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2h00: Chicago Bulls (20-12) - Milwaukee Bucks (14-21)
The oft-injured Rose has sat out the past three games because of tendinitis in his right hamstring, and an MRI showed no structural damage in either his hamstring or knee. He's considered a game-time decision.
"The hamstring feels a lot better and the swelling in the knee has gone down," coach Fred Hoiberg said. "He just had a little bit of soreness, weakness in it before (Sunday's game in Toronto) so we took a cautious approach with it."
Jimmy Butler had a record-breaking performance in Rose's absence, scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half of a 115-113 victory. That topped Michael Jordan's 39 in the second half in a 117-116 win over Milwaukee on Feb. 16, 1989.
The Bulls (20-12) are seeking their seventh victory in the past eight regular-season matchups with their Central Division rivals. Chicago is facing Milwaukee (14-22) for the first time since winning last year's opening-round playoff series, capped by its 120-66 beatdown of the Bucks - their worst postseason loss in franchise history - in Game 6 at the Bradley Center.
The Bucks need a few more wins to get into playoff position in the suddenly competitive Eastern Conference. Nine teams are currently above .500 compared with five at the end of last season.
Milwaukee came up well short of a third consecutive victory Monday with a 123-98 drubbing by visiting San Antonio.
Milwaukee has won its past two road games after dropping 14 of 15 but has lost in five of its last six visits to Chicago, including the playoffs. The Bulls are 14-5 at home and have won three straight.
The Bucks might not have Jerryd Bayless because of a left ankle injury suffered in Monday's loss. He missed 11 games last month with the same ailment.
"I don't know his full status. We'll obviously learn more tonight and (Monday)," interim coach Joe Prunty said. "We've been through it before. It's always been a next-man-up mentality and that won't change. Everybody's got to be prepared."
Butler is averaging 24.9 points in his last seven games against Milwaukee, including last year's playoff series. Pau Gasol had a streak of nine double-doubles versus the Bucks snapped in the Game 6 victory.
Among those performances was a career-high 46 points and 18 rebounds in a 95-87 win at the United Center on Jan.
Bulls: Derrick Rose (?), Joakim Noah, Mike Dunleavy
Bucks: Greivis Vasquez.
Les Bucks seront en Back-to-Back difficile de voir une défaite de Chicago sur leurs parquet ce soir.
Chicago Bulls h-5 @ 1.50 / Chicago Bulls h-7 @ 1.70
While Arron Afflalo's breakout game to open this week supplied hope for another New York Knicks rebound, it also signaled a step back for the Atlanta Hawks.
He can help extend both trends two days later.Afflalo will try to follow up his monster game in the second half of a home-and-home set Tuesday night when the Knicks visit the Hawks for the third meeting in 11 days.
New York (16-19) dropped the first two matchups against Atlanta this season but won 111-97 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden behind Afflalo's season-high 38 points, five shy of his career best. It was the second win in three games for the Knicks after suffering their third four-game losing streak since late November, and just their second in the last seven against the Hawks.
No other Knicks player scored more than 16 - including a quiet 11 from Carmelo Anthony - as Afflalo converted on 7 of 8 3-pointers and 14 of 17 shots overall. His 82.4 field-goal percentage was his best when attempting more than six shots.
It was a stark contrast to Afflalo's 31.7 shooting percentage while averaging 7.8 points the previous six games - five of them losses for New York.
"For me, consistency is more important than great games and very bad games," Afflalo said. "The more I can be counted on night in and out, the better it is for the team."
Afflalo's inconsistencies line up with the Knicks' up-and-down season. They are 8-2 when he scores 15 or more points, but 4-13 when he plays and scores 14 or fewer. He missed the first eight this season with a strained left hamstring.
The last time the nine-year veteran scored more than 30 points - 31 in a loss to Houston on Nov. 29 - he followed with an average of 10.8 over the next five games. He has shot 55.3 percent while averaging 17.7 points in the 12 New York wins he's played in and 40.9 percent for 10.5 points in the 15 losses.
"To be honest, I play 30-plus minutes," Afflalo said. "If you're going to have a player out there that long, he has to be effective."Afflalo had 10 points in a 117-98 loss at Atlanta on Dec. 26 and sat out a 112-101 home loss on Oct. 29. He entered Sunday averaging 8.9 points in his first 21 career games against the Hawks.
Atlanta (21-14) held New York to 40.9 percent shooting in late October and clamped down defensively in the second half of the December matchup for a sixth straight win overall. The Knicks, though, became the second straight opponent to shoot 50 percent against the Hawks on Sunday.
New York made 11 of 26 3-pointers, the second straight game Atlanta has surrendered that many makes from deep, and won the rebounding battle 46-32. Atlanta closed a three-game trip 1-2.
"We just didn't have our game (Sunday) and New York is part of the reason we didn't have our game," coach Mike Budenholzer said. "We'll have to prepare, think about what it takes to execute better on both ends and we'll do that before Tuesday."
While the Hawks have won four straight home games, the Knicks have lost four in a row and nine of 11 on the road.
Chez les Hawks: Tiago Splitter
Chez les Knicks: Cleanthony Early, Lou Amundson
Attlanta sera t-il revanchard ? New-York sont fragile en déplacement a défaut d’être costaud a domicile.
Atlanta Hawks h-6 @ 1.50 / Atlanta Hawks h-8 @ 1.75
Dallas, though, lost 112-98 at Sacramento on Nov. 30 after taking 21 of the previous 23 overall matchups.
Rondo had 21 points, his first against the Mavericks after leaving them via free agency over the summer. The guard was acquired by Dallas in a trade with Boston and had a tumultuous 46-game stint that included clashes with coach Rick Carlisle. The four-time All-Star averaged 9.3 points and 6.5 assists.
Rondo's production has returned with the Kings (14-20), leading the NBA with 11.6 assists per game while adding 12.0 points. He came one rebound shy of a triple-double Monday, dishing out 19 assists and scoring 13 points in a 116-104 win at Oklahoma City.
"He's played extremely well. It's no surprise. He's a prideful guy," Carlisle said.
DeMarcus Cousins had 33 points and a season-high 19 rebounds while Sacramento capitalized on Kevin Durant's absence due to a sprained toe. That was one point better than Cousins' total in a 142-119 romp of Phoenix two days earlier.
Cousins has been a problem for the Mavs, averaging 28.7 points and 12.0 rebounds over the last three meetings - all at home - after scoring 31 on Nov. 30. Things haven't gone as well at Dallas, where he's averaging 18.3 points in seven visits.
Dirk Nowitzki went 5 for 15 from the field while finishing with 13 points Nov. 30, but he's averaging 25.3 points on 56.1 percent shooting over the last three home games against the Kings.
The forward had 24 points Saturday after averaging 12.0 and making 29.5 percent from the field - 3 of 13 from behind the arc - over the previous three games.
Deron Williams' status is unknown after a left hamstring injury forced him to sit out the fourth quarter Saturday. He had 11 points in his second game off the bench after the same injury forced him to miss the previous four.
"He's doing better," Carlisle said. "We won't know until tomorrow whether we're going to play him or consider playing him. He's making progress."
Chez les Mavericks: Deron William
Dallas Mavericks @ 1.40 / Dallas Mavericks h-5 @ 1.75
Klay Thompson scored 30 on Monday and is averaging 31.3 in his last three games for the Warriors, who are 7-1 in the second half of back-to-back games.
Thompson's idol growing up in Los Angeles was Bryant, though the Lakers superstar is a shadow of his former self now. Bryant is the NBA's worst shooter overall (34.1 percent) and on 3-pointers (25.9)
He has missed the last two games with a sore right shoulder and is questionable.
What's not in question is that Los Angeles (8-27) is playing well without him. The Lakers hadn't posted consecutive wins all season until their current three-game run, with Lou Williams totaling 54 points in the last two games without Bryant.
Williams scored a season-high 30 and Larry Nance Jr. had 15 and 14 boards in Sunday's 97-77 rout of Phoenix.
"Our guys are playing with a lot of confidence, sharing the ball, playing together, competing and that's part of the process that we've been talking about," coach Byron Scott said.
The Lakers will test themselves against the league's best after getting crushed 111-77 at Golden State on Nov. 24. Bryant was 1 of 14 for four points, making 1 of 7 3-pointers as the Lakers shot a season-low 14.3 from long range and were outscored 56-32 in the paint.
"Who doesn't want to beat the best?" Nance said about Tuesday's game. "Who doesn't want to play the best and play your best against the best? No motivation needed when you're talking about the Golden State Warriors."
Scott is feuding with forward Julius Randle, who has gotten upset about being substituted.
"The bottom line is like I told him before, you gotta grow up," Scott said.
Golden State forward Harrison Barnes scored eight points Monday as he returned from a 16-game absence from a sprained left ankle.
The Warriors are 4-28 at Staples Center against the Lakers.
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