{"id":21973,"date":"2012-03-05T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21973"},"modified":"2012-03-05T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T15:00:23","slug":"nba-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-chicago-bulls-21973\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls
\nMonday, 3\/5\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 WGN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chicago Bulls PG Derrick Rose is focused on gaining revenge against the Indiana Pacers Monday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana has won six games in a row and will complete a two-game road trip when visiting the Windy City on Monday night.\u00a0 The Pacers are coming off an impressive 102-84 win over the New Orleans Hornets as six-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing really well right now and playing with a lot of confidence,\u201d commented Pacers forward Danny Granger.\u00a0 He will play a major role in the offensive game plan, averaging 24.7 points per game in the last nine regular-season meetings in this Eastern Conference series.\u00a0 Indiana is 8-24 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are 12-8 overall on the road this season, including a 7-6 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Indiana is off to its best start to a season with a 23-12 record since going 25-10 in the first 35 games of the 2003-04 campaign.\u00a0 A lot of the team\u2019s success is based on hitting the 90-point mark, posting a 22-3 record when doing so.\u00a0 Hitting that mark inside the United Center may prove difficult when considering tonight\u2019s opponent allows 85.4 points per game at home.<\/p>\n

Chicago comes in on its own six-game win streak and captured a hard-fought 96-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers as 3.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Bulls will be focused on gaining revenge from a 95-90 loss to the Pacers as 8.5-point home favorites on Jan. 25.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll never forget how they celebrated just from winning this game,\u201d commented Bulls point guard Derrick Rose about that particular loss.\u00a0 He should be primed to lead this team to victory, tying a season high with 35 points last night.\u00a0 Chicago is 20-13 ATS in March the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have registered an impressive 14-2 record at home this season, which includes a 10-2 mark versus East opponents.\u00a0 Chicago is 84-74 all-time against Indiana, including a 56-22 mark when playing at home.\u00a0 Last season, the Bulls outscored the Pacers 102.3 points per game to 90.8 points per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that fatigue may set in for this franchise after this affair, as its played a league-high 39 games up to this point.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 37-15 ATS mark as a favorite of 5.0 to 10.5 points, while the Packers are 0-5 ATS versus winning teams.<\/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":"

Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls Monday, 3\/5\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 WGN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 186 Current Total:\u00a0 188 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana has won six games in a row and will complete a two-game road trip when visiting the Windy City on Monday night.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[174,566,521,3622,565,3674],"class_list":["post-21973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-danny-granger","tag-derrick-rose","tag-eastern-conference","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973","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=21973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21976,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973\/revisions\/21976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}