24.0 made free-throws per game. Coming into today’s game, the Cavaliers will be looking to improve their 3-point shooting numbers, as they are averaging just 10.0 made 3’s per game. When they played the Cavaliers at home, they posted a mark of 2-0.

For a second straight game, the Wizards built a sizeable lead and withstood a strong comeback from a feisty opponent to emerge with a win. They're now 2-0 ...

2 USG includes shooting from the floor and free throw line, offensive rebounds, assists and turnovers. Points produced is not the same as points scored. Reminder: in PPA, 100 is average, higher is better and replacement level is 45. Game Score (GmSC) converts individual production into points on the scoreboard. PPA is my overall production metric, which credits players for things they do that help a team win (scoring, rebounding, playmaking, defending) and dings them for things that hurt (missed shots, turnovers, bad defense, fouls). But the Wizards gave up 10 offensive rebounds (Gafford seriously needs to learn to box out), committed three more turnovers, and were outshot from the free throw line 27-10. ORTG While the factors are usually presented as percentages, that’s more useful over a full season. I keep not seeing it. The late-game heroics came courtesy of Bradley Beal, who hit a pair of tough buckets late. They’re now 2-0 after holding off DeMar DeRozan and the

Cleveland Cavaliers (0-1, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (1-1, seventh in the Eastern Conference)

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FINAL FROM DC: Wizards 102, Bulls 100. (Bulls 1-1, 1-1 on the road). LEADING SCORERS: Bulls: DeRozan: 32pts. Wizards: Kuzma: 26pts.

Jusuf Nurkic bullied the Suns in the paint and on the glass with a 20-17 performance. Trae Young scored all of his 25 points in the second half. Number one overall pick Paulo Banchero continued his stellar play for the Magic with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen had 24 points and 13 rebounds for Utah. Jordan Clarkson drained seven-three pointers for the 2-0 Jazz. Huge road win for the Nuggets as Nikola Jokic made all 11 of his free throw attempts finishing with a triple-double of 26-12-10. DeRozan finished with 32 points, six rebounds and six assists.He’s averaging 34.5 in the opening two games. Damian Lillard tossed in 41 points as the Trailblazers improved to 2-0. CCI RECAP: The Bulls rallied from a 17 point second half deficit only to fall to Washington on a Bradley Beal drive to the rim with 7.4 seconds remaining. The Raptors’ Pascal Siakam had a robust performance of 37-13-11. Nikola Vucevic went 12-12 from the foul line and ended the night with 24 points and eight rebounds. CCI STAT OF THE GAME: Nikola Vucevic is the first Bulls center since Nov.

Here's everything you need to know before the Chicago Bulls take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in their third game of the 2022-23 regular season.

- Oct. Although they have managed to remain competitive in his absence, Chicago will finally have star shooting guard Zach LaVine return to the starting lineup against Cleveland. Gambling odds and information courtesy of FanDuel. Look for Ayo Dosunmu to replicate his last season’s success against Cleveland’s twin towers of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen here. Cleveland has only played one game thus far, losing 105-108 against another top Eastern Conference team the Toronto Raptors. This will be their first home game of the season, so expect Chicago to roll out all the pregame festivities before tip-off.

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Although they were down 15 at one point, they came all the way back. Guys like DeMar DeRozan, Ayo Dosunmu, and Nikola Vucevic had strong games down the stretch ...

These might be the types of games that the Bulls need to take in order to be a playoff team this year. Guys like DeMar DeRozan, Ayo Dosunmu, and Nikola Vucevic had strong games down the stretch but it wasn’t enough to outlast the Wizards who took a They are going to be without Lonzo Ball for a while and Zach LaVine is missing from these first couple of games.

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After Garland went down, Mitchell attempted to take over, and almost succeeded, finishing with 31 points (18 in the second half) and nine assists in 35 minutes. The 3-time All-Star formally of the Utah Jazz joins forces with high-end talents Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, giving Cleveland one of the more intriguing starting lineups in the league. Chicago took three of four in the series last year and have won seven of the last 10 overall. To that end, tonight should see the return of two-time All-Star Zach LaVine to the lineup. Although DeMar DeRozan is a terrific one-on-one player, in the long run, he and the team are best served when everyone on the floor is vested and stays involved in the action. For Chicago to have an effective offense the ball must freely skip from player-to-player and from side-to-side.

Even with star Zach LaVine out, DeMar DeRozan led the way with 37 points and nine assists while Ayo Dosunmu chipped in 17 points and six assists. Nikola Vucevic ...

Jarrett Allen (6-foot-9) and Evan Mobley (6-foot-11) will cause problems in the post and—even without Garland—Donovan Mitchell will be an issue in the backcourt. Washington had players like Rui Hachimura (6-foot-8), Kyle Kuzma (6-foot-9), Deni Avdija (6-foot-9), Daniel Gafford (6-foot-9), and Kristaps Porzingis (7-foot-3) out there in the frontcourt. While DeRozan continued to get buckets and bring his team screaming back into the game, the Wizards kept doing just enough—and the rest of the Bulls kept doing enough poorly—for Washington to stay on top. Next up, the Chicago Bulls have their home opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers. We'll have to see if the Bulls do anything about that. The Chicago Bulls haven't been transparent, they have communicated mixed messages, and it smells fishy. DeMar DeRozan tried to play hero, just as he did on New Year's last year against the Wizards by hitting a game-winning three. Getting to the line (Vucevic went 12/12 and DeRozan went 10/11) was the only thing that kept the Bulls in this game. He scored the game-winning basket as Vucevic sealed his own teammate in Alex Caruso to literally give Beal a wide-open layup. [riding high off a 116-108 season-opening victory](https://ontapsportsnet.com/bulls/bulls-heat-score-highlights-recap-demar-derozan-stats-zach-lavine-out) over a Miami Heat team that was the top seed in the Eastern Conference last season. The Wizards were only up six, but the momentum was fully in Washington's favor and the game was slipping away from Chicago. There were just about two ways the Bulls got baskets.

The NBA's Last Two Minute Report from Bulls-Wizards had one incorrect no-call. But it was a costly one.

Challenges can only be issued in the event of a foul call being made, not to overturn a no-call. On this one, the referees missed. But unfortunately for aggrieved fans, these reports are issued only for the sake of transparency.

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This has the makings of being a very exciting game to watch. If the Bulls can put everything together now that LaVine is back then they can go on a run like they did last season and be one of the better teams in the conference. Allen and Mobley can be one of the best frontcourt duos in the league if they continue to defend at a high level. He scored 37 in the first game and then 32 against the Wizards. This was one of the better defensive teams in the NBA last season and that should continue into this year. The Cavaliers are (0-1) on the year after falling to the Toronto Raptors in the first game of the season.