The Chicago Bulls will host the Brooklyn Nets for an Eastern Conference showdown on Thursday in the NBA. The Bulls are currently 10th in the East standings with a 27-38 record, while Brooklyn is 13th at 22-43 after losses in eight of its last nine games.

The Nets are currently 12-22 on the road with a point differential of -6, while the Bulls have a 4-6 record in their last ten games at home. This is the third and final meeting of the season as both teams split going 1-0 at home. Chicago won by 26 points and Brooklyn by 8.

The Brooklyn Nets (22-44) had a opportunity to make up ground in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament race against the Chicago Bulls before losing to them in another disappointing way. Brooklyn still has an outside shot of getting close to the 10th seed in the East,

Cam Thomas, the Brooklyn Nets’ leading scorer, is expected to miss the rest of the season with a strained left hamstring.

BROOKLYN — Nets guard Cam Thomas has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain. The injury occurred during Thursday night’s game at Chicago. Given the number of days remaining in the schedule and the time needed to appropriately recover, it is expected that Thomas will miss the remainder of the season.