NBA Best Bets: Bulls vs. Pelicans Picks for January 14
Published 11:39 pm Monday, January 13, 2025
The Chicago Bulls (18-21) are favored by 2.5 points against the New Orleans Pelicans (8-32) on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET. The matchup airs on CHSN and Gulf Coast Sports.
For the best bets you can place on Tuesday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Bulls vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: United Center in Chicago, Illinois
- TV: CHSN and Gulf Coast Sports
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Bulls vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Bulls (- 2.5)
- Against the spread, Chicago is 20-19-0 this season.
- New Orleans is 16-24-0 against the spread this season.
- As 2.5-point favorites or more, the Bulls are 5-3 against the spread.
- Against the spread as 2.5-point underdogs or greater, the Pelicans are 12-16.
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Pick OU:
Under (237.5)
- In 20 of 39 games this season, the Bulls and their opponents have combined to score more than 237.5 points.
- The Pelicans have combined with their opponent to score more than 237.5 points in 10 of 40 games this season.
- Chicago has an average total of 236.1 in its games this year, 1.4 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans has had an average of 223.7 points scored in its games so far this season, 13.8 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Bulls score the fourth-most points in the NBA this season, while the Pelicans’ offense racks up the 15th-most.
- This matchup features the NBA’s 28th-ranked (Pelicans) and 29th-ranked (Bulls) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Bulls (-145)
- The Bulls have won six of the nine games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Pelicans have been underdogs in 30 games this season and have come away with the win four times (13.3%) in those contests.
- This season, Chicago has won five of its eight games when favored by at least -145 on the moneyline.
- This year, New Orleans has won two of 27 games when listed as at least +120 or better on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 59.2% chance of a victory for the Bulls.
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