The Chicago Bulls (20-10) visit the Big Peach Monday for a 7:30 p.m. ET game against the Atlanta Hawks (15-17) at State Farm Arena. Below, we look at the Bulls vs. Hawks odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.
Chicago is a winner of three games in a row with the latest being a 113-105 victory over the Indiana Pacers as a 4.5-point home favorite Sunday.
The Bulls are 3-0 straight-up (SU), 2-1 ATS and 2-1 O/U over the past two weeks with the second-best net rating (plus-10.4 points per 100 possessions), according to CleaningTheGlass.com (CTG). Several Chicago games have been postponed recently due to complications surrounding COVID.
Atlanta got blown out 101-87 by the Knicks in New York on Christmas to lose for the third time in its last four games.
The Hawks are 2-4 SU, 2-4 ATS and 1-4 O/U in the last 14 days with the 25th-ranked non-garbage time net rating (minus-7.3 points per 100 possessions), per CTG.
Bulls at Hawks odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Bulls -230 (bet $230 to win $100) | Hawks +180 (bet $100 to win $180)
- Against the spread (ATS): Bulls -5.5 (-112) | Hawks +5.5 (-108)
- Over/Under (O/U): 207.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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Bulls at Hawks key injuries
Bulls (not officially submitted)
- PG Lonzo Ball (health and safety protocols) out
- C Tony Bradley (health and safety protocols) out
- SG Alex Caruso (foot) out
- SF Derrick Jones Jr. (hamstring) questionable
Hawks
- PG Trae Young (health and safety protocols) out
- PF John Collins (health and safety protocols) out
- SG Kevin Huerter (health and safety protocols) out
- SF Danilo Gallinari (health and safety protocols) out
- SF De’Andre Hunter (health and safety protocols) out
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Bulls at Hawks odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Bulls 109, Hawks 94
Money line
PASS since Chicago should win this game going away but the -230 tag is a little too far out of my price range for a money line favorite in this spot.
Chicago is 6-2 SU as a road favorite and 3-2 SU on the second of a back-to-back. While Atlanta is 0-1 SU as a home underdog and 2-6 SU when playing with a rest advantage.
Against the spread
BET 1 unit on the BULLS -5.5 (-112) because the Hawks are without three starters including Trae and Collins whereas Chicago has its two leading scorers active for this game.
Trae grades in the 92nd percentile of point guards in on/off net rating (plus-11.8 points per 100 possessions) and Collins in the 95th percentile of forwards (plus-14.4 points per 100 possessions), per CTG.
Bulls’ leading scorer F DeMar DeRozan balled out in his two games against Atlanta last season and there’s no reason that shouldn’t continue Monday. DeRozan put up 29.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game with a plus-13 net rating in his two games against Atlanta last season.
Over/Under
“LEAN” to the UNDER 207.5 (-107) because there’s reverse line movement towards the Under. Roughly 90% of the action at the time of publishing is on the Over according to Pregame.com, but the total has been lowered from the 208.5-point opener.
Both teams also play at a below-average pace and the two Bulls that get Chicago out into transition (Caruso and Ball) will be sidelined as per the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Plus the Under is 3-0 for the Hawks since Trae has been sidelined with COVID.
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