Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls – Motown Blues

Detroit travels to Chicago for what used to be one of the best rivalries in the NBA. Of course, that was when Isaiah Thomas played for Detroit and Air Jordan played for Chicago. Nowadays, neither the Bulls nor the Pistons are all that great. Detroit will be without Richard Hamilton in this game. He’s listed as doubtful. With both Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson on the bench, Detroit’s going to have to work very hard to improve on their 34 and 35 straight-up record. Against the spread, Detroit has been pretty bad going 30 and 39 overall. Their ATS record on the road is 19 and 14.

Chicago isn’t any better straight-up than Detroit at 33 and 38. They also don’t have as many injury excuses as Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose are both healthy. ATS overall the Bulls are losers at 34-36-1. Their against the spread record at home is 18 and 15.

Here is the BetOnline online sportsbook betting odds for this game.

Detroit Pistons +5 ½ -110 +195 O 191 -110

Chicago Bulls -5 ½ -110 -235 U 191 -110

Here are a few online wagering trends for this game.

The Detroit Pistons are 6 and 1 ATS in their last 7 games on the road.

The Over is 4 and 1 in the Detroit Pistons last 5 games on the road.

The Chicago Bulls are 7 and 1 ATS in their last 8 games at home.

The Over is 7 and 3 in the Chicago Bulls last 10 games following an against the spread loss.

The Bulls are favored by 5 ½ but are coming off of a victory and putting together back to back victories isn’t something that Chicago is known for.

Detroit is having a terrible time defending after giving up over 100 points in 3 out of their last 4 games.

How many points has Chicago been scoring recently? At least over 100 in their last 4 games.

Detroit has gone from a mainly defensive team to a team that’s just trying to get the ball into the basket. They will have to try and run with the Bulls who no doubt will be pushing the pace with Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon both looking for easy baskets in this game.

I see this game going over because neither team is all that great defensively and both teams have been scoring points.

I’ll bet this game to go over the BetOnline Total of 191 points.