Bucks vs Bulls Preview

The Chicago Bulls will host the Milwaukee Bucks at the United Center in Chicago Thursday night. The Bulls have lost their last 5 games, While the Bucks look to continue the hot streak winning their last 11 games. Chicago has struggled to get anything going over the last week and a half. Although the Bucks showed they do have Chinks in their armor barely squeaking by the Celtics Thursday night in their overtime win.

The Milwaukee Bucks have won their last 11 games, averaging 122.8 points, 53.3 rebounds, 24.0 assists, 6.7 steals, and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.0 points per game in that same stretch. The only time the Bucks have faltered is in their last games against a depleted Celtics team. The Bucks played sloppy basketball at the end of the game with turnovers leading to cheap points for the Celtics. Giannis Antetokounmpo is once again listed on the Injury report with a nagging knee injury however he was listed Day-to-day against the Celtics and dropped 36 points.

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The Chicago Bulls have struggled of late. They currently sit outside of the playoff bubble and have lost their last five games. Can they get back on track before it's too late? The Chicago Bulls have been getting a lot of production from DeRozan and LaVine.

DeRozan is averaging 25.4 points and 5.1 assists for the Bulls. Zach LaVine is averaging 26.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists over the past 10 games for Chicago. The Bulls will need big games out of both if they hope to compete Thursday night. During the last ten games, the Bulls have averaged just 108.9 points per game while shooting 49.6% from the field in those losses. Their opponents have averaged 107.4 points per game, and they're getting outscored by nearly 10 points per game on average.

Milwaukee Bucks vs Chicago Bulls Head-to-Head

This season the Bucks and Bulls have met twice with the Bulls coming away with a win in both matchups. However, the first two matchups between these two teams were before the first of the year. Chicago was playing much better basketball then. I don’t think the previous games between these two teams will play much of a role in this one.

Team Leaders & Statistical highlights Bucks vs Bulls

The Bucks were favored by 9.5 in their last game against the Celtics and took that game to overtime barely getting the win. However, in this game, the Bucks cover as long as they take care of the basketball late in the game. Chicago is playing their worst basketball of the season. The only reason the spread isn’t larger in this game is the Buck’s performance against the Celtics. This spread should be closer to 9 points in my opinion. The best bet here is to give up the 7.5 points and take the Bucks to cover.

Bucks vs Bulls Over/Under (230)

The Bulls have struggled to reach 100 points in their last 5 games. While the Bucks are averaging 122 in their last ten games. Betting the over/under of less than 235 in an NBA game always scares me as any team is capable of scoring 130 points on any given night if someone gets hot. However, if you are going to bet the over/under in this game my advice in this game would be to bet the under. The Bulls offense has been struggling and I don’t see them having a big night against the Bucks.