Pre-Gamin’: Chicago Bulls at Washington Wizards (6:00 CT), Projected Lineups, How to Watch, More

The Bulls, or at least whichever of them is actually playing tonight, take on the Wizards in a game that means quite literally nothing. Let’s have some fun!

Game Info

Chicago Bulls (38-42) at Washington Wizards (15-65) – 6:00 p.m. CT on NBC Sports Chicago (TV) and 670 The Score (Radio)

Projected Lineups

For Chicago, this is a total guess. So many regulars will be out tonight so it will be hard to predict who actually ends up in the lineup tonight.

Chicago Bulls

  1. Coby White
  2. Jevon Carter
  3. Javonte Green
  4. Torrey Craig
  5. Adama Sanogo

Injury Report: Alex Caruso QUESTIONABLE (ankle), Ayo Dosunmu OUT (quad), DeMar DeRozan DOUBTFUL (rest), Nikola Vucevic DOUBTFUL (rest), Andre Drummond OUT (ankle), Julian Phillips OUT (foot)

Coby White of the Chicago Bulls
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Washington Wizards

  1. Jordan Poole
  2. Corey Kispert
  3. Deni Avdija
  4. Patrick Baldwin Jr
  5. Anthony Gill

Injury Report: Richaun Holmes QUESTIONABLE (toe), Jordan Poole QUESTIONABLE (illness), Deni Avdija QUESTIONABLE (illness) Eugene Omoruyi QUESTIONABLE (illness) Marvin Bagley III OUT (knee), Tyus Jones OUT (back), Kyle Kuzma OUT (ankle), Landry Shamet OUT (calf), Bilal Coulibaly OUT (wrist)

Odds

Chicago comes into tonight’s game as 2-point favorites against Washington at FanDuel Illinois Sportsbook and DraftKings Sportsbook.

What to Watch For…

  • Um, not a whole lot? Pretty much all of the regular contributors with the exception of Coby White and Javonte Green will be getting the night off. Tonight in Washington is 10000000% about staying healthy. Don’t take any big risks, don’t do anything dumb, and keep yourself healthy until we get to the Play-In game next week.
  • With both of the bigs likely not playing tonight, I’m hoping to get a longer look at Adama Sanogo in tonight’s game. In 11 minutes against Detroit on Thursday, Sanogo had four points and six rebounds. Yes, it was against a bad team, but it was a productive effort in a small sample size. With Andre Drummond likely moving on this year and Chicago having cap constraints this summer, Sanogo is likely playing for a spot on the roster next season.
  • Washington appears to have some sort of bug running through their locker room. Even if the “illness” injury designations play tonight, they’ll be fairly shorthanded. Again, let’s just stay healthy and get through 60 minutes of basketball.
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    Matt is from the Chicagoland area and has been working in Chicago sports since 2015 with stops at WGN Radio, the Chicago Blackhawks, Stadium, and NBC Sports Chicago prior to landing at Betsperts. Matt covers just about everything for Betsperts and Bleacher Nation but focuses on the NHL and college football.

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