{"id":28669,"date":"2013-04-29T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28669"},"modified":"2013-04-29T08:36:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T13:36:17","slug":"nba-playoffs-2013-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets-game-5-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2013-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets-game-5-picks-28669\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2013: Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets, Game 5 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets
\nMonday, 4\/29\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 180
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 180
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls are a win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has jumped out to a 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series, which includes a 142-134 triple-overtime victory over Brooklyn as 2.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the total of 176.5.\u00a0 The Bulls are definitely expected an emotional opponent in this affair\u2014one that has compiled a 5-0 record in Game 5\u2019s when playing at home.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re going to be in their building,\u201d commented Bulls forward Carlos Boozer.\u00a0 Chicago is 8-5 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have been led on the offensive end by Boozer, who has averaged 20.3 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, while small forward Luol Deng is contributing 14.3 and 7.5 in those respective categories.\u00a0 Chicago is 22-18 all-time when playing in Game 5, including a 8-4 mark when leading the series by a two-game margin.\u00a0 On the year, the team ranked third in the NBA in scoring defense, while allowing 87.5 points per game in four regular-season meetings with its current opponent.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn certainly knows that only eight teams have overcome a 3-1 deficit in a postseason series, but optimism remains in the locker room.\u00a0 \u201cI mean, we know it should be 2-2,\u201d stated Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo.\u00a0 The Nets have all five probable starters averaging 9.5 points or more, with center Brook Lopez leading the way at 22.5, while point guard Deron Williams checks in at 20.0.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 7-10 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.<\/p>\n

The Nets were 26-15 overall when playing at the Barclays Center during the regular season, including a 20-6 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Brooklyn needs to do a better job of protecting the paint on the defensive end, but it\u2019s limiting Chicago to 25.9 percent shooting from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nets due to their 4-0 ATS mark after allowing 125 or more points, while the Bulls are 1-7 ATS after a SU win.<\/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 Monday, 4\/29\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 180 Current Total:\u00a0 180 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has jumped out to a 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series, which includes a 142-134 triple-overtime victory over Brooklyn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7156,7131,2067,174,2895,3622,18],"class_list":["post-28669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-barclays-center","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\/28669","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=28669"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28671,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28669\/revisions\/28671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}