The Portland Trail Blazers (25-26, 11th Western Conference) pay a visit to the Windy City and the United Center on Saturday to play against the Chicago Bulls (24-27, 10th Eastern Conference). Portland completes a back-to-back when visiting Chicago after playing on the road against the Washington Wizards on Friday night. The Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 122-112 on Wednesday for their second straight victory and fourth in the last five. Chicago defeated the Charlotte Hornets 114-98 on Thursday night and the Bulls have won two of the last three. Portland will play without Justice Winslow, while Jusuf Nurkic, Jerami Grant and Ibou Badji are questionable. Chicago will play without Lonzo Ball, and Javonte Green, while Alex Caruso is questionable
The Portland Trail Blazers are 16th in points allowed at 113.7 points per game. Opponents are shooting 47.8% overall against Portland and 36.3% from three point land which are 22nd and 20th respectively. Portland is averaging 42.3 rebounds per game with 32.2 per game off the defensive boards and 10.1 per game off the offensive glass. Jusuf Nurkic, who is listed as questionable, is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.4 boards per game. Josh Hart is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per and Drew Eubanks is the swat leader with an average of 1.2 blocked shots per game.
Portland is scoring an average of 114.3 points per game which is 14th in the NBA. The Trail Blazers have the 7th best field goal shooting percentage at 48.2% and the sixth best three-point shooting percentage at 37.7%. Damian Lillard is scori ng an average of 30.7 points per game to lead Portland. The point guard is shooting 46.4% overall and 37.2% from behind the line. Anfernee Simons is the second leading scorer with an average of 21.7 points per game while shooting 45.1% overall and 37.8% from long distance. Lillard is the leader in assists with an average of 7.4 dishes per contest. Portland averages 24.2 assists and 14.1 turnovers per game
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