Bulls vs. Lakers Point Spread: NBA Odds, Prediction
NBA Point Spread and Betting Analysis
Almost all the stats are awful to the Bulls. They’ve lost eight straight and they are 5-16 straight up on the road. Chicago is 3-7 against the spread (ATS) in their last 10 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game and 3-11-1 ATS in the last 15 against teams from the NBA Pacific Division. The Bulls are 1-4 ATS in their last five matches against the Western Conference.
The Lakers have been 14-9 straight up at home but have coated in only nine of those games. They are 4-10 ATS in non-conference games and 7-16 ATS when facing a team with a losing record. That is ugly.
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls have lost each of their past seven, giving up at least 117 points in four of those games. This group has a listless defence that cannot stop anybody. Although they allow 111.0 points per game on the season (17th), they’ve allowed an average of 126.7 within their past three. That comes with a beat down at the hands of this Golden State Warriors, who also scored 146 points against this team.
The Bulls have appeared utterly lost since trainer Jim Boylen took over the group from recently fired head coach Fred Hoiberg. The players do not like his style and have had run-ins with him. Oddly enough, though the front office just gave Boylen an extension and a rise. The team is merely 5-14 beneath Boylen.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are without LeBron James right now but they can not pin all of their problems on his absence. They were 17-10 at one stage this season and are just 6-13 since. He’s been out since Christmas Day but the Lakers fall started while he was still there. This group has dropped five of their past seven and seven of 10.
The Lakers offence has completely disappeared without James in the lineup since they’re averaging only 107.3 points per game over their last 15 contests (23rd at the NBA). That is a massive dip in the 121.0 that they dropped in October (third in the NBA).
The concern is that this can be a very disjointed roster and players are not developing. Kyle Kuzma is enjoying good but Lonzo Ball is contributing only 9.4 points per game while shooting 36.2% from the field this month. JaVale McGee averaged 15.5 points a game in October but is down to only 8.4 in January. And Brandon Ingram remains somewhat inconsistent as he’s scored 17 or more four times this month but scored 15 or less at the other 3 games. Add in that Josh Hart has just 17 points in total in the last 3 games and a lot of the fingers start pointing towards Walton that he can not develop the young players on this roster. The fantastic thing is that the Bulls are a larger mess and the Lakers should look after business in this spot.
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