Chicago Bulls (31-40, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (45-27, third in the Western Conference)
Denver; Monday, 9 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nuggets -4; over/under is 237.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Bulls visit the Denver Nuggets in a non-conference matchup.
The Nuggets are 23-11 on their home court. Denver ranks seventh in the Western Conference with 11.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Nikola Jokic averaging 2.9.
The Bulls have gone 18-18 away from home. Chicago averages 13.8 turnovers per game and is 14-8 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
The Nuggets make 50.6% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.7 percentage points higher than the Bulls have allowed to their opponents (46.9%). The Bulls average 15.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.6 more made shots on average than the 14.0 per game the Nuggets give up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Russell Westbrook is scoring 13.2 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Nuggets. Jamal Murray is averaging 18.1 points and 3.0 rebounds over the last 10 games.
Nikola Vucevic is averaging 18.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Bulls. Coby White is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nuggets: 5-5, averaging 118.8 points, 42.4 rebounds, 29.8 assists, 8.0 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.6 points per game.
Bulls: 7-3, averaging 121.3 points, 45.9 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 8.0 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.6 points.
INJURIES: Nuggets: Nikola Jokic: out (ankle), DaRon Holmes II: out for season (achilles), Julian Strawther: out (knee).
Bulls: Ayo Dosunmu: out for season (shoulder), Lonzo Ball: out (wrist), Tre Jones: out (foot).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
