[8:00 PM] Pacers @ Bulls

Who will WIN this matchup?

Indiana Pacers (1-1)

@ Chicago Bulls (1-0)

 

Current odds:

Indiana Pacers: (+140)

Chicago Bulls: (-160)

 

• ESPN simulations have Indiana as XX% favorites to win the game.

• XX% of sports bets are currently on Chicago to win as (TBD) underdogs.

• The line for this game is bulls by 3.5 points.

• The new-look Chicago Bulls showed plenty of fight in a season-opening victory and will try to carry that same spunk into a matchup with the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Behind 22 points from Dwyane Wade in his first game with the club, the Bulls got past Boston 105-99 on Thursday, surviving a chippy affair with a team-first effort that wasn’t always evident last season.

• Jeff Teague has handed out 15 assists through his first two games in an Indiana uniform, but the former Atlanta Hawks star is just 7-of-28 from the floor and has missed all seven of his 3-point tries. The Pacers were further hampered in the backcourt when Rodney Stuckey departed Friday’s loss with a right hamstring strain, joining Aaron Brooks (knee) on the sidelines. Brooks was a member of the Bulls when he scored 29 points to help them get past Indiana in overtime in the last meeting at the United Center on Dec. 30.

• Point guard Rajon Rondo had just four points on 1-of-9 shooting in his Chicago debut, but he handed out nine assists and stepped right in when Butler got into it with Celtics forward Jae Crowder in the first half.

• Chicago won last season’s series 3-1, but three of the games were decided by fewer than three points.

• Wade recorded 22 points and eight assists in 27 minutes of a preseason matchup with Indiana on Oct. 8.

• Pacers C Myles Turner is averaging 21.5 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks through the first two games.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Chicago Bulls

Confidence: 5/10

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