Chicago Bulls vs Dallas Mavericks Prediction

🔮 Expert Prediction

**Bulls Should Handle Struggling Mavs at Home**

The key matchup is Zach LaVine against Dallas's porous perimeter defense, which ranks 28th in opponent three-point percentage at 37.8%.

Chicago's won three of their last five, including that surprising road win in Portland where LaVine dropped 31. Dallas has dropped eight straight and looks completely checked out—Luka Dončić is sitting with "rest" while they tank for lottery position. The Mavs are allowing 118 points per game during this skid.

Here's the thing: even a mediocre Bulls team should feast on a Dallas squad that's actively trying to lose. LaVine and DeMar DeRozan will get theirs in transition, and Nikola Vučević should dominate inside against Dallas's undersized frontcourt.

**Prediction: Bulls 121, Mavericks 108**

Chicago covers easily and moves to 32-50 as they play out the string with some dignity intact.