PHOENIX GAME NIGHT: Bulls (9-11, 4-6 away) at Suns (14-6, 11-1 at home). 8:00 p.m.
RADIO: 670 The score: Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, Alyssa Bergamini. 7:45 before.
TV: NBCSC: Adam Amin and Stacey King: 8 p.m.
TOP SCORER: Bulls: DeRozan: 26 points per game. Suns: Reservation: 27ppg.
BEST REBOUNDERS: Bulls : Vucevic : 11 p. Suns: Ayton: 9 p.
MAIN ASSISTANCE: Bulls: LaVine and DeRozan each with 4. Suns: Booker: 5 p.
ICC OVERVIEW: The Bulls take their road show to Phoenix as the Western Conference-leading Suns, posting the NBA’s best home record at 11-1, meet a Bulls team that has won two of three games in the current six-game trip matches.
Coby White has been cash for the Bulls who made clutch shots in wins over Milwaukee and Utah. In the past three games, White has shot over 50 percent from three-point range and posted double-digit scoring in two of them.
DeMar DeRozan on the road is averaging 30 points per game.
The Bulls will have to play a near-perfect game tonight as the Suns feature superstar Devin Booker and NBA Western Conference Player of the Week I in Deandre Ayton who last week averaged 23 points and 16 rebounds, shooting 67% from the field.
The “Valley of the Sun” hasn’t been kind to the Bulls as Phoenix has won five straight in the series.
CCI 24 SECONDS NBA NEWS AND NOTES
New York 140, Detroit 110. The Knicks scored a season-high in points behind Julius Randle’s 36 points. The Knicks have beaten Detroit 11 times in a row.
Dallas 116, Golden State 113. Luka Doncic had a monster 41-12-12 game, his fifth triple-double of the season. Golden State fell to 2-10 on the road.
Los Angeles Clippers 118, Portland 112. Norman Powell scored 22 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter. LAC has won two games in a row.
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