Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Chicago Bulls will travel on the back end of a back to back to play the Washington Wizards in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night.
Tip off time from Washington is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.
The point spread opened up in this NBA game with the road team Chicago Bulls favored by –9 points with a total of 190 ½ points.
Early money from the NBA wagering public has landed on the side of the road club as Chicago is now favored by -9 ½ points.
The total has not moved off the opening line of 190 ½ points.
Chicago Bulls money line bettors will lay –460 odds with the home underdog Washington Wizards bringing back +410 odds to post the straight up win with no need for points on their side.
These two Eastern conference foes met back on January 11th with the Bulls earning the 78-64 home win as a -11 ½ point betting favorite.
The total in the game came in at under the total of 180 ½ points.
Chicago held Washington to just 27 second half points and 31% shooting from the field in the win.
Guard John Lucas played for an injured Derrick Rose in this contest and led the Bulls with 25 points on 11 of 28 shooting and he pulled down eight boards and dished eight assists.
Center Javale McGee was active for the Wizards with 10 points along with 14 rebounds in the loss.
Chicago travels to Washington with a record of 17-5 on the year. The club is 8-4 on the road.
The Bulls average 96 points and hit on 45.9% from the floor with 36.6% coming from three. Chicago makes 73.2% of their free throws.
On defense Chicago allows 87 points with 42.7% shooting from the field.
The team is coming off the 97-93 defeat yesterday to the Miami Heat as a +4 ½ point underdog.
The total in the game landed under the closing line of 192 points.
The Bulls made 43.2% of their shots with 3 of 11 shooting from beyond the arc.
Derrick Rose led Chicago with 34 points and six assists as he made 11 of 28 from the field.
Richard Hamilton had 11 points but made a poor 4 of 16 of his shots.
Joakim Noah pulled down 11 boards to go with his 11 points in defeat.
Chicago allowed Miami to shoot 41% from the field with 3 of 8 coming from beyond the arc.
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Washington will host Chicago with a mark of 4-16 this year. The club is 3-8 on their home court.
The Wizards average 88 points and hit on 42% from the floor with 29.3% coming from beyond the arc. Washington hits on 72.4% from the line.
On defense the team allows 98 points along with 45.6% shooting. Opponents make 72.3% from beyond the arc against them.
The team has dropped 8 of their past 10 games.
They are coming off the 102-99 road win at the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night as a -1 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at over the closing line of 183 points.
Ironically they have beaten Charlotte twice during this 10 game span.
Washington shot over 50% for the first time all season as they ended the game hitting on 52.6% of their shots with 6 of 11 coming from three.
The Wizards survived despite being outrebounded by 10 boards.
JaVale McGee led the club with 22 points and 10 rebounds on 9 of 14 shooting.
Nick Young contributed with 21 points as he made 9 of his 15 shots.
Off the bench Trevor Booker had 16 points hitting a perfect 6 of 6 from the floor.
Washington allowed the Bobcats 47% shooting with 4 of 11 coming from beyond the arc.
Trend: The under is 9-1 in their previous 10 meetings.
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