The Hawks could not defend the three point line and the offense did not get going until the second half. Now, the Hawks are 2-1 in group play and will need a win vs the Cavaliers next week and a loss from Chicago to either Washington or Boston.

It will be a showdown at the United Center as we share our NBA odds series and make a Hawks-Bulls prediction and pick.

It took almost two seasons, but the Bulls finally won an in-season NBA Cup game, and did so in impressive fashion. While coach Billy Donovan doesn't love the format, he did all he could to try and run up the point differential late.

Both the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls are coming off of losses on Wednesday heading into their NBA Cup Group Play matchup on Friday night.  Atlanta is in the