{"id":22182,"date":"2012-03-12T09:15:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22182"},"modified":"2012-03-12T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T14:24:47","slug":"jeremy-lin-new-york-knicks-point-guard-takes-on-the-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/jeremy-lin-new-york-knicks-point-guard-takes-on-the-chicago-bulls-22182\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lin: New York Knicks Point Guard Takes on the Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls
\nMonday, 3\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread: \u00a0Chicago -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line: \u00a0Chicago -8.5
\nOpening Total: \u00a0197.5
\nCurrent Total: \u00a0197.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks have fallen flat in March and many are pointing the finger at forward Carmelo Anthony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York enjoyed a run of \u201cLinsanity\u201d earlier in the season, but now the entire franchise has run flat in dropping five straight games heading into Monday\u2019s game against the Chicago Bulls.\u00a0 The Knicks are playing absolutely no defense and allowing 110.6 points per game over their current losing streak.\u00a0 \u201cYeah, it\u2019s definitely not easy,\u201d commented Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire.\u00a0 New York is 0-5 ATS in the month of March and the \u201cover\u201d is 4-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Knicks defensive intensity has vanished since All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony returned to the lineup and head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni is left trying to explain how his squad allowed 39 points in the third quarter of Sunday\u2019s 106-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers as 2.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s hard to explain sometimes,\u201d stated D\u2019Antoni about his team\u2019s performance.\u00a0 Stoudemire will need to bring it offensively in hopes of pulling off an upset in this affair, as he scored 34 points versus the Bulls in a 105-102 loss as 3.5-point home underdogs on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

Chicago bounced back after suffering a home loss to Orlando in capturing a 111-97 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday as 10-point favorites.\u00a0 The Bulls have gone \u201cover\u201d the number in five of their last six games.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody stepped up,\u201d stated Bulls power forward Carlos Boozer.\u00a0 The franchise has been dealing with numerous injuries recently and currently have three starters listed as probable or questionable on the team\u2019s injury report.\u00a0 Chicago is 10-9 ATS at home this season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 10-9 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls will be seeking their third consecutive win in this series, while the \u201cover\u201d is 3-2 in the last five meetings.\u00a0 Chicago will be facing a challenging schedule over the next five games, as point guard Derrick Rose will try to keep his team focused on tonight\u2019s matchup with a home game against the Miami Heat on deck.\u00a0 The team will also host the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers before heading out on the road against the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Knicks due to their 5-2 ATS mark versus the Bulls, while the Bulls are 22-24 ATS versus Atlantic division opponents over the last two-plus years.<\/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":"

New York Knicks at Chicago Bulls Monday, 3\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread: \u00a0Chicago -8.5 Current Betting Line: \u00a0Chicago -8.5 Opening Total: \u00a0197.5 Current Total: \u00a0197.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York enjoyed a run of \u201cLinsanity\u201d earlier in the season, but now the entire franchise has run flat in dropping five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,49,174,521,6440,18,115],"class_list":["post-22182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-jeremy-lin","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22182","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=22182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22184,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22182\/revisions\/22184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}