NBA Basketball Picks: Celtics vs Bulls In A Battle For The East
Thursday, April 07, 2011
by BetUS.com
A huge match for the race for the Eastern conference top seed features the Boston Celtics visiting the four-point favorite in the NBA betting lines, the Chicago Bulls, this Thursday at 8 P.M. ET at United Center, in a must-watch, must-bet game.
NBA Betting Lines:
Boston Celtics +4
Chicago Bulls -4
O/U 179
The Celtics (34-39 ATS) are three games behind the Bulls (46-30 ATS) in the race for the first seed in the East and a win for either team will have a huge impact on next week’s approach of the postseason.
Clearly the Bulls are rolling right now, winning 16 of their past 18 and they want to end all that nonsense talk about how the Celtics are a postseason squad and Chicago is an inexperienced team, so expect the home team to be fired up from the beginning.
Derrick Rose has been outstanding this season, so don’t expect anything less from him tonight, however the game will be won by whoever steps up on the boards. Whoever wins the rebound battle will be leaving the arena with the W in their pocket.
Chicago was beaten on the boards for the third time in five games last Tuesday in the 97-94 win over the Suns. However, keep in mind they're still outrebounding rivals by 5.56 per game, a league high.
The Chicago Bulls have been great recently straight up but not so good against the spread as they are 1-4 ATS in their past five games, but consider they bounce back pretty quickly after not covering the spread as they are 21-8 ATS off an ATS loss.
Chicago is also 3-1 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points and 20-10 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record.
Boston, on the other hand, beat Philadelphia 99-82 on Tuesday but Basketball betting fans should know they are 2-11 ATS off a win by 15+ points, not to mention 7-14 ATS after allowing 85 points or less.
BetUS Sportsbook Simmons’ pick: Take the Bulls to cover the NBA betting Lines.
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