{"id":3132,"date":"2008-12-27T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bulls-hawks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-27T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T15:36:00","slug":"bulls-hawks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bulls-hawks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls-Hawks Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Philips Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bulls were defeated 90-77 by the Heat as 5.5-point underdogs last time out. That game’s 167 points fell UNDER the posted total of 197. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aaron Gray had 12 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marvin Williams went for 21 points and seven rebounds to lead the Hawks past the Thunder 99-88 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> couldn’t cover as 12-point home favorites as the game played under the 194-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-16 SU, 14-15 ATS
Atlanta: 18-10 SU, 16-12 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 9-1
Before playing New Jersey are 4-6
After playing Miami are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Denver are 2-8
After playing Oklahoma City are 4-6
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chicago is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Chicago is 12-4 ATS in its last 16 games when playing Atlanta
Chicago is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games at home
Atlanta is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, December 29
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Philips Arena. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Bulls were defeated 90-77 by the Heat as 5.5-point underdogs last time out. … Continue reading Bulls-Hawks Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}