{"id":3291,"date":"2009-01-12T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/trail-blazers-bulls-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:38:00","slug":"trail-blazers-bulls-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/trail-blazers-bulls-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers-Bulls Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Portland Trail Blazers and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at United<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Trail Blazers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Trail Blazers took it to the Warriors in Saturday’s 113-100 victory. The Trail Blazers could only manage a PUSH against the 13-point spread, while the 213 points made it OVER the posted total of 209. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points and collected seven rebounds. Brandon Roy chipped in with 19 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bulls were upset 109-98 by the Thunder last time out, as 8.5-point favorites at home. The game’s 207 points made it OVER the posted total of 205.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Drew Gooden had 20 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double, while Ben Gordon added 22 points in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 22-14 SU, 17-19 ATS
Chicago: 16-21 SU, 16-21 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Portland most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Philadelphia are 8-2
After playing Golden State are 4-6
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 9-1
After playing Oklahoma City are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Portland’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland’s last 5 games
Portland is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games when playing Chicago
Portland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Chicago is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chicago’s last 15 games
Chicago is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Portland
Chicago is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Portland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 14
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Portland Trail Blazers and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at United Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Trail Blazers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Trail Blazers took it to the Warriors in Saturday’s … Continue reading Trail Blazers-Bulls Odds 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-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","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=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}