{"id":7250,"date":"2009-01-15T17:39:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T22:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2009-01-15T17:39:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T22:39:54","slug":"cavs-bulls-free-pick-150109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/cavs-bulls-free-pick-150109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Cavaliers vs. Bulls (Jan. 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cavs and Bulls &#8211; Pick and Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers (30-6 SU, 26-10 ATS, 17-19 O\/U) have won three consecutive games, covering the spread for my beloved BetUS NBA sports betting enthusiasts each time out.\u00a0The young Chicago Bulls (17-22 SU, 17-22 ATS, 21-17-1 O\/U) snapped their two-game losing streak the last time they took the floor, beating the struggling Toronto Raptors 102-98 on Wednesday. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, the Central Division rivals will renew hostilities in the BetUS Sportsbook when they meet at the United Center in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers beat the snot out of the Memphis Grizzlies 102-87 on Tuesday as superstar LeBron James recorded a triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists while shooting guard Delonte West added 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to put so much attention on LeBron,&#8221; Chicago coach Vinny Del Negro said. &#8220;There&#8217;s probably nothing he hasn&#8217;t seen. When you double team him, he&#8217;s such a good passer, he gets everyone else involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"NBA Betting\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bulls held off a late surge by the Raptors to win on Wednesday and cover the spread as a 4.5-point road underdog as rookie point guard Derrick Rose scored a team-high 25 points while forwards Luol Deng and Thabo Sefalosha each added 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was feeling it,&#8221; Deng said about Rose. &#8220;Just give him the ball and get out of the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland is 21-3 SU in its last 24 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Chicago<br \/>\nCleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 12 of Chicago&#8217;s last 17 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago&#8217;s last 9 games at home<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Cavaliers -8\u00bd -110<br \/>\nChicago Bulls +8\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 194\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 194\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: Have no fear Underdog is here. No. I\u2019m just kidding beloved NBA sports betting fanatics! Let me \u2018keep it real\u2019 by saying I fully expect the Cavs and James to win this game by double digits and cover the spread against a Bulls team that has a slew of talented players, but no true superstar or team leader.<\/p>\n<p>I also like the Under in a big way as I expect the Cavaliers to stifle the Bulls while keeping the style of play at their pace.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Free Picks: Cavaliers -8\u00bd Points\/Under 194\u00bd Total Points<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls&#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":[1979,3938,3939,1975,5733,8727,8564,8728,4933,5543,8729,4045,744,4044,3942,747,3925],"class_list":["post-7250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-bulls-betting-trends","tag-cavaliers-vs-bulls","tag-cavs-betting-trends","tag-cavs-vs-bulls","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-chicago-bulls","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250","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=7250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7252,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions\/7252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}