The 21-15 Atlanta Hawks will travel to face the 20-15 Chicago Bulls in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Chicago is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.
The current NBA odds in this game has the home team Chicago Bulls favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 185 ½ points. When the odds came out a few hours ago it was Chicago favored by -4 points with the over under line of 185 ½ points. There has been no movement on the total and a ½ point move on the underdog Hawks.
The teams met back on December 22nd and it was Atlanta with the 92-74 home win as a -4 point favorite. The game ended under 184 ½ points.
The Hawks have a record on the road of 9-9 on the year. The team has dropped five of their past six games. They come off the 93-83 road defeat on Saturday to the Washington Wizards as a -3 point betting favorite. The game landed under 189 ½ points. The Hawks shot just 38.5% from the floor in defeat and missed 9 of 25 free throws. The offense has struggled for the Hawks during this skid. They have been held to 84 points or less in four of their past six games.
The Bulls are 10-10 on their home court. They have lost three of their past four home games. The defeats came to Charlotte, Milwaukee and on Saturday in a 97-81 defeat to the Phoenix Suns as a -8 ½ point favorite. It was the tough spot for the Bulls playing on back to back nights after a 108-101 win the night before against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Derrick Rose is not in the lineup and the team needs his offense back in the lineup. Rose is set to return sometime after the All Star Break. The Bulls are 26th in the league in scoring offense averaging 93 points a game. In the loss to Phoenix the Chicago Bulls made just 36% from the field and 2 of 11 from three.
