{"id":25861,"date":"2012-11-06T10:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T15:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25861"},"modified":"2012-11-06T10:27:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T15:27:14","slug":"orlando-magic-vs-chicago-bulls-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-inside-the-united-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/orlando-magic-vs-chicago-bulls-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-inside-the-united-center-25861\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls: Eastern Conference Rivals Meet Inside the United Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Chicago Bulls
\nTuesday, 11\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCH
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chicago Bulls F Carlos Boozer averaged 23.3 points and 11.3 rebounds versus the Orlando Magic last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando is set to play its first road game of the 2012 NBA season after picking up back-to-back home victories over the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no All-Stars here,\u201d commented Magic forward Glen Davis.\u00a0 He is averaging 25.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, leading the team in both categories now that Dwight Howard has departed, as he is now playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.\u00a0 Orlando is 1-5 ATS as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Magic have won eight of their last 11 meetings with the Bulls in the Windy City, which includes a 99-94 victory as six-point road underdogs on March 8 last season.\u00a0 Orlando\u2019s best start to begin a regular season is 3-0, which it has achieved three times, with the last coming during the 2009-10 campaign.\u00a0 The team was 16-17 last year away from the Amway Center, as it failed to finish above .500 on the road for the first time since 2007.<\/p>\n

Chicago ended up on the losing end of an 89-82 decision to the New Orleans Hornets as 9.5-point home favorites on Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 181.5.\u00a0 \u201cTough day at the office,\u201d commented Bulls center Joakim Noah.\u00a0 The Bulls are going to be one of the best defensive teams in the league, as they are holding opponents to just 87.3 points per game, but will be missing some offensive punch until star point guard Derrick Rose recovers from his injury of a year ago.\u00a0 Chicago is 23-9 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bulls won two of three games against the Magic last year, outscoring them by an average of 11.7 points in those contests.\u00a0 Chicago will lean on power forward Carlos Boozer on the offensive end, as he averaged 23.3 points and 11.3 rebounds, but he\u2019s scoring just 13.7 points a game this season.\u00a0 Tonight\u2019s game is the second game of the franchise\u2019s season-high five-game homestand.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 13-5 ATS mark versus Central opponents, while the Bulls are 0-5-1 ATS when playing on two days rest.<\/p>\n

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Orlando Magic at Chicago Bulls Tuesday, 11\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCH Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 186 Current Total:\u00a0 187 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Orlando is set to play its first road game of the 2012 NBA season after picking up back-to-back home victories over the Phoenix […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[2067,174,3622,1310,18,659,3674],"class_list":["post-25861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-glen-davis","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861","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=25861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25862,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25861\/revisions\/25862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}