Portland Trail Blazers vs Chicago Bulls 2/4/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
The Portland Trail Blazers are heading to United Center in Chicago, Illinois, to continue their road trip with a clash against the Chicago Bulls in another NBA action on Saturday, February 4.
Portland will be playing on the second of a back-to-back road match following a huge 124-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
The Trail Blazers are up to .500 win percentage at 26-26 overall after the win and placed 4th in the Northwest Division, 10 games behind Denver in the first place for the year.
Portland comes into this match-up after winning five of their last six contests with 3 successive wins including an 8-point victory over the Wizards.
The leading scorer for the Trail Blazers is SG Anfernee Simons who scored 33 points on 58% shooting and led five Portland players with double-figure scoring while adding six rebounds in his scorebook.
All-Star PG Damian Lillard pitched in 29 points with 8 points coming from the charity line and also distributed six assists for the Trail Blazers who converted 21 of 23 total free throws in the victory.
The totals went OVER in 4 of Portland’s last 6 contests while the Trail Blazers are 4-2 against the spread and 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games played.
Portland is 8-3 ATS and 9-2 SU in its last 11 matches played versus Chicago while the totals went UNDER in 8 of the Trail Blazers’ last 9 road outings.
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Portland Trail Blazers vs Chicago Bulls Predictions 2/4/2023
The Chicago Bulls will continue their homecourt defense looking for their second straight win when hosting the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.
Chicago at 24-27 overall with 10.5 games behind Central Division leader the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Charlotte Hornets after the Bulls outscored the Hornets by 11 points in the third quarter of action on the way to their 114-98 victory.
The Chicago Bulls converted 51.9% from the field and 39.3% from beyond the arc with 14 turnovers but were out-rebounded by Charlotte 40-45 in the winning effort.
Chicago Shooting Guard Ayo Dosunmu scored a team-leading 22 points after converting 9 of its 10 field goal attempts while PG Coby White pitched in a second team-high 20 points off the bench on 53.8% shooting from the floor and 60.0% from the three-point range.
Center Nikola Vucevic grabbed 12 defensive rebounds in leading the Bulls’ defense and All-Star G/F DeMar DeRozan contributed 15 points with seven assists for Chicago in the victory.
The totals went UNDER in 6 of the Bulls’ last 7 games and also went UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 contests played versus Portland.
The Chicago Bulls are 5-2 against the spread in their last 7 home matches played and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 outings when playing at home against the Trail Blazers.
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Chicago Bulls. The NBA Pick for this contest is Chicago -5. The Trail Blazers ranked 24th in the nation on defense and will be playing shorthanded without their big man Center Jusuf Nurkic due to injury.
The Bulls will also be missing Forward Patrick Williams (ankle) and Guard Alex Caruso (foot) but Chicago will be playing at home on Saturday. Both teams are averaging 114.3 PPG on the season.
Look for the Bulls to dominate this game with homecourt advantage and home crowd support on their side. The prediction: Chicago Bulls will win 123-118.
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Portland Trail Blazers vs Chicago Bulls 2/4/2023 Picks Predictions Previews
NBA Starting Time: 8:00 PM ET
Location: United Center in Chicago, IL
Date: Friday, February 4, 2023
TV: RTNW
NBA Odds/Point Spread: Chicago Bulls -5
NBA Totals: 232.5