The 28-17 Chicago Bulls will take their act on the road when they face the 27-19 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel. <br /><br />The odds from this pro basketball game will come out on Friday afternoon as Carlos Boozer has been listed as questionable for the Bulls with an injured hamstring. <br /><br />The Bulls and Nets went head to head on December 15th and it was the Bulls with the 83-82 home win as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at under 184 points. <br /><br />Chicago has a road record of 13-6 on the season. The Bulls win their second straight following a 104-88 win on the road on Wednesday night to the Milwaukee Bucks as a +1 ½ point underdog. The total came in at over 190 ½ points. Chicago has now won five of six games. The Bulls built up the 18 point lead at the half. They shoot nearly 50% from the floor and held the Bucks just 41.5% shooting. Chicago forced 19 Bucks turnovers. Nate Robinson had 24 points and 4 assists off the bench. The Bulls are third in the NBA in points allowed giving up just 91 points a game. They are still strong defensively with Derrick Rose set to return after the All Star Break. <br /><br />The Brooklyn Nets are 17-8 on their home court. They have now dropped three of four games after a 105-85 home defeat on Wednesday night to the Miami Heat as a +2 ½ point underdog. The total came under 191 points. The Nets get crushed in the second half as the Heat outscore Brooklyn 56-36 in the second half. The Nets hit on 45% from the floor but made just 5 of 17 from three. They gave away the game with 19 turnovers and allowed the Heat nearly 52% shooting. Brooklyn has failed to hit 100 points in seven of their past eight games. Brook Lopez had 21 points and 7 rebounds on 8 of 13 shooting. The Nets offense has struggled as the team puts up just over 95 points a game and makes 44.3% from the floor which ranks in the bottom half of the league in both categories.
