{"id":28253,"date":"2013-03-21T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28253"},"modified":"2013-03-21T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T12:04:14","slug":"nba-expert-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-chicago-bulls-28253\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls
\nThursday, 3\/21\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSNW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers are 2-8 SUATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has dropped back-to-back games, including a 102-95 setback to the Milwaukee Bucks as 5.5-point road underdogs Tuesday night, while going UNDER the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers are now 9-25 overall on the road this season, as they were unable to complete a rally after being down 27 points.\u00a0 \u201cWe just put our heads down and we fought,\u201d commented Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews.\u00a0 The team has scored 100 or more points in nine of its last 10 games against Chicago, which is important to consider when looking over the total on the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Portland is 2-8 SUATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have won three of their last five road games against the Bulls, as they\u2019ve been led by the play of forward LaMarcus Aldridge, as he has averaged 20.8 points in his career in this series.\u00a0 He has recorded five consecutive games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds\u2014tying a career high.<\/p>\n

Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 119-118 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets as 3.5-point home underdogs Monday night, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe felt like we got it stolen from us,\u201d commented Bulls forward Carlos Boozer.\u00a0 He ranks tenth in the NBA and fifth in the Eastern Conference with 31 double-doubles during the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-12 ATS when playing with two days rest.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 18-15 overall at the United Center, including a 6-8 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Chicago hasn\u2019t won a season series versus Portland since the 2006-07 campaign, which is important to note when making your NBA expert picks Thursday night.\u00a0 Center Joakim Noah has been the most consistent player on the roster over the past nine games, as he\u2019s averaged 14.3 points and 13.1 rebounds in that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Trail Blazers due to their 6-2 ATS mark in the last eight meetings in this series, while the Bulls are 5-12 ATS versus teams with a losing record.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls Thursday, 3\/21\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSNW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 188 Current Total:\u00a0 188.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has dropped back-to-back games, including a 102-95 setback to the Milwaukee Bucks as 5.5-point road underdogs Tuesday night, while going UNDER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[174,3622,163,3303,18,830,3674,3693],"class_list":["post-28253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joakim-noah","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-united-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253","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=28253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28254,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253\/revisions\/28254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}