Bulls vs. Lakers Point Spread: NBA Odds, Prediction
NBA Point Spread and Betting Diagnosis
Almost every one of the stats are ugly to the Bulls. They’ve lost eight straight and they are 5-16 straight up on your way. Chicago is 3-7 against the spread (ATS) in their last 10 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game and 3-11-1 ATS in the last 15 against teams from the NBA Pacific Division. The Bulls are 1-4 ATS in their last five matches against the Western Conference.
The Lakers are 14-9 up at home but have covered in just nine of those matches. They are 4-10 ATS in non-conference matches and 7-16 ATS when facing a team with a losing record. That’s ugly.
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls have lost all their past seven, giving up at least 117 points in four of those games. This team has a listless defence which cannot stop anybody. Although they let 111.0 points per game on the season (17th), they’ve allowed an average of 126.7 in their past three. This includes a beat down at the hands of this Golden State Warriors, who also scored 146 points against this team.
The Bulls have looked utterly lost since trainer Jim Boylen took on the team from newly fired head coach Fred Hoiberg. The gamers do not enjoy his style and also have had run-ins together with him. Oddly enough, though the front office just gave Boylen an expansion and a raise. The team is just 5-14 under Boylen.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are without LeBron James right now but they can’t pin all their problems on his lack. They were 17-10 at one stage this season and are only 6-13 since. He has been out since Christmas Day but the Lakers fall started while he was still there. More recently, this group has dropped five of the last seven and seven of 10.
The Lakers offence has completely disappeared without James in the lineup as they’re averaging just 107.3 points per game over their last 15 contests (23rd in the NBA). That’s a huge dip in the 121.0 they averaged in October (third in the NBA).
The issue is that this is a really disjointed roster and gamers are not developing. Kyle Kuzma is playing great but Lonzo Ball is donating just 9.4 points per game while shooting 36.2% from the area this month. JaVale McGee averaged 15.5 points per game in October but is down to just 8.4 in January. And Brandon Ingram remains a bit inconsistent as he has scored 17 or more four times this month but scored 15 or less at the other three games. Insert in that Josh Hart has just 17 points in total in the last three games and lots of the fingers start pointing towards Walton he can not develop the young players on this roster. The good news is that the Bulls are a bigger wreck and the Lakers must take care of company in this spot.
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