Friday, November 21, 2014 at 10:30 PM

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In a tilt at the Rose Garden in Portland, the Chicago Bulls play the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. This is a game featuring one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference against one of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Chicago Bulls are currently second in the Eastern Conference with an 8-3 record. The Bulls are coming off a big win at the Staples Center over the Clippers on Monday night. For Portland, they are 8-3 overall and are tied with the longest current winning streak in the NBA at 5. The Trail Blazers have won 7 of 8 games at home this season.

The Portland Trail Blazers are the top rebounding team in all of the NBA. The Trail Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge is ripping down 8 rebounds per game and also scoring just shy of 22 per game. Portland, in the win over New Orleans, saw Damian Lillard score 24 points and Chris Kaman grab 10 rebounds. The Trail Blazers are 7th in the NBA in points scored with 104.4 points per game and also 7th defensively allowing 95.9. The Trail Blazers hold a 3.5 game lead on the Utah Jazz in the Northwest Division.

The Chicago Bulls have seen their starting point guard Derrick Rose play in just five games this season. In those five games, Rose is scoring 18 points per game, which is third on the team. The top scorers for Chicago have been Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol with 21.3 and 18.6 respectively. In the road win at the Clippers on Monday, Butler poured in 22 points while Joakim Noah added 16 rebounds. Chicago leads the Central Division by 1.5 games.

Chicago Bulls Betting Trends

Chicago Bulls are 5-6-0 Against the Spread

Chicago Bulls are 6-4-0 against the Over/Under

Portland Trail Blazers Betting Trends

Portland Trail Blazers are 8-3-0 Against the Spread

Portland Trail Blazers are 4-7-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

Chicago Bulls

11/19/14 G Derrick Rose Hamstring "?" Thursday vs. Sacramento
11/19/14 F Pau Gasol Calf "?" Thursday vs. Sacramento

Portland Trail Blazers

11/20/14 F Nicolas Batum Knee missed last 4 games, probable Friday vs. Chicago
11/18/14 G C.J. McCollum Finger out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Chicago

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