However, they left Chicago tonight with their first loss in the NBA Cup and their third loss in the last four games. Atlanta lost to Chicago 136-122 tonight and it was more of the same for the Hawks. They struggled mightily in the first half on offense and ...

Zach LaVine scored 26 points and Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White added 20 apiece to spark seven Chicago players in double figures and boost the Bulls to a 136-122 victory against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

The Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago Bulls are getting ready to tip off in Chicago for another NBA Cup game and both teams just announced their starting lineups.

The Atlanta Hawks didn’t get the easiest of draws for this year’s NBA Cup, with their group featuring the defending champions in the Boston Celtics as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers, who just lost their first game of the season earlier in the week after starting 15-0.

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.

The Hawks looked to go 3-0 in the NBA Cup and once again pull to within one game of .500. In their way, however, was a Bulls team that mounted a big comeback to win the previous matchup this season. One thing in Atlanta’s favor was a full complement of healthy 15-man roster players (save Cody Zeller who remains away from the team and Mouhamed Gueye who was assigned to the College Park Skyhawks).