LaVine is trying to shoot the Bulls into the play-in tournament. Since the All-Star break, he is averaging 31.0 points and shooting 57.7 percent from the field over six games. He scored at least 27 points five times and had two games with at least 40 points. The Bulls will likely need to score a lot of points to hang with a Nuggets team that is excellent at home, so expect LaVine to be busy.

Our SportslineAI model is projecting a total of 229 for this game. Nikola Jokic is incredible when playing in Denver. Join us on the Early Edge in 5 today at 4pm ET to hear more detail on this pick.

Nikola Jokic's historic triple-double streak in home games came to an end when he came up one assist shy on Monday. So now, Jokic has recorded a triple-double in 10 of his last 11 home games. He has had double-digit points and rebounds in each of his last 12 games. Jokic is averaging 11.2 APG in his last six games against the Bulls. Expect Jokic to go back to his triple-double ways.

You know the drill. Whenever Jokic has plus odds to get a triple-double at home, we bet it. His streak of 10 straight triple-doubles at home ended Monday against the Raptors. He finished that game with 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, so he missed one by the slimmest of margins. For the season, he has averaged 24.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game at home.