{"id":27944,"date":"2013-02-28T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27944"},"modified":"2013-02-28T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T16:00:10","slug":"nba-betting-picks-philadelphia-76ers-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-philadelphia-76ers-vs-chicago-bulls-27944\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls
\nThursday, 2\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 178.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 179
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia 76ers have been terrible on the offensive end recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia has lost six games in a row, including a 98-84 setback to the Orlando Magic as 8.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while going UNDER the posted total of 185.5.\u00a0 \u201cThe team that we tried to put together, we\u2019ve never seen,\u201d commented 76ers coach Doug Collins.\u00a0 The 76ers\u2019 run of eight consecutive road losses is their worst since a 10-game slide in 2006.\u00a0 The squad is 6-18 overall away from the City of Brotherly Love, including a 3-10 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 9-15 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record, which is hard to ignore when making your NBA expert picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The 76ers have won just four of the last 13 meetings in this series, while both teams have scored below 100 points in each of the past six.\u00a0 Philadelphia has dropped both games in the 2012-13 series, including a 93-88 defeat as 6.5-point road underdogs on Dec. 1.\u00a0 Over its current losing streak, the team is getting outscored by 11.7 points, as it has allowed 101.0 points in that span.<\/p>\n

Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 101-98 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers as 8.5-point home favorites last time out, while going OVER the posted total of 185.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to find a way,\u201d stated Bulls center Joakim Noah.\u00a0 The Bulls have dropped eight of 12 games in February, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting odds.\u00a0 Chicago is 1-7 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 15-14 overall at the United Center, including a 10-7 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Chicago will be aiming for its first season sweep of Philadelphia since 1996-97.\u00a0 Reserve guard Nate Robinson has been forced into the starting rotation due to injuries to Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich, but he\u2019s averaged 12.0 points and 4.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the 76ers due to their 4-0 ATS mark following a double-digit home loss, while the Bulls are 1-5 ATS at home versus teams with a losing road record.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls Thursday, 2\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 178.5 Current Total:\u00a0 179 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia has lost six games in a row, including a 98-84 setback to the Orlando Magic as 8.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[174,521,3622,4066,18,832,3674],"class_list":["post-27944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kirk-hinrich","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27944","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=27944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27945,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27944\/revisions\/27945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}