The 34-26 Chicago Bulls will travel to play the 47-14 San Antonio Spurs in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from San Antonio is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home team San Antonio Spurs favored by -7 points with an over under line of 190 ½ points. Early money has come on the Bulls as when the odds came out a few hours ago it was San Antonio favored by -7 ½ points.
The teams met back on February 11th with the Spurs posting the 103-89 road win as a +3 ½ point underdog. The game landed over 188 points.
Chicago has a road record of 17-12. Their two game win streak was snapped on Sunday in a 97-92 road defeat at the Indiana Pacers as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game landed over 178 ½ points. The Bulls shot 43.2% from the floor along with 8 of 19 from three. They give up 46.5% shooting to the Pacers and led Indiana grab 8 more rebounds. Marco Belinelli had 20 points and five assists on 8 of 17 shooting. Without Derrick Rose in the lineup the Bulls struggle against the upper echelon teams because of poor shooting. The team is 28th in the NBA in points scored by averaging 92.7 points a game. Defense alone cannot get it done against the quality teams in the league.
San Antonio is 24-3 on their home court. They win their second straight following a 114-75 home win against the Detroit Pistons as a -13 point betting favorite. The game finished under 199 ½ points. The Spurs powered up to the 60-40 lead at the half in the win. They shoot 50.6% from the floor and made 9 of 20 three pointers. San Antonio allows 32.6% shooting to the Pistons and forced 19 Detroit turnovers. Manu Ginobili had 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting off the bench. The Spurs are without Tony Parker who has an ankle injury that will keep him out of the lineup for one month. The Spurs play a lot of guys and are in the top four of the NBA in all four key categories this season which are points per game, field goal, three points and free throw shooting.