Houston Rockets vs Chicago Bulls Prediction

🔮 Expert Prediction

The Rockets are on fire, winning eight straight and climbing to fourth in the West. Chicago, meanwhile, has dropped four of their last five, including a 127-109 loss to the Clippers at home. DeMar DeRozan can still get buckets, but he’s not doing it efficiently enough to carry this Bulls team against a red-hot Houston squad.

The key matchup will be Fred VanVleet trying to contain Coby White. White has been Chicago's most consistent scorer, putting up 19.3 points and 5.2 assists a night. But VanVleet is a pesky defender, and the Rockets’ overall defensive intensity at home is just different. I don’t see the Bulls finding enough offense to keep pace with a Houston team that just beat the Grizzlies by 25.

Houston takes this one easily, 118-102.