A pair of Eastern Conference teams will mix it up on Monday in the National Basketball Association. The Chicago Bulls will take on the Charlotte Hornets. The Bulls are 16-21 on the season, and 10th in the Eastern Conference. Chicago is coming off a win over the Hornets on Friday night
For Charlotte, they are 8-25 on the season. After snapping their long losing streak, they fell to the Bulls by 13 in Chicago on Friday. The Hornets are 13th in the Eastern Conference, and have dropped 9 out of their last 10 games.
The Chicago Bulls are -5.5 in this game on the road. The total for this game is listed at 217.5.
White Led Bulls
In the win on Friday, Coby White led the Bulls with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the game. White was one of five Bulls to score double digits, with DeMar DeRozan adding 17 points, and Zach LaVine coming back to action with 15.
The Bulls have been one of the worst offensive teams in all of the National Basketball Association this season. Chicago is scoring 109.1 points per game. They are also 28th in field goal percentage, making just 45.4% of their shots. The Bulls had dropped their first two games of January; at Philadelphia and New York.
Chicago will play this road game, and then go back home to host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday and Golden State Warriors on Friday. Following that, the Bulls are on the road for three straight at the Spurs, Cavaliers and Raptors.
Struggling Hornets
The Hornets saw four guys score double digits in the game on Friday. Miles Bridges was the leader with 28 points, as he made 12 of 18 shots in the game. Cody Martin and Terry Rozier, along with Nick Smith were the others to add double digits per game. On the season, Rozier leads the team with 23.7 per game, while Bridges is at 20.4 per game.
Charlotte had a horrific December. They won a three point home game over Toronto on December 8th, and that was their final win of the month. The Hornets went back to back games to end the month allowing 133 points in each game.
Charlotte is playing their first of back to back home games. After this, the Sacramento Kings will come to town on Wednesday. After that, Charlotte will head out on the road at San Antonio, Miami and New Orleans, before back home on January 19th.
Bulls Top Hornets
Just like the first game – the Chicago Bulls are going to win this game. The Bulls are going to get the lead early, keep the lead, and win the game. The betting spread for this game is the Chicago Bulls -5.5. We like that, and more. Chicago covers and wins the game by 10 points on the road on Monday. Bet the Chicago Bulls -5.5 over the Charlotte Hornets.
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