{"id":26379,"date":"2012-11-26T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26379"},"modified":"2012-11-26T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:59:32","slug":"nba-predictions-milwaukee-bucks-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-milwaukee-bucks-vs-chicago-bulls-26379\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls
\nMonday, 11\/26\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCH
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls have won nine games in a row against the Milwaukee Bucks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Milwaukee will be focused on gaining revenge from a 93-86 setback to Chicago as 2.5-point home favorites on Saturday, while managing to go UNDER the total for the first time in a four-game span.\u00a0 \u201cIt was kind of a grind-it-out game and when it really came time to grind it out, they did it to us,\u201d stated Bucks coach Scott Skiles.\u00a0 The Bucks are looking to break a nine-game losing streak against the Bulls, which is their longest such streak against any opponent.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 3-1 ATS as an underdog this season, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Bucks will likely play this Eastern Conference affair without the services of starting point guard Brandon Jennings, who suffered a sprained ankle last time out.\u00a0 He is currently averaging 17.5 points and a team-high 7.5 assists per game.\u00a0 Milwaukee will need to lean heavily on shooting guard Monta Ellis, as he is scoring a team-high 19.9 points per game.\u00a0 Jennings is also difficult to replace on the defensive end, considering he\u2019s leading the league in averaging 3.45 steals per game.<\/p>\n

Chicago has split its six home games during the 2012-13 NBA season, as four of their five probable starters for this affair are averaging double figures in scoring.\u00a0 The Bulls are still playing without point guard Derrick Rose, with Kirk Hinrich filling that role at this particular time.\u00a0 The franchise has won 12 of the last 13 meetings in this series when playing inside the United Center.\u00a0 Chicago has dropped all six of its home games against the spread this year, with the UNDER going 4-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Bulls should definitely try to feature power forward Carlos Boozer in this matchup, considering he\u2019s shooting 59.3 percent from the field in his last nine games against the Bucks.\u00a0 He is averaging 17.8 points and 12.6 rebounds in his last five games overall.\u00a0 On the defensive end, it\u2019s all about holding opponents to under 90 points, as the team has tallied a perfect 4-0 mark when accomplishing that task.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 7-2 ATS mark in the last nine meetings in this series, while the Bucks are 1-4 ATS in their last five divisional affairs.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls Monday, 11\/26\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCH Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 191.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Milwaukee will be focused on gaining revenge from a 93-86 setback to Chicago as 2.5-point home favorites on Saturday, while managing to go […]<\/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":[274,2067,174,3622,663,465,18,3674],"class_list":["post-26379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brandon-jennings","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-monta-ellis","tag-nba","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26379","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=26379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26381,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26379\/revisions\/26381"}],"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=26379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}