Thursday Night NBA

By Divol

Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat



26th March 00:05 GMT

Chicago are on the rise. 2 wins in 2 games since the return of Rose and Noah and with last night's loss by the Raptors, Bulls must feel they have got a chance to cut in to the lead of the Raptors a bit. Chicago have got a very nice stretch right now and they must keep winning to a) put the pressure on the Raptors b) because they finish the season with a very tough 5 games. They play at home to two of the NBA’s finest - Boston and Cleveland that could, but also could not, rest players. Then on the road they play the Cats who could be in a position battle until the end, Nets - that will try their best to improve their poor record and Toronto in a H2H clash. I can add that Chicago not only won the last two games, but that they have covered the last 5 games so they have shown improvement even before getting Rose and Noah back (tremendous motivation boost as I said before).

Miami won their last two games, but they won at home against the Cats playing B2B off an OT and the Nets on the road. Both without showing great abilities, especially on offense. They tied with Cats for 6th – 7th place and there isn't any difference between them. Actually, given Heat's record against Magic this season, perhaps they prefer to play them and not Boston (or Atlanta). In games between the teams, home court was huge and in the last 10 games, 8 finished in favour of the home team. 101 - 93 is my predicted score for this match in favour of the home team.



Pick: Chicago -1, 1.86 - 2.5 units – 188Bet

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