{"id":28474,"date":"2013-04-04T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28474"},"modified":"2013-04-04T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:53:59","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets-28474\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets
\nThursday, 4\/4\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls are 6-4 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it looks to bounce back from a 90-86 setback to the Washington Wizards as 2.5-point road underdogs Tuesday, while going UNDER the posted total of 187.5.\u00a0 The Bulls are suffering through numerous injuries, which includes forward Taj Gibson re-aggravating a left knee injury.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to hang together and find some healthy bodies,\u201d commented Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich.\u00a0 Chicago is 6-4 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season, with the OVER going 7-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 19-17 overall when playing away from the United Center, including a 14-7 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Chicago dropped its first game ever at the Barclays Center, as it suffered a 93-89 defeat as five-point underdogs on Feb. 1, while going OVER the posted total of 180.5.\u00a0 Forward Carlos Boozer will need to lead the team offensively, averaging 18.4 points on 53.6 percent shooting in his last seven games, while also grabbing 11.4 rebounds over that span.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 113-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as five-point road favorites, while going OVER the total for the ninth time in 10 contests.\u00a0 The Nets finished with a 5-3 record over their longest road trip of the 2012-13 NBA season, but they could be without the services of guard Joe Johnson and forward Gerald Wallace in this affair.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 5-7 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Nets will be led by point guard Deron Williams on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 18.4 points and 7.7 assists per game, while center Brook Lopez is contributing 19.1 points.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 22-14 overall at home this season, including a 16-5 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Offensively, the team set a season-high in assists with 31 against the Cavaliers, which led to 66 first-half points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nets due to their 5-2 ATS mark versus conference foes, while the Bulls are 2-5 ATS following a SU loss.<\/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 Brooklyn Nets Thursday, 4\/4\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 186.5 Current Total:\u00a0 188 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it looks to bounce back from a 90-86 setback to the […]<\/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":[7131,2067,174,2895,3622,18],"class_list":["post-28474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-deron-williams","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28474","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=28474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28475,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28474\/revisions\/28475"}],"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=28474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}