Oklahoma City Thunder (17-38) vs. Chicago Bulls (35-21)
February 12, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Chicago Bulls -13; Over/Under: -220.5
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The Oklahoma City Thunder invade the United Center to do battle with the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been in terrible shape as they’ve lost 11 of their past 14 games overall and they will be hoping to snap a four-game slide after getting routed by the 76ers in a 100-87 road loss last night. Derrick Favors led the team with 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, Luguentz Dort and Aleksej Pokusevski each scored 15 points while Darius Bazley chipped in with 14 points and 15 rebounds. As a team, the Thunder shot just 38 percent from the field and a miserly six of 35 from the 3-point line as they got off to a sluggish start, scoring just 17 points in the second quarter and just 20 points in the third quarter to fall behind by as many as 21 points in this one. Tre Mann scored just two points on one of eight shooting, while Ty Jerome finished scoreless on zero of seven shooting off the bench.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Bulls have been in great shape as they’ve won seven of their past 11 games overall and they will be aiming for a third straight win after routing the Timberwolves in a 134-122 home win on Friday. DeMar DeRozan led the team with 35 points, six rebounds and six assists, Nikola Vucevic added 26 points with eight rebounds and seven assists, Javonte Green added 23 points on 10 of 13 shooting while Coby White chipped in with 22 points off the bench. As a team, the Bulls shot a sizzling 63 percent from the field and 14 of 31 from the 3-point line as they went back and forth with the Timberwolves in a close contest, until they went on a 26-15 run in the fourth quarter to pull away and win comfortably in the end.
Looking at the betting trends, the Thunder are 17-7 ATS in their last 24 road games, 9-3-3 ATS in their last 15 games against a team with a winning record and 17-8-3 ATS in their last 28 games overall. The Bulls are 5-1 ATS in their last six home games, 34-16-1 ATS in their last 51 games against a team with a losing record and 3-0-1 ATS in their last four games playing on zero days’ rest.
Head to head, the over is 6-1 in the last seven meetings overall, the Thunder are 1-3-1 ATS in the last five meetings overall and the Thunder are 2-5 ATS in the last seven meetings in Chicago.
The Thunder haven’t been able to get anything going lately as they’ve lost 11 of their last 14 and they will again be without their best player in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, so they will be relying on players like Dort and Pokusevski for the bulk of their offense which hasn’t often worked this season. The Bulls are starting to pick up steam and they just poured on 134 points against an in-form Timberwolves team. The Thunder are playing this one on zero days’ rest, and they are only 2-5 ATS in the last seven meetings in Chicago, so I’m taking the Bulls in this spot.
