{"id":6442,"date":"2009-11-19T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-bulls-vs-lakers\/"},"modified":"2009-11-19T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T13:08:00","slug":"nba-handicapping-bulls-vs-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-bulls-vs-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Handicapping: Bulls vs Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John Salmons had 23 points and four steals to lead the Bulls past the Kings 101-87 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 1-point road underdogs, while the teams played UNDER the 198-point total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant poured in 40 points to lead the Lakers over the Pistons 106-93 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 10.5-point home favorites, while the teams played OVER the 191-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-4 SU, 4-6 ATS
Los Angeles: 8-3 SU, 4-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Denver are 4-6
After playing Sacramento are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Oklahoma City are 7-3
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago’s last 11 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games when playing Chicago
LA Lakers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Chicago
LA Lakers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago
LA Lakers are 21-4 SU in their last 25 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, November 21
LA Lakers home to Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. John Salmons had 23 points and four steals to lead the … Continue reading NBA Handicapping: Bulls vs Lakers<\/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-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442","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=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}