Washington Wizards versus Chicago Bulls Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Lines Odds Preview 4-2-2013

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The 40-32 Chicago Bulls will travel to play the 27-46 Washington Wizards in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Washington is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team Washington Wizards favored by -1 ½ points with an over under line of 186 ½ points. There has been no line movement in this game since the odds were released a few hours ago.

The teams have met three times this season with each team winning on their home court. Washington covered the point spread in both games. Each game went under the total.

Chicago has a road record of 19-16 on the season. The Bulls win their fourth game in five tries after a 95-94 home victory on Sunday to the Detroit Pistons as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 186 ½ points. The Bulls survived a 39.5% shooting game and made 8 of 23 three pointers. They allowed Detroit 50% shooting and 7 of 16 from beyond the arc and win because the Bulls got to the free throw line 18 more times and forced 17 Pistons turnovers. Chicago pulled down eight less rebounds than Detroit. Luol Deng led the Bulls with 28 points and nine rebounds as he made 7 of his 18 shots. The Bulls put up great defensive numbers sitting in the top eight in the NBA in all three key areas. On offense the team struggled big time with Derrick Rose out as the Bulls rank 30th and last in the NBA in scoring offense with an average of 93 points a game. In the playoff picture the Bulls sit in the fifth seed in the Eastern conference just 1 ½ games behind the fourth seeded Brooklyn Nets with ten games remaining.

The Wizards are 20-17 playing at home on the current campaign. Washington breaks a two game losing streak after a 109-92 home victory on Sunday to the Toronto Raptors as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 194 ½ points. The Wizards go up 60-50 at the half in the victory. They shot 48.2% from the floor and connected on 9 of their 17 three pointers. Washington survived missing 10 of 28 free throws. The team gave up just 39.5% shooting to the Raptors and 7 of 19 from beyond the arc. Bradley Beal came off the bench for Washington with 24 points and four assists as he made 8 of his 14 shots and 6 of his 9 three point shot attempts. Washington has put up some outstanding defensive numbers this season ranking in the top eight in all three key categories. Offensively the Wizards rank 28th and third last in the NBA in scoring offense and field goal shooting. The team averages 93.2 points a game along with 43.4% from the floor.

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