{"id":183200,"date":"2026-04-02T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183200\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:35:10","slug":"new-york-hosts-chicago-aims-for-50th-win-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183200\/","title":{"rendered":"New York hosts Chicago, aims for 50th win of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls<\/a> (29-47, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks<\/a> (49-28, third in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: New York will aim for its 50th win this season when the Knicks host the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have gone 31-16 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York is 20-22 against opponents over .500.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 17-30 in Eastern Conference play. Chicago ranks ninth in the league with 45.1 rebounds per game led by Matas Buzelis<\/a> averaging 5.8.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are shooting 47.6% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points lower than the 47.8% the Bulls allow to opponents. The Bulls average 14.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 more makes per game than the Knicks allow.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Knicks won 105-99 in the last matchup on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points and 11.9 rebounds for the Knicks. Jalen Brunson<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Buzelis is averaging 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for the Bulls. Collin Sexton<\/a> is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 7-3, averaging 113.3 points, 44.2 rebounds, 26.7 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bulls: 2-8, averaging 120.5 points, 45.2 rebounds, 26.3 assists, 7.4 steals and 5.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 129.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Knicks: Jalen Brunson: day to day (ankle), Mitchell Robinson<\/a>: day to day (ankle), Miles McBride<\/a>: day to day (pelvis).<\/p>\n

Bulls: Anfernee Simons: day to day (wrist), Jalen Smith: out for season (calf), Noa Essengue: out for season (shoulder), Nick Richards: day to day (elbow), Zach Collins<\/a>: out for season (toe), Josh Giddey<\/a>: day to day (hamstring).<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls (29-47, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (49-28, third in the Eastern Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9128,31410,54398,4777,32324,1555,32334,4779,1557,4568,9,11,1104,10,47097],"class_list":{"0":"post-183200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-chicago-bulls","9":"tag-collin-sexton","10":"tag-event_preview","11":"tag-jalen-brunson","12":"tag-josh-giddey","13":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","14":"tag-matas-buzelis","15":"tag-miles-mcbride","16":"tag-mitchell-robinson","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-headlines","20":"tag-new-york-knicks","21":"tag-new-york-news","22":"tag-zach-collins"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}