{"id":21445,"date":"2012-02-02T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21445"},"modified":"2012-02-02T13:38:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:38:47","slug":"nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-new-york-knicks-21445\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks
\nThursday, 2\/2\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls haven't lost back-to-back regular-season games since Feb. 5-7, 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, coming off a 98-82 blowout loss to the Philadelphia 76ers last night as two-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cOur defense wasn\u2019t good,\u201d commented Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau about the loss.\u00a0 \u201cI though our reaction to the ball was very poor.\u201d\u00a0 The Bulls are in the middle of a nine-game road trip and played without two starters Wednesday, as Luol Deng is suffering from a wrist injury, while Richard Hamilton is out with an injured groin.\u00a0 Chicago is 9-5 ATS on the road this season.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 12-4 versus Eastern Conference opponents this season, including a 5-3 mark away from the United Center.\u00a0 Last year, Chicago dropped two of three meetings with New York, allowing 104.3 points per game in those contests.\u00a0 Point guard Derrick Rose has tallied 30 or more points in three of his last four games, as he\u2019s played a major part in leading the team to its fourth-best start in franchise history.\u00a0 The Bulls are second in the NBA in scoring differential, outscoring opponents by 8.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

New York has been one of the NBA\u2019s biggest disappointments this season and will look to win back-to-back games for the first time since capturing four consecutive wins from Jan. 6-11.\u00a0 The Knicks were happy to see star forward Carmelo Anthony back on the floor after missing two games with various injuries, scoring 25 points and playing an important part in the team shooting 60 percent from the field. \u201cA lot of that is Melo,\u201d stated Knicks head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni.\u00a0 \u201cHe draws a lot of attention.\u201d\u00a0 New York is 2-8 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will be playing their first game of a three game back-to-back-to-back, traveling off to Boston after tonight\u2019s contest and returning home to welcome in the New Jersey Nets on Saturday.\u00a0 Anthony scored 21 points and grabbed five rebounds in his lone meeting against Chicago as a member of the franchise last season, while Amar\u2019e Stoudemire averaged 17.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in two meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the squad will be facing an opponent that hasn\u2019t lost back-to-back regular-season games since Feb. 5-7, 2011.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 31-11-1 ATS mark following a straight-up loss, while the Knicks are 6-17 ATS in their last 23 games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks Thursday, 2\/2\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 191 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, coming off a 98-82 blowout loss to the Philadelphia 76ers last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,174,521,3622,18,115],"class_list":["post-21445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21446,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21445\/revisions\/21446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}