Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Chicago Bulls will hit the road to play the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night.
Start time from Milwaukee is scheduled for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread came out with the road club Chicago Bulls favored by -6 points with an over under of 188 points.
Money early from the bettors has landed on the side of the home underdog as Chicago is now favored by -4 ½ points.
The total has moved up to 191 points.
Chicago Bulls money line players will lay –185 odds with the home underdog Milwaukee Bucks returning +170 odds to earn the upset win with no need for taking the points.
The teams met once this year back on January 27th and it was the Bulls with the 107-100 home win against the Bucks as a -11 point betting favorite.
The over under landed over the closing line of 185 ½ points.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 34 points in the win as he made 14 of his 24 shots.
Chicago’s big men were active on the glass as Joakim Noah had 16 rebounds and Carlos Boozer pulled down 13 boards.
Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 25 points and seven boards as he shot 10 of 22 from the floor.
The Chicago Bulls will travel to Milwaukee with a record of 19-6 on the season. The club is 10-5 on the road.
Chicago averages 96 points and hits on 46% from the floor with 36.8% coming from beyond the arc. The team makes 73.3% of their free throws.
On defense the Bulls allow 88 points and 43.1% shooting. Opponents connect on 34.9% from the three point line against them.
Chicago is coming off the 105-102 road win on Thursday night to the New York Knicks as a -3 ½ point betting favorite.
The total landed over the closing line of 190 points.
The Bulls had a good shooting night as they shot 52.7% from the floor with 6 of 13 from the three point line.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 32 points and 13 assists as he made 12 of 26 from the field.
Kyle Korver scored 16 points as he hit on 3 of 5 from three and a perfect 5 of 5 from the free throw line.
Joakim Noah chipped in with 16 points and nine rebounds.
Chicago allowed the Knicks 48.9% shooting with 4 of 16 coming from beyond the arc.
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Milwaukee will host Chicago with a record of 10-12 this year. The Bucks are 7-2 on their home court.
The team puts up 94 points and connects on 43.1% of their shots with 32.4% coming from beyond the arc.
On the defensive end of the court the Bucks allow 94 points and 44% shooting. Teams convert on 32.6% from beyond the arc against them.
The club is coming off the 88-80 road defeat last night to the hapless Detroit Pistons as a -4 ½ point favorite to break a three game win streak.
The total landed under the closing total of 183 ½ points.
Milwaukee shot an anemic 35.1% from the field with 3 of 17 coming from beyond the arc.
They had six less rebounds than Detroit.
Brandon Jennings had 20 points with an inefficient 7 of 19 from the floor and one assist.
Shaun Livingston scored 14 points as he hit on 4 of 6 from the field.
Ersan Ilyasova had nine points off the bench with 12 rebounds in a losing cause.
Milwaukee allowed Detroit 42% shooting with 4 of 14 coming from the three point line.
Trend: Chicago Bulls are 4-1 ATS in their past five meetings with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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