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.

All five Bulls starters scored 18 or more as Chicago earned its first NBA Cup win to improve to 1-1 in the tournament.

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.

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

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.