Can Utah Overcome Injuries Against Chicago in Playoff Push?
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00:03 As we keep it moving, can Utah make that move?
00:06 They're five games back of the play-in tournament out west.
00:10 A four-point number as an underdog tonight at home against the Chicago Bulls.
00:16 Chicago right now in the ninth spot in the Eastern Conference,
00:19 two in front of Atlanta, who's in ten.
00:22 The Hawks, two and a half in front of the Brooklyn Nets on the outside looking in.
00:27 Two play-in potential teams with Chicago firmly in that spot,
00:31 laying four on the road in Salt Lake.
00:33 >> Yeah, this is nice for the Chicago Bulls being a favorite in this game.
00:36 And let's also take a look at the Pandora Sportsbook opening this game, Ben,
00:39 as a three and a half point favorite, not to the Bulls, but to the Utah Jazz.
00:43 Now we've seen that completely swing over as the live number is sitting now at a
00:46 minus four and a total of 223 and a half.
00:49 The interesting part about this is not that the Utah Jazz are trying to make
00:52 a playoff push, but they're so injured.
00:54 I don't know if that push is gonna come, that Laurie Markin is gonna miss this game.
00:57 Numerous other players also questionable and
01:00 they'd be missing this game as well.
01:01 That's why you have that big line swing.
01:03 And also the Chicago Bulls have found something there with their starting
01:06 lineup here, playing quality basketball down the stretch.
01:08 And you're taking a look at teams like the New York Knicks,
01:10 like the Philadelphia 76ers, maybe even Cleveland at this point.
01:14 Where you're saying maybe they can slip back into that in-game, that in-play and
01:18 series, but also where they can take a step here and
01:20 move into that top six here for the Bulls.
01:22 A team that we probably had dead and buried just a few short weeks ago,
01:26 now have some life.
01:27 I like the Chicago Bulls tonight, in elevation,
01:29 I think they take care of their business.
01:30 It's a healthy team playing well versus a non-healthy team that quite frankly,
01:34 coming out of the all-star break, we weren't giving much kudos to healthy or
01:37 not healthy that Utah could even get into the in-playing game series.
01:41 Come on.
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