Another huge night of NBA basketball is in front of us and the Washington Wizards will host Chicago Bulls in the home opener. Two days ago, the Wizards visited Indiana Pacers and secured the victory in the end while the Bulls shocked everyone else as they beat the Miami Heat. Although I thought that the Wizards will beat the Pacers, the game was much tougher. Before the game, Kristaps Porzingis injured his ankle but played the whole game, and right now he isn't on the injury report. Kyle Kuzma had a great game with 22 points and 13 rebounds but we can't rely on that performance every single day. Deni Avdija got injured and he's questionable.

Demar Derozan was unstoppable against Miami with 37 points while Nikola Vucevic had 15 points and 17 rebounds. Zach Lavine is going to miss the game and that's why, in my opinion, the betting lines are so close. At the same time, missing Lavine doesn't mean that the team is going to play worse. Last season Lavine missed 15 games and the Bulls won 9 of them.

Overall in this matchup, I like Chicago's chances better. Although we don't take much preseason into the consideration, the Bulls won 3 out of 4 games and the teams were Denver, Toronto and Milwaukee. Washington had only 1 victory but the victory against the Pacers gave some confidence boost although we can say the same about Chicago and that win was way more impressive than Washington's.

The biggest issue for the Wizards is going to be Derozan. Who is going to stop him? Miami has 1 of the best defenders in the league Jimmy Butler but he couldn't do a thing. There is no clear defensive specialist on the Wizards roster. Yes, technically they just need to stop Derozan but Ayo Dosunmu helped a lot as well as Goran Dragic and Coby White from the bench. Chicago has 2 defensive specialists Patrick Williams and Alex Caruso.

If we look at the previous meetings, the Bulls have been dominating. Chicago has won the last 4 games in Washington but the overall record in the last 12 games has been incredible - 10 wins for the Bulls. Chicago is overall a better team and I'm going with them in this game.

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另一个重要的NBA篮球之夜即将到来，华盛顿奇才队将在主场迎战芝加哥公牛队。两天前，奇才客场挑战印第安纳步行者，最终锁定胜利，而公牛击败迈阿密热火，震惊了所有人。尽管我认为奇才队会击败步行者队，但比赛要艰难得多。比赛前，波尔津吉斯脚踝受伤，但打了整场比赛，现在他不在伤病报告上。凯尔·库兹马本场比赛砍下22分和13个篮板，但我们不能每天都依靠他的表现。Deni Avdija受伤了，他有问题。

德罗赞在对热火的比赛中不可阻挡地得到37分，尼古拉·武切维奇得到15分17篮板。扎克·拉文将会错过这场比赛，这就是为什么，在我看来，赌线如此接近。与此同时，失去拉文并不意味着球队会打得更糟。上赛季拉文缺席了15场比赛，公牛赢了其中的9场。

总的来说，在这场比赛中，我更喜欢芝加哥的机会。虽然我们没有把季前赛考虑进去，但公牛在4场比赛中赢了3场，球队是丹佛、多伦多和密尔沃基。华盛顿只赢了一场，但战胜步行者给了他们信心，尽管我们也可以这样说芝加哥，那场胜利比华盛顿更令人印象深刻。

奇才队最大的问题是德罗赞。谁能阻止他呢?迈阿密有联盟中最好的防守球员之一吉米-巴特勒，但他什么都做不了。奇才队的名单上没有明确的防守专家。是的，从技术上讲，他们只需要阻止德罗赞，但阿约·都顺木帮助了很多，还有替补上的戈兰·德拉季奇和科比·怀特。芝加哥有两名防守专家帕特里克·威廉姆斯和亚历克斯·卡鲁索。

如果我们看看之前的交锋，公牛一直占据着统治地位。芝加哥在华盛顿赢得了最近的4场比赛，但最近12场比赛的总战绩令人难以置信——公牛取得了10场胜利。芝加哥总的来说是一支更好的球队，我将在这场比赛中支持他们。