{"id":28447,"date":"2013-04-01T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28447"},"modified":"2013-04-01T22:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T03:00:05","slug":"nba-predictions-chicago-bulls-vs-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-chicago-bulls-vs-washington-wizards-28447\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Washington Wizards
\nTuesday, 4\/2\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSMA
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 185.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 185.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Washington Wizards are 10-1 ATS in their last 11 home games versus teams with a winning road record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won four of its last five games, including a 95-94 victory over the Detroit Pistons as 8.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe dodged a bullet,\u201d commented Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.\u00a0 \u201cWe were fortunate.\u201d\u00a0 The Bulls are 19-16 overall on the road this season, which includes a 14-6 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Chicago is 5-1 ATS in its last six games versus conference rivals, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have won seven of their last eight road games against the Wizards, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Chicago has been led by forward Luol Deng on the offensive end the last five games, as he\u2019s averaged 23.6 points on 46.6 percent shooting over that span.\u00a0 Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah are also important players in the starting lineup\u2014combining to tally 69 double-doubles during the 2012-13 NBA season thus far.<\/p>\n

Washington snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 109-92 blowout victory over the Toronto Raptors as 3.5-point home favorites, while going OVER the posted total of 194.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing for something bigger than just nine games left,\u201d commented Wizards forward Martell Webster.\u00a0 The Wizards got a big performance out of rookie Bradley Beal, who scored 24 points off the bench after missing five games with an ankle injury.\u00a0 Washington is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 home games versus a team with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

The Wizards are 20-17 overall at home this season, including a 12-11 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Washington point guard John Wall was tremendous during the month of March, as he averaged 22.1 points and 8.0 assists over 17 games.\u00a0 The franchise has won seven consecutive games\u2014trying to win eight straight for the first time since winning 10 in a row from Dec. 13, 2006-January 20, 2007.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bulls due to their 4-1 ATS mark in their last five trips to Washington.<\/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":"

Chicago Bulls at Washington Wizards Tuesday, 4\/2\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSMA Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Washington -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 185.5 Current Total:\u00a0 185.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has won four of its last five games, including a 95-94 victory over the Detroit Pistons as 8.5-point home favorites Sunday, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7123,2067,174,3622,163,843,3206,644],"class_list":["post-28447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-bradley-beal","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joakim-noah","tag-john-wall","tag-luol-deng","tag-washington-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28447","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=28447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28449,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28447\/revisions\/28449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}