Cleveland Cavaliers – Chicago Bulls

Cleveland Cavaliers (1st in Eastern Conference)

Ohio group had a very successful February, recalling the often times the band that won the title last year. After a hesitant because the middle of the season which had started to emerge some internal tensions, LeBron and company have closed ranks and played at a very high level. Registering only two failures in the previous 12 stages, Cavs maintains its leading position in the East, being currently at four wins away from Boston Celtics, ranked second.

Beyond the figures and developments excellent and Irving Lebron stars, why Cleveland band currently requires easily Kyle Korver, basketball acquired early in the Atlanta Hawks. His transfer has proved to be very inspiring, especially when you consider the serious injury suffered by J.R. Smith, a guy whose throws from the line of three points were very important. Well, Kyle is in the top 5 when it comes to the best percentage of remote accomplishments of all time, and its impact has begun to show.

Cavs rested ahead is a team game scheduled tonight, in the previous round took place two days ago: victory in front of the Knicks, scoring 119 – 104. It was a game in which coach Lue has spared most important players in the fourth quarter due to the large difference of the table.

Chicago Bulls (7th place in the Eastern Conference)

The team coached by Fred Hoiberg gave up two of the leading players in the first part of the season, Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott, instead of them being brought Anthony Morrow, Cameron Payne and Joffrey Lauvergne an exchange’s interesting done with those from OKC . The first game in the new formula worked, and not really in that Bulls was imposed, but he made it very hard (128-120 in overtime) against “red lantern” Phoenix Suns.

Despite the frequent fluctuations and conflicts occurring throughout the season, the Chicago band was able to be quite competitive in the recent past, reaching three consecutive wins. Sure, those successes have a special story in turn. The duel was won thanks to the Raptors execrable form by passing DeRozan and company at the time, because the game played against the Celtics before the All-Star break last second benefit of using arbitrators. So, fans of “United Center” should enjoy in moderation.

Chicago Bulls comes after an exhausting match with the Suns. Thus, it should not surprise us if players past their first youth (as Wade) will be spared. Not only Illinois team worked seriously for victory after a few hours, but it had to move quickly in another state, such as reduced recovery time.

Direct meetings

The two teams have met twice this season, the Bulls winning each time. However, we must say that in both disputes context was clearly favorable to Chicago. Cavs accused in the first of them accommodation and transport issues, while the second has spared most of the owners. Also, Taj Gibson was the best player of Hoiberg in those games (82.6% percentage of processed throws) and McDermontt scored 17 points. Both wear other uniforms today.
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Cavaliers starters: PG – Kyrie Irving / SG – Kyle Korver / SF – LeBron James / PF – Channing Frye / C – Tristan Thompson

Bulls starters: PG – Michael Carter-Williams / SG – Dwyane Wade / SF – Jimmy Butler / PF – Bobby Portis / C – Robin Lopez