The Chicago Bulls (19-24) drop by the AT&T Center Saturday to play the San Antonio Spurs (22-20) at 8:30 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Bulls-Spurs odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.
Chicago was a mover and shaker at the trade deadline sending now-former big Wendell Carter and SF Otto Porter Jr. to the Orlando Magic for All-Star big Nikola Vucevic.
The Bulls, as the 10-seed in the East, are in contention for the postseason play-in tournament but are just 3-6 overall and 4-5 ATS since the All-Star break.
San Antonio lost the first three of a nine-game homestand, and four straight, with the past two losses being to the Los Angeles Clippers entering Saturday.
All of the Spurs’ losses since the All-Star Game have been to winning teams, and the wins have been vs. below-.500 teams.
One of these San Antonio victories was over Chicago, 106-99, as 1.5-point road underdogs March 17.
Bulls at Spurs: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:50 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Bulls +110 (bet $100 to win $110) | Spurs -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Bulls +2 (-110) | Spurs -2 (-110)
- Over/Under: 219.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Bulls at Spurs: Key injuries
Bulls
- SG Zach LaVine (ankle) questionable
- C Daniel Theis (acquisition) out
Spurs
- C LaMarcus Aldridge (coach’s decision) out
- SG Lonnie Walker IV (wrist) out
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Bulls at Spurs: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Spurs 111, Bulls 104
Money line (ML)
There’s no questioning that the Bulls got better at the trade deadline, but it’s going to take time for these new teammates to gel, and San Antonio is quietly the 8-seed in the West.
Chicago has been money this season as a road dog—covering 11 of its 13 games in that spot with the 2nd-best ATS margin (plus-8.0 points)—but those numbers are on the opposite side of the spectrum when playing elite defenses.
CleaningTheGlass.com, which removes garbage time stats, grades the Spurs’ defense out 7th in points per 100 possessions.
Against CleaningTheGlass.com’s top-10 defenses, the Bulls are 1-11 overall with the 28th-ranked net points per 100 possessions and minus-5.8-point ATS margin.
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Against the spread (ATS)
PASS on the spread unless it somehow gets up to the Spurs getting 2.5 points.
Over/Under (O/U)
Slight LEAN on UNDER 218.5 (-110) for a quarter-unit only because the market has steamed this total down from the 222.5-point opener so we are getting to the party a little late.
However, San Antonio’s defense matches up very well against Chicago’s offense. The Spurs are 5-0 to the Under in their last five games as a favorite, and the Bulls have gone Under in seven of their previous eight games.
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