The Chicago Bulls will host the Atlanta Hawks at United Center on Wednesday night.

The Bulls were one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference last season and finished the shortened 2019-20 season with a 22-43 record, the fifth-worst mark in the East and a record that prevented them from travelling to the Orlando bubble. The Bulls will hope to maintain the improvements they evidenced last season, and the appointment of head coach Billy Donovan would seem to suggest they are confident they can reach the playoffs in 2020-21. Key contributors Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen remain around, while second-year guard Coby White will work as the starting point guard. If that trio, alongside Otto Porter, can produce, then Chicago might make a run at the playoffs. They need to improve their performances at home, however, where they went 14-20 last season.

The Bulls won't have Devon Dotson (undisclosed) for this game, while a trio of players has been listed as questionable -- these are Tomas Satoransky (undisclosed), Garrett Temple (illness) and Thaddeus Young (lower leg).

The Hawks ended last season with the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference at 20-47, but they have big hopes for this year and will aim to return to the playoffs after making several big-name upgrades in free agency -- they retained their core key players in John Collins and Trae Young, while adding names such as Rajon Rondo, Danilo Gallinari, Tony Snell, Kris Dunn and Solomon Hill. This team will go as far as Young can carry it, but there's no question there is better personnel around the star point guard than one year ago. Atlanta struggled badly on the road during the 2019-20 shortened season, however, as they won just six of 33 games away from home last season. Improving that figure with a win here would be a strong way to kick off the 2020-21 campaign.

The Hawks won't have Kris Dunn (knee) and Onyeka Okongwu (toe) for this game, while Rajon Rondo (personal) and Tony Snell (foot) have both been listed as game-time decisions.