Bulls and Suns under 210.
I know the Bulls played last night and they should be tired from a tough game against the Lakers so this game will get slowed down. The Bulls know if they want to compete with these fast pace teams they need to slow the game down. They have actually done that this season. They have played 7 games this year against teams that are in the top 10 in scoring. They have seen 5 of those 7 games go under the total. Four of them were on the road they have actually seen 3 of those 4 go under the total. They know to win against these teams that score a lot of points and have a lot of possessions they need to slow it down.
Chicago comes into this game playing very good defense their past 7 games. They have only given up more then 100 points once in those 7 games. They are allowing only 93 points per game in those 7 games. This season they are only allowing 99 points per game on the road. They have only allowed more then 107 points this season 2 times out of 12 games. One of those games also had to go to OT for Boston to get over 107 points. I really look for Chicago to play solid defense again tonight.
The Suns come into this game averaging 107 points per game on the year. They were actually in a little bit of a funk for a few games were they scored no more then 105 in any of the four games they played before they broke out and dropped 123 on a horrible Houston team. Everyone knows that this Suns team scores points but how will they do against a very good defensive team like the Bulls. They just came off playing two very good defensive teams in the Magic and Heat and they only scored 96 and 89 points in those games.
Their are a few trends I like for this game. The over under is 0-5 in the last 5 homes games for the Suns against the Central division. The under is 6-0 in the Bulls last 6 games against the Western Conference. The Under is 4-0 in the Bulls last 4 games as a road underdog. Dating back to last season the the over under is 6-12-2 in the Bulls games where they are playing on the back end of a back to back.
I really believe that the Bulls slow this game down and make the Suns work for their points. They know that is going to be the only way they can win this game. They have stepped their defense up and we should see it again tonight. This team is very capable of shutting high powered offenses down and we know that the Suns struggle to score points against tough defenses. So I will play the under in this one tonight.
Good Luck Everyone!
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