NBA Betting Roundup: Bulls, Cavaliers, Spurs, Jazz
Just two games on tonight one of which is two teams going in opposite directions while the other is a pick ‘em.
Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (-11.5) who are dominant at home going 41-3 face a Chicago Bulls (+11.5) that has been outscored on the road by an average of 18 points.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (-11.5) traded for Shaquille O’Neal to get an inside threat and open up space for LeBron James.
That experiment looks to be working as O’Neill picked up 21 points and eight rebounds in a102-90 win over Washington. LeBron took advantage of the space opened up by having 7-foot-1 O’Neal and 7-foot-3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas inside by netting 27 points.
The Bulls are coming off of an 83-81 comeback victory over Milwaukee in which they trailed by 18 in the third quarter.
Luol Deng led the team with 24 points and 20 rebounds while Derrick Rose was clutch picking up 10 points in the 4th-quarter comeback.
San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz
A well-rested Spurs team starts a 2-game road trip with a game against the Utah Jazz in an NBA basketball betting pick ‘em.
The 1-3 Jazz are off to their worst start in seven seasons.
Utah is coming off of a 96-85 loss to the Dallas Maverick. Carlos Boozer got in to foul trouble forcing Mehmet Okur in to a mismatch with Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki. Utah wasn’t able to stop Nowitzky who had 29 points in the fourth quarter.
San Antonio swept the season series last year against Utah. Tony Parker averaged 27.5 points and 6.5 assists last year against Utah
