{"id":21042,"date":"2010-04-08T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=21042"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:43:12","slug":"thursday-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-chicago-bulls-picks-80110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/thursday-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-chicago-bulls-picks-80110\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs Bulls NBA Pick | Preview (Apr. 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Betting \u2013 Thursday Night Picks<\/h2>\n<p>Before\u00a0<a href=\"\/nba\"><strong>nba betting<\/strong><\/a> fans turn their attention to more sports betting events this weekend, we have the NBA. It\u2019s time for our weekly Thursday Night hoops picks for NBA gambling action.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY GAMBLING PICKS!! \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CAVALIERS vs. BULLS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>: Thursday 8 ET<br \/>\n<strong>Venue<\/strong>: United Center, Chicago<br \/>\n<strong>Spread<\/strong>:  Bulls -2<br \/>\n<strong>Over\/Under<\/strong>: 193<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team records:<\/strong><br \/>\nCleveland: 61-17 SU, 36-40-2 ATS<br \/>\nChicago: 37-40 SU, 39-36-2 ATS <\/p>\n<p>In the TNT opener, Chicago continues its long-shot big to steal the 8th and final Eastern Conference playoff spot from sagging Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>Not many teams can survive a 10-game losing streak and make the playoffs \u2013 the Bulls went winless from Feb. 27 to March 19.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_629\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last game out Cleveland covered as 5.5-point home favorites, while the teams played OVER the 205.5-point total set by oddsmakers. IN their next games the Cavs are home to Indiana, Friday, April 9th, and the Bulls are at New Jersey, Friday as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Betting Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>\nCleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Chicago<br \/>\nCleveland is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games on the road<br \/>\nCleveland is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago&#8217;s last 10 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>\nChicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland<\/p>\n<h3>THURSDAY NIGHT BEST NBA PARLAY BET:<\/h3>\n<p>One more concern for the Lakers \u2013 they are only a half-game ahead of Orlando for the 2nd-best overall record and the home-court edge that would come with it if they were to meet in The Finals. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the big problem with these guys is indeed focus. \u201cIt doesn&#8217;t bode well for the playoffs or building momentum, but we can&#8217;t seem to put together a good game from one opponent to the next,&#8221; said Jackson. <\/p>\n<p>Denver is beaten up a bit (Kenyon Martin and Chris Andersen are game-time decisions) and played a tough game last night in Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n<p>Suggested play here is LA getting the 2. If you like parlays, the under is worth a shot as it\u2019s to Denver\u2019s advantage to control clock.<\/p>\n<h4>Get Your Free $10 Bet Today at Sportsbook.com<\/h4>\n<p>Visit the Bet Menu at half-time to place your bet. Everybody Gets a $10.00 Free Bet today.<\/p>\n<h3>CLICK HERE TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT SPORTSBOOK.COM AND BET $50 ON THE HALF TIME LINE FOR THE THURSDAY NIGHT MATCHUPS!!!!!!<\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Thursday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action\u2026tonight on the hardwood we get the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[27472,27473,8727,27504,8729,27505,4045,5595,20992,20991,9273,9921,20993,20994,21934],"class_list":["post-21042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-cavaliers-bulls-odds","tag-cavaliers-bulls-picks","tag-cavaliers-vs-bulls","tag-cavaliers-vs-bulls-predictions","tag-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-chicago-bulls","tag-cleveland-chicago-picks","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-thursday-night-nba","tag-thursday-night-nba-picks","tag-thursday-night-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042","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\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21042"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108732,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042\/revisions\/108732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}