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Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Bulls as -1-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game's total opened at 219.
Cleveland lost its last outing, a 117-104 result against the Raptors on March 24. The Cavaliers failed to cover in that game as a +5.5-point underdog, while the 221 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Chicago was a 126-109 loser in its last match on the road against the Pelicans. They failed to cover the +3-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 235 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Chicago:
Team record: 42-31 SU,38-34-1 ATS
Chicago is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games
Chicago is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 10 games
Cleveland:
Team record: 41-32 SU,40-30-3 ATS
Cleveland is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Next up:
Chicago at New York Monday, March 28
Cleveland home to Orlando Monday, March 28