A lot can change in a week. \u00a0Last week the Chicago Bulls were wrapping up the best record in the Eastern Conference and seemed destined for a spot in the conference finals and maybe more. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Chicago Bulls (1-1) vs Philadelphia 76ers (1-1) Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n Then Derrick Rose went down and now they look like getting out of the first round could be a stretch. \u00a0They have lost Rose and home court advantage now after a 17 point loss as 6.5 point favourites.<\/p>\n The really depressing aspect of the loss was the lack of defensive effort by the Bulls. \u00a0Rose is a good athlete but he is hardly what sets the tone for them on the defensive end. \u00a0In his place John Lucas and CJ Watson dropped in a combined 27 points while Joakim Noah was surprisingly good offensively with 21 points on just 11 shots. \u00a0He is not going to lead this team where they want to go by scoring the ball.\u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Philadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n The Philadelphia 76ers road effort against Chicago was a huge surprise. \u00a0Not only did they win by 17 points but they shot nearly 60% from the field for the game. \u00a0They completely dominated the third quarter and then coasted down the stretch for the win. \u00a0I don\u2019t know if they can do it again on command but it was an amazing performance.<\/p>\n Heading back home they have to like that guards Jrue Holiday and Louis Williams may have found their game. \u00a0Both are streaky players with who are shooting the ball well. \u00a0Through two games Evan Turner is also showing his potential leading the team in assists while scoring 15 points per game with 5 boards. \u00a0I know it is unfair but his all around game is reminding me of Scottie Pippen in his prime.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Philadelphia -1.5 NBA Basketball Matchup: Bulls vs 76ers A lot can change in a week. \u00a0Last week the Chicago Bulls were wrapping up the best record in the Eastern Conference and seemed destined for a spot in the conference finals and maybe more. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":27608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4166,2734,54772,1534,4933,47582,29626,4040,53627,9274,749,3925,986,5074],"class_list":["post-51035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-76ers","tag-bulls","tag-bulls-vs-76ers","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicago-bulls-vs-philadelphia-76ers","tag-chicago-vs-philadelphia","tag-nba-basketball-betting","tag-nba-hoops-lines","tag-nba-hoops-picks","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-predictions","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51035","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51052,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51035\/revisions\/51052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFriday May 4th
\nComcast Center – Philadelphia, PA
\n8:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Philadelphia -120, Chicago +105
\nSpread: \u00a0\u00a0Philadelphia -1.5
\nO\/U: \u00a0179.5<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Philadelphia 94 – Chicago 90<\/p>\nCLICK HERE FOR THE BEST\u00a0BASKETBALL HANDICAPPING PREDICTIONS ALL SEASON LONG \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"