{"id":32023,"date":"2013-12-24T20:13:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T01:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32023"},"modified":"2013-12-24T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T01:14:08","slug":"nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-brooklyn-nets-32023\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets
\nWednesday, 12\/25\/13, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Brooklyn Nets are 4-10 SUATS as favorites this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 100-84 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as three-point home favorites, while going UNDER the betting total of 187.\u00a0 The Bulls are 3-11 SU on the road this season, including a 3-5 mark when taking on Eastern Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 The franchise won three of four games during last year\u2019s regular season series, while also capturing a First Round victory in the NBA Playoffs.\u00a0 Chicago is 7-13 SU and 12-8 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are getting outscored by 1.5 points per game during the 2013-14 campaign, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 Chicago owns a 10-7 SU record when it plays on Christmas Day, including a 3-6 mark when playing away from the Windy City.\u00a0 In 10 games this month, center Joakim Noah has recorded seven double-doubles and averaged 13.4 points and 12.3 rebounds.\u00a0 In its 10 victories this season, the team has allowed an average of 83.0 points.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn has lost three games in a row, including a 103-86 setback to the Indiana Pacers as six-point home underdogs Monday, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in five affairs.\u00a0 The Nets are utilizing a makeshift starting lineup, as two players are averaging double figures, with shooting guard Joe Johnson leading the way at 16.5 points a contest.\u00a0 The team is 48-25 SU all-time as a host against Chicago\u2014representing the franchise\u2019s best regular season home record against an Eastern Conference foe.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 4-10 SUATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Nets are still dealing with the loss of center Brook Lopez for the season, as he suffered a broken right foot last Friday.\u00a0 Brooklyn has dropped two of 10 games without its All-Star player in the center of the offense\u2014placing a lot of added pressure on Johnson and point guard Deron Williams to perform at a high level.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 6-1 in the Bulls\u2019 last seven games against conference rivals.<\/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 vs. Brooklyn Nets Wednesday, 12\/25\/13, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Brooklyn -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 188 Current Total:\u00a0 187.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 100-84 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as three-point home favorites, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7131,174,6234,3622,163,2897,18],"class_list":["post-32023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-christmas-day","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joakim-noah","tag-joe-johnson","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32023","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=32023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32025,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32023\/revisions\/32025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}