Pre-Gamin’: Bulls at Raptors (5:00 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Is it October 23 yet?

The Bulls are only two preseason games away from starting up the regular season!

Game Info

Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors – Sunday, Oct. 13th at 5:00 p.m. CT on NBC Sports Chicago.

Stream the game online here!

Chicago Bulls:

Projected Starters:

  1. Tomas Satoransky
  2. Zach LaVine
  3. Otto Porter
  4. Lauri Markkanen
  5. Wendell Carter Jr.

Toronto Raptors:

Projected Starters:

  1. Fred VanVleet (Kyle Lowry questionable)
  2. Norman Powell
  3. OG Anunoby
  4. Pascal Siakam
  5. Serge Ibaka

UPDATED (5:05) – Raptors resting a bunch players tonight, so here’s the actual starting lineup:

Things to keep in mind

  • Wendell Carter Jr. is back tonight!
  • These last two preseason games will be more indicative of how the Bulls will plan to run their rotations during the upcoming season. With that being the case, it’s very likely whoever is the team’s starting point guard tonight will be the Bulls guy on opening night.
  • Did I mention Wendell Carter Jr. is back!?
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    Elias Schuster is the Lead Chicago Bulls writer at Bleacher Nation. He started with BN full-time in 2019 immediately after graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in Journalism (yes, he started with the Jim Boylen Era). Since joining, Elias has been the driving force behind Bulls and NBA content for both the site and social accounts. You can follow him on Twitter/X @Schuster_Elias.

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