{"id":12566,"date":"2011-01-18T10:19:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12566"},"modified":"2011-01-18T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T15:21:07","slug":"nba-picks-ats-charlotte-bobcats-at-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-ats-charlotte-bobcats-at-chicago-bulls-12566\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks ATS: Charlotte Bobcats At Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"
Charlotte Bobcats vs Chicago Bulls<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jan 18th, 2011 at 8 PM EST<\/strong><\/div>\n
Opening Line: \u00a0Chicago -7<\/strong><\/div>\n
Current Line: \u00a0Chicago -7.5<\/strong><\/div>\n
Opening Total: 184<\/strong><\/div>\n
Current Total: 185<\/strong><\/div>\n
Opening Moneyline: \u00a0Chicago -375 \/ Charlotte +315<\/strong><\/div>\n
Current Moneyline: \u00a0Chicago -375 \/ Charlotte +315<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Derrick Rose recorded his first triple double last game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won 9 straight at home and are going for their 10th, something that hasn’t been done since MJ graced the court. \u00a0The Bulls last took down Memphis, despite the absense of Carlos Boozer who was nursing a sprained ankle from the sidelines. \u00a0It turned out that with the play of Derrick Rose he would scarcely be needed. \u00a0Rose went for his first career triple double with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. \u00a0\u201cA win is a win no matter how my stats are,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On the opposite end of the spectrum from the Bulls are the Bobcats who have now dropped three straight games and are now a dreadful 4-14 on the road. \u00a0Before the three game losing streak they had a four game win streak, only further illustrating the inconsistency that can plague sub .500 teams. \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re fighting hard to stay in games and we\u2019re not just giving up,\u201d Charlotte coach Paul Silas said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get there. We\u2019ll learn and we\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Some betting trends:<\/div>\n
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Charlotte is 1-11 SU in their last 12 games on the road and 2-4 SU in their last 6 games against the Bulls. \u00a0The total has gone OVER in 4 of their last 6 games against the Bulls and they are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games at the United Center.<\/div>\n
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Chicago is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games and 5-0 SU in their last 5 at home. \u00a0The total has gone UNDER in 12 of the Bulls’ last 18 games at home and it has also gone OVER in 4 of their last 6 games against the Bobcats. \u00a0Chicago is 4-2 SU in their last 6 against Charlotte and 3-6 ATS in their last 9 against the Bobcats.<\/div>\n
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Key Matchups:<\/strong><\/div>\n

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D.J. Augustin vs. Derrick Rose<\/strong><\/div>\n
While Augustin is obviously nowhere near as good as Rose, he has quietly been putting a good year together for himself. \u00a0His averages of 14.2 points per game and 6.3 assists per game have replaced Raymond Felton adequately. \u00a0While he’ll be outmatched by Rose’s strength and size, he should be able to manage to beat him off the dribble on occasion and in doing so open up some distance between himself and Rose to launch some threes, as he is shooting 37% from behind the arc. \u00a0Rose will give the 5’11” Augustin fits on defense though, and there really isn’t any solution for the Bobcats unless they want to give backup Shaun Livingston (who is 6’7″) extended run.<\/div>\n

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Gerald Wallace vs. Luol Deng<\/strong><\/div>\n
Wallace is arguably the best player on the Bobcats and is a great rebounder and finds a way to get to the hole. \u00a0Deng is a good defender and should be able to force Wallace into some tougher shots while holding his own on offense, as well. \u00a0Deng is having a great year for himself and is a large part of the reason the Bulls have been so successful. \u00a0The 7th year forward has averaged 18 poitns per game, something he hasn’t done since the 06-07 season in his last contract year. \u00a0He’s also having a career year from three point range, hitting over a three a game for the first time in his career. \u00a0Wallace shouldn’t have much of a problem bodying up Deng and forcing him to put it on the floor, though.<\/div>\n
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The Bobcats certainly have their work cut out for them tonight. \u00a0The Bulls are having a great year and are even better at home and are a near lock to win their 10th straight home game tonight.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Bobcats vs Chicago Bulls Jan 18th, 2011 at 8 PM EST Opening Line: \u00a0Chicago -7 Current Line: \u00a0Chicago -7.5 Opening Total: 184 Current Total: 185 Opening Moneyline: \u00a0Chicago -375 \/ Charlotte +315 Current Moneyline: \u00a0Chicago -375 \/ Charlotte +315 Chicago has won 9 straight at home and are going for their 10th, something that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[87,174,521],"class_list":["post-12566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-charlotte-bobcats","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12568,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12566\/revisions\/12568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}