Over\/Under<\/strong>: 203.5<\/p>\nIt\u2019s hasn\u2019t quite reached the Albert Haynseworth\/Mike Shanahan stage, but in an NBA starved for non-Lebron controversy, Mike D\u2019Antoni\u2019s mini-spat with Danillo Gallinari will have to suffice for now. Basically, D\u2019Antoni says that Gallinari is losing playing time because he hasn\u2019t shot well. Gallinari says the poor shooting is due to an injured wrist. D\u2019Antoni says the wrist will feel a lot better if he makes a few shots.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s about it. The Knicks are off to a 1-2 start (Tuesday\u2019s game at home was postponed when asbestos starting falling from the ceiling) heading into Thursday night\u2019s TNT opener at Chicago. The Bulls have beaten the teams they figured to beat (Portland and Detroit at home) and lost the game they figured to lose (at Oklahoma City), so Thursday\u2019s matchup is a continuation of the November feeling-out process of two teams each trying to move up a notch in the Eastern Conference pecking order. ![\"Online](\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\")
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For the Knicks, so far so pretty good. Amar\u2019e Stoudemire looks like he will become the franchise centerpiece that NY has been starving for, and point guard Ray Felton is better than anyone else the Knicks have had at the position for a while even if he hasn\u2019t been the take-charge 1 that D\u2019Antoni is looking for. Wilson Chandler is averaging 21 and 10, stealing Gallinari\u2019s minutes at the 4.<\/p>\n
Chicago, meanwhile, is pretty much the same team it was last season \u2013 good but not good enough to make the Bostons, Miamis and Orlandos sweat too much. The Bulls will be a point guard-centric team behind Derrick Rose, marking time for several more weeks until forward Carlos Boozer returns from a hand injury and Chicago gets a chance to see what it really has.<\/p>\n
Best parlay bet:<\/em><\/strong> Both New York and Chicago are well-rested for this one, and the Bulls are a solid favorites based partially on the fact that they have won their two home games by a combined total of 22 points. They weren\u2019t threatened by either Detroit or Portland. Teams with new players trying to sort things out early in the season don\u2019t often play well on the road, so Chicago deserves a good look here. <\/em><\/p>\nOklahoma City got taken out by the Clippers in LA Wednesday night as Kevin Durant was held to 16 and the Thunder shot just 37 percent from the floor. OKC just doesn\u2019t look right, and is giving up way too many points. <\/em><\/p>\nBetting Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York’s last 7 games when playing Chicago
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 8 of New York’s last 12 games when playing on the road against Chicago
\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of New York’s last 8 games on the road
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of New York’s last 7 games
\nChicago is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against New York
\nChicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
\nChicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing New York
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games<\/p>\n
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\nLawrence 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":"Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Thursday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action…tonight on the hardwood we get the New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":27818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,5595,38211,21255,6270,38212,38213,38214,38209,38210,8665,20992,20991,9273,9921,22581,37632,37631],"class_list":["post-28982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-knicks-bulls-odds","tag-knicks-bulls-picks","tag-knicks-vs-bulls","tag-knicks-vs-bulls-lines","tag-knicks-vs-bulls-odds","tag-knicks-vs-bulls-predictions","tag-n-y-chicago-picks","tag-n-y-knicks-vs-chicago-bulls","tag-nba-on-tnt","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-thursday-nba-picks","tag-thursday-night-nba-betting","tag-tnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28982","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=28982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107182,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28982\/revisions\/107182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}