{"id":28703,"date":"2013-05-02T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28703"},"modified":"2013-05-02T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:35:52","slug":"nba-playoff-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-chicago-bulls-game-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-chicago-bulls-game-6-28703\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Picks: Brooklyn Nets vs. Chicago Bulls, Game 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls
\nThursday, 5\/2\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago PK
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 183
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 184
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Chicago Bulls are 5-1 SUATS as home favorites of three points or less<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn snapped a three-game losing streak in this series with a 110-91 victory over Chicago as 6.5-point home favorites in Game 5 Monday, while going OVER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019ve been confident throughout the whole series regardless of whether they were up 3-1,\u201d commented Nets guard Joe Johnson.\u00a0 The Nets need to win this game to force a seventh and deciding game at the Barclays Center, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.\u00a0 \u00a0 Brooklyn is 5-2 ATS on the road when the total is between 180 and 184.5, with the OVER going 4-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Nets are certainly up against it historically, considering the Bulls have compiled a 13-1 series record in the NBA playoffs when holding a 3-2 lead, which is hard to ignore when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Brooklyn only averaged 87.5 points in four regular season meetings with Chicago, but has upped its production to 101.6 during the postseason.<\/p>\n

Chicago has four probable starters averaging in double figures offensively, with forward Carlos Boozer leading the way in scoring 18.2 points and grabbing 10.8 rebounds per game, while Nate Robinson is contributing 17.8 in filling in for Kirk Hinrich.\u00a0 The Bulls have been doing their best to deal with a laundry list of injuries, which includes starting point guard Derrick Rose of course, who has missed the entire 2012-13 season.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re not going to rush him back,\u201d stated Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.\u00a0 Chicago is 5-1 SUATS as home favorites of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Bulls and Nets each shot above 49 percent in both Games 4 and 5, which has happened only four times since the 1991-92 postseason.\u00a0 Chicago definitely knows that only eight teams have ever blown a 3-1 advantage in a best-of-seven series, as it looks to close things out at the United Center.\u00a0 The franchise is looking to move its record to 8-21 in all series when not possessing home-court advantage.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 9-3 in the Bulls\u2019 last 12 games following a SU loss of 10 or more points.<\/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":"

Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls Thursday, 5\/2\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago PK Opening Total:\u00a0 183 Current Total:\u00a0 184 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn snapped a three-game losing streak in this series with a 110-91 victory over Chicago as 6.5-point home favorites in Game 5 Monday, […]<\/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":[7131,2067,174,3622,2897,18,3674],"class_list":["post-28703","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-eastern-conference","tag-joe-johnson","tag-nba","tag-united-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703","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=28703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28704,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28703\/revisions\/28704"}],"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=28703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}