{"id":15877,"date":"2009-11-19T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T22:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=15877"},"modified":"2009-11-19T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T22:23:01","slug":"chicago-vs-lal-free-prediction-191109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/chicago-vs-lal-free-prediction-191109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Free Pick: Bulls vs. Lakers (Nov. 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Thursday &#8211; Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tip-off: 10:30 pm EST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pau Gasol may play tonight for the Los Angeles Lakers. Rumor has it that Coach Phil Jackson wasn\u2019t too happy with how Gasol\u2019s little stint on CSI: Miami on Monday night showed him looking perfectly fine.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR BEST CAPPERS NBA PICKS FOR TONIGHTS GAMES &#8212;&#8211;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s only a rumor, of course, but rumors have some truth usually and the last thing that the Lakers want is another Rick Fox on their hands instead of a great player. Gasol no doubt will be effective if he were to play tonight and Andrew Bynum, Kobe, and Lamar have been very good for the Lakers lately.<\/p>\n<p>So has Ron Artest who is doing just enough to make himself a viable player in the Lakers\u2019 starting line-up.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue with handicapping this game is deciding how good Chicago actually is right now. <a href=\"http:\/\/record.partners.betus.com\/_zzar6WLC4ynhma6V1hBZX58VRaiw-eys\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto; margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/basketball\/sportsbook_basketball_250x250.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds: Lakers -9 \u00bd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: Teams in the NBA are up one day and down the other. The Bulls appear to be up after two straight victories in which they\u2019ve kept their opponents under 90 points. Chicago is 4 and 6 overall ATS, but 6 and 4 straight-up.<\/p>\n<p>They have a shot to keep this one close as Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, John Salmon and Derrick Rose all scored in double figures in their last game. This team isn\u2019t bad and if the Lakers aren\u2019t careful they could make things difficult for the defending champs tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I see this as a close game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: Chicago Bulls at +9 \u00bd<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats.aspx?token=zzar6WLC4ymMkXvgrEXLA_ldJhf8F7Rn\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sports Betting at BetUS.com &#8211; From teasers to parlays, from futures to wacky propositions, BetUS.com adds more game excitement than any other sportsbook in the world. Join BetUS today to start betting!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 196&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1597,20201,184,20204,260,20202,20203,19249,5595,20200,3942,2381,10854,751],"class_list":["post-15877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-handicapping","tag-bet-on-nba-games","tag-betus","tag-bulls-vs-lakers","tag-cappers-picks","tag-chicago-bulls-vs-los-angeles-lakers","tag-chicago-vs-los-angeles","tag-expert-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-free-nba-selection","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-prediction","tag-nba-wagering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15879,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15877\/revisions\/15879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}