The 29-20 Chicago Bulls will travel on a back to back when they face the rested 28-22 Utah Jazz in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Utah is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA odds from this game has the home team Utah Jazz favored by -4 points with an over under line of 186 ½ points. There has been no movement in the spread or total since the odds came out a few hours ago.
The teams met once during the lockout season with the Bulls posting the 111-97 home win against the Jazz as a -10 point betting favorite. The game ended over 192 points.
Chicago has a road record of 14-9 on the year. They lose their second straight game following a 128-96 road defeat on Thursday night to the Denver Nuggets as a +6 point underdog. The game landed over 196 ½ points. The Bulls are outscored in the second half by a 65-38 margin. They hit on 41.8% from the floor along with 10 of 27 from three. Chicago allows Denver 58.1% shooting and to pull down 12 more rebounds. Carlos Boozer had 18 points and three rebounds on 9 of 15 shooting. It marked the second straight game that the Bulls allowed 111 or more points. Without Derrick Rose in the lineup the team has struggled for points as they average 93.7 points a game ranking 25th in the NBA in scoring offense.
Utah is 19-5 playing at home. They win their second straight and fourth in five games after a 100-86 home win on Wednesday to the Milwaukee Bucks as a -5 ½ point home favorite. The game came in at under 199 ½ points. The Jazz hit on 48.1% from the floor and 5 of 10 from three. They take advantage of a Bucks team playing the back end of a back to back playing at altitude at Denver the night before. They hold the Bucks to just 35.4% shooting. The Jazz survived 19 turnovers by pulling down 13 more rebounds. Al Jefferson had 19 points and 11 rebounds on 8 of 12 shooting. Utah is a top half team in the league in all four key offensive categories which are field goal, three point and shooting percentage along with points scored per game.
