{"id":27275,"date":"2013-01-14T14:04:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27275"},"modified":"2013-01-14T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:04:31","slug":"nba-betting-picks-atlanta-hawks-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-atlanta-hawks-vs-chicago-bulls-27275\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls
\nMonday, 1\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 185.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 184
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls need to start playing better at the United Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has dropped five of its last six games, including a 93-83 setback to the Washington Wizards as three-point road favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 189.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe had opportunities, and just some plays went wrong,\u201d stated Hawks point guard Jeff Teague.\u00a0 The Hawks rank sixth in the NBA in shooting 37.8 percent from beyond the arc, but need some of their key contributors to start knocking down shots from anywhere on the court.\u00a0 Lou Williams has knocked down just 10-of-33 shots over his last three games off the bench.\u00a0 Atlanta is 4-7 ATS as an underdog this season, with the UNDER going 7-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Hawks earned a 92-75 victory over the Bulls as four-point home favorites in the first meeting this year, while going UNDER the total for the sixth time in seven opportunities.\u00a0 \u00a0 Forward Al Horford led the charge offensively, finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Williams contributed 16 in his first start since 2010.\u00a0 The team averaged 98.0 points over the first two months, but is sitting at 90.3 in January.<\/p>\n

Chicago has split its last four games, as it attempts to bounce back from an embarrassing 97-81 setback to the Phoenix Suns as 8.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going on the road and beating some of the best teams, then coming home against lower-echelon teams and not competing,\u201d stated Bulls center Joakim Noah.\u00a0 He has averaged just 5.8 points in 16 career games in this series on 37.5 percent shooting.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-16 ATS at home, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro basketball picks Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 10-10 at the United Center during the 2012-13 NBA season, which includes a winning 7-5 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Chicago has won 18 of the last 32 meetings in this series, including 10 of 15 at this venue.\u00a0 Power forward Carlos Boozer will need to continue his strong play, averaging 21.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in his last eight games of action.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 5-2 ATS mark in the last seven meetings.<\/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":"

Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls Monday, 1\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 185.5 Current Total:\u00a0 184 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has dropped five of its last six games, including a 93-83 setback to the Washington Wizards as three-point road favorites Saturday, while […]<\/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":[3277,834,2067,174,3622,6299,18],"class_list":["post-27275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-horford","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lou-williams","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27275","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=27275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27276,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27275\/revisions\/27276"}],"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=27275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}