On the night of Oct. 28, the Chicago Bulls are set to face their toughest test at home at the United Center yet in this regular season slate as they get set to take on the longtime Eastern Conference rival New York Knicks. This is the start of a really difficult stretch of games for the Bulls at the end of October and throughout most of November.
Second-year head coach Billy Donovan and the Bulls are mostly set to face playoff teams in the next three or four weeks. In the next few weeks, the Bulls face the likes of the Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Brooklyn Nets, among multiple other difficult opponents.
A good portion of those games are set to come on the road too. This won’t be an easy stretch for the Bulls in the coming weeks, and it will really put this team to the test.
The Bulls have faced the New Orleans Pelicans and Toronto Raptors once, and the Detroit Pistons twice so far this season. That’s what led to the Bulls undefeated record through four games thus far.
Chicago Bulls getting NBA TV spot vs. New York Knicks on Oct. 28
When the Bulls face the Knicks on Oct. 28, it will come in front of the first nationwide audience of any sort. This isn’t a true nationally televised game, as NBA TV will pick up the matchup between the Bulls and Knicks. But it is the closest that this team got to a nationally televised game thus far.
NBA TV is reportedly dropping the meeting between the Philadelphia 76ers and Pistons to pick up this game between the Bulls and Knicks on Oct. 28.
NBA TV has dropped the Pistons-Sixers game on Thursday night, opting to pick up the Knicks-Bulls contest instead.
— JD Shaw (@JShawNBA) October 26, 2021
The Bulls will face former Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau and the Knicks on Oct. 28, with tip-off time set for 7 p.m. CT. The Knicks will carry a record of 3-1 into this game, as they’re also looking to prove that they are one of the best teams in the East this season.
Following their nail-biting 111-108 win on the road at Scotiabank Arena over the Raptors back on the night of Oct. 25, the Bulls hold a spotless record of 4-0. They will look to remain as the lone unbeaten team in the Eastern Conference after taking on the Knicks on Oct. 28 at home at the United Center.