{"id":22382,"date":"2012-03-19T10:21:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22382"},"modified":"2012-03-19T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:21:39","slug":"nba-predictions-chicago-bulls-vs-orlando-magic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-chicago-bulls-vs-orlando-magic-2-22382\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Orlando Magic
\nMonday, 3\/19\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 184
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 184
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Orlando Magic have split their first two meetings with the Chicago Bulls this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago heads out on the road for the first time since March 7 and is coming off an 89-80 win over the Philadelphia 76ers as four-point home favorites on Saturday.\u00a0 The Bulls have also gone \u201cunder\u201d the total in two consecutive games after going \u201cover\u201d the total in the five previous contests.\u00a0 It was an impressive victory last time out due to All-Star point guard Derrick Rose sitting out his third straight game with a groin injury.\u00a0 The team is 18-6 overall on the road, including a 13-4 mark versus the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 Chicago is 16-8 ATS on the road and the \u201cover\u201d is 15-9 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls will likely be without Rose in this affair, as he\u2019s listed as doubtful on the injury report.\u00a0 Chicago has split its first two meetings with Orlando during the 2011-12 campaign, including a 97-83 win as one-point road underdogs on Jan. 6.\u00a0 Total players will find that the \u201cover\u201d and \u201cunder\u201d have alternated in the last six meetings, with these two Eastern Conference rivals going above the posted total of 182 on March 8 in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Orlando will be playing the second game of a back-to-back after dropping a 91-81 decision to the Miami Heat as 8.5-point road underdogs on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cOur effort defensively early in the game was not there,\u201d commented Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy.\u00a0 All eyes will be on the play of All-Star center Dwight Howard, who has averaged 29.3 points and 14.5 rebounds in his last four contests against Monday\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 The squad is 23-11 overall against teams from the East, including a 13-4 record inside the Amway Center.\u00a0 Orlando is 7-1 ATS after a loss by 10 or more points this season.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 42-41 all-time against the Bulls, including a 23-17 mark at home.\u00a0 Orlando is 16-7 when playing in front of the home fans this season and 136-51 in that situation during four-plus seasons under Van Gundy\u2019s direction.\u00a0 Taking care of the basketball is something the team is still trying to get a grasp of, sitting 21st in the league in averaging 15.4 turnovers per game.\u00a0 Orlando committed even turnovers in the fourth quarter and 18 in the game against Miami.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 8-0 ATS mark versus Central division opponents, while the Bulls are 1-4 ATS following a win.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bulls at Orlando Magic Monday, 3\/19\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 184 Current Total:\u00a0 184 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago heads out on the road for the first time since March 7 and is coming off an 89-80 win over the Philadelphia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3648,174,521,833,3622,18,659],"class_list":["post-22382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amway-center","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22382","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=22382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22383,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22382\/revisions\/22383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}