New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls Preview & Odds — October 28, 2026
NYOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)CHI
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 28, 9:40 a.m. ET.
Matchup preview
The Knicks visit the Bulls on Wednesday, October 28 at 8:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Knicks scored 116.2 points per game (11th of 30) and allowed 109.9 (4th). The Bulls scored 116.3 points per game (10th of 30) and allowed 121.5 (28th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Knicks 117.2 (4th), Bulls 111.0 (23rd). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Knicks 110.9 (5th), Bulls 115.8 (22nd). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Knicks +6.3 (5th), Bulls −4.8 (22nd). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Knicks are 7.5-point road favorites, with the Bulls getting the points at home. The spread has not moved since it opened. The total is 232.5, down from 234.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the moneyline (Knicks -275, Bulls +220) prices the Knicks at 70% and the Bulls at 30%.
Built from public team and player data; ranks are league-wide and update daily until kickoff.
Market
Odds and line movement
Knicks -7.5 (-105)
Knicks -7.5 (-105)
Bulls +217 30%
Bulls +220 30%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. The Now column updates from our odds board. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Best available prices on Oct 28
- Knicks -7.5+109ProphetX
- Bulls +7.5-109BetRivers
- Over 232.5+102Novig
- Under 232.5-106Novig
- Knicks-239Novig
- Bulls+233Novig
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Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game26.014th
- Rebounds per game3.3220th
- Assists per game6.814th
- Minutes per game35.0
- Points per game20.145th
- Rebounds per game11.92nd
- Assists per game3.0116th
- Minutes per game31.0
- Points per game21.727th
- Rebounds per game3.5207th
- Assists per game2.5158th
- Minutes per game29.6
- Points per game17.071st
- Rebounds per game8.326th
- Assists per game9.13rd
- Minutes per game32.1
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2022: the Knicks won 9 and the Bulls 5.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | Bulls 96, Knicks 136 Knicks won | ||
| Feb 22, 2026 | Knicks 105, Bulls 99 Knicks won | ||
| Nov 2, 2025 | Bulls 116, Knicks 128 Knicks won | ||
| Oct 31, 2025 | Knicks 125, Bulls 135 Bulls won | ||
| Feb 20, 2025 | Bulls 111, Knicks 113 Knicks won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Result
After the final: score vs the closing line, the box score vs the close and the graded official play, if there was one, appear here on this same page.
Teams
New York Knicks
- New York Knicks team stats
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Chicago Bulls
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