Excerpt from my free game preview on our website:

The Rockets have been playing great basketball recently, winning six straight and eight of their last nine games. The loss of big man Alperen Sengun seemed like a major setback, but Jalen Green has more than made up for Sengun's absence, scoring 42 points versus Washington, 26 versus Cleveland, and 37 versus Washington in the team's last three games. The high-flying, three-point assassin is gearing up for another big-time performance on Thursday against a Bulls squad that's going to be missing some perimeter defense if White and Caruso are unavailable or too banged up to compete for four quarters.

Houston has the momentum, home-court advantage, and a better shot at covering the spread. It dominated inside in the last matchup and should take it to the Bulls at the rim (20th in opponent rim FG%) again tomorrow. On the other end of the court, don't bet on Chicago to keep pace. Houston's defense is stout in the paint (8th in opponent time FG%) and on the perimeter (3rd in opponent 3PT%).