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(17-18) Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (26-7)
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 4
Time: 8:00PM EST
Venue: Quicken Loans Arena – Cleveland, Ohio
NBA Moneyline Odds: Off
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NBA Betting Total: Off
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Wednesday night NBA sees the Chicago Bulls traveling to Eastern Conference rival Cleveland Cavaliers’ house.
The Bulls enter this contest having recently come up with a big-time win against the Charlotte Hornets, while the Cavs have knocked off their last three opponents.
*All statistics, rankings and trends are current as of this writing at 8:00 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 3.
Chicago Bulls
Chicago’s most recent outing was telling, in both a good and bad way. Let’s start with the good.
A 118-111 win over the Charlotte Hornets saw Jimmy Butler prove he’s an absolute superstar in this league — and probably a deserving MVP candidate that nobody’s going to talk about behind Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Chris Paul, LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
In this contest, Butler went for a ridiculous 52 points, not to mention 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals (15-of-24 from the field, 21-of-22 from the foul line). He’s proving more and more this season that the Bulls can rely on him with Dwyane Wade missing time, Rajon Rondo out of the rotation and plenty of questions surrounding a lack of shooting on the roster.
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The bad news takes a more macro eye to see, but it’s important nonetheless.
The bad news is that critics are turning out to be 100 percent correct, in that the organization made the wrong move this past offseason to bring in two ball-dominant guards to play alongside a legitimate franchise superstar.
When the team rid its roster of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, it looked as if the Bulls wised up and found a way to make Butler the centerpiece.
Now, it’s obvious what Butler would’ve been able to do if Wade and Rondo were never brought to town, and that money was instead spent on players who could legitimately spread the floor.
Oh well. The occasional 50-burger will have to do in an otherwise mediocre season.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
We mentioned earlier that Cleveland has won three straight entering this contest. That’s just the beginning.
At this point in the season, the Cavs have won eight of their last nine. Still not impressed? This squad has won a beyond-impressive 13 of its last 15.
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Against Chicago, the blueprint to success is simple: Stop Jimmy Butler.
Regardless of who plays point guard for the Bulls, and even regardless of whether or not LeBron James’ buddy Dwyane Wade suits up, beating the Bulls becomes monumentally easier when you hold Jimmy Butler to a reasonable stat line (let alone, under 50 points).
Look for the matchup between Butler and the Cavs’ defense to be the most telling narrative that determines the outcome in this one.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Bulls are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Bulls are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Bulls are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Wednesday games.
- Bulls are 0-8 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up win.
- Cavaliers are 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Cavaliers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Cavaliers are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Wednesday games.
- Cavaliers are 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 home games.
Free Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Prediction:
Butler’s performance against the Hornets was one of the greatest individual performances we’ve seen all season.
Then again, the Cavs are a different beast than the Hornets.
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Don’t be shocked if the home-team Cavaliers take this one by a large margin.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Cleveland 113 – Chicago 98
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