The Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls will meet on the court at United Center on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Milwaukee At Chicago
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 18, 2015
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
TV: 7 p.m. ET, ESPN, FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee), CSN Chicago
PREDICTION: Bulls 98, Bucks 92
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Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 7-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game’s total is sitting at 192.
Last time out for Chicago, they were a 91-85 winner as they battled the Hawks at home. The Bulls covered in the match as a -5-point favorite, while 176 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
Gasol terrorized the Bucks with a career-best 46 points to go with 18 rebounds on Jan. 18, one of his career-best 54 double-doubles. He is gearing up for a big postseason and feels the team is primed to make a deep run. “I came here to have an opportunity to win a title and I hope we can accomplish that,” Gasol told reporters. “You don’t take anything for granted and you never know what will be the next year so you have to embrace and enjoy the point you find yourself in.”
Team record: 50-32 SU,39-43 ATS
Current Streak: won 4 straight games.
Chicago is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Last time out for Milwaukee, they were a 105-100 loser as they battled the Celtics at home. The Bucks failed to cover in the match as a -5.5-point favorite, while 205 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.
Milwaukee delivered a huge turnaround under new coach Jason Kidd after being a dreadful 15-67 one season ago. The injury to Parker was devastating but the Bucks regrouped and players such as forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Middleton had solid campaigns. “We feel like we’ve had a great season so far and we’ve had a few ups and downs, but I think for the most part we’ve had a pretty good season,” Middleton told reporters. “Everybody’s come together and is buying into what we want to do here, so that has helped the process.”
Team record: 41-41 SU,45-35-2 ATS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games
Milwaukee is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games on the road
Milwaukee is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chicago
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