What am I missing here with rampaging Brooklyn this small of a favorite? Could my hugely disappointing Bulls pull the upset? They could at home, in theory, but it would take a lot to go right and perhaps foul trouble/injury for Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving. They might combine for 90 against that porous Chicago defense. The Bulls are coming off a 145-134 loss to Cavaliers where the team allowed Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell to score a career-high 71 points.

Brooklyn’s 12-game winning streak has prompted steeper numbers. The Bulls may be a sub-500 team but have played their best basketball against the top Eastern Conference teams. They’ve defeated the Bucks and Celtics twice, and had one of their best efforts of the season in defeating Brooklyn at the start of November. Take the Bulls as the home underdog.