The Chicago Bulls will play the Dallas Mavericks tonight in an NBA 2014 game that will be streaming live online for FREE from the American Airlines Arena at 8:30 PM ET.

Chicago seeks its eighth victory in nine games Friday night at Dallas, which has won four straight.

The Bulls (31-26) ranked among the NBA's top three in scoring defense in each of Tom Thibodeau's first three seasons as coach, and they're again among the league leaders in 2013-14 by giving up an average of 91.3 points.

Though Chicago is the lowest-scoring team in the league at 92.9 points per contest, it has eclipsed the 100-point mark in three of its last four. In Wednesday's 103-83 victory over Golden State, it held the high-scoring Warriors to their fewest points in nearly three months while leading by as many as 28.

The Bulls have topped 100 points in five of their last 10 after doing so nine times in their first 47 contests -- one needing overtime and two others going to three OTs.

"We're a confident group," Joakim Noah said. "(Wednesday) was a big win for us. Played against a team with great offensive firepower, definitely one of the best teams in the West. To come out there and kick their (butts) like that feels great."

Chicago, hot on the heels of Toronto for the Eastern Conference's third seed, has won four of six on the road. It will play three of its next four away from United Center.

Noah finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the first meeting with Dallas on Dec. 28, but the Mavericks took control early and led by as many as 32 en route to a 105-83 road victory.

"The last 12 games we've been playing together as a team," Monta Ellis said. "I think we are coming along at the right time. I think everybody is tuned in and accepting their role of what they need to do to help us win. The biggest thing is that everyone is playing together."

The Mavericks have won 13 of the last 15 home matchups with Chicago.

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