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(NBA) Indiana vs. Chicago,
10/29/2016 4:00 PM, Score: 101 - 118
Total: 209.00 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 209.00 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
The set-up: The new-look Chicago Bulls got past Boston 105-99 on Thursday, as Dwayne Wade scored 22 points in his first game with the club. Rondo made just 1 of 9 FG attempts (4-6-9) but Butler led the team with 24 points. PF Taj Gibson, who won a starting position before the season, recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds. He told reporters, "We have a lot of guys that have tasted success, and we got a lot of young guys that want to taste that success. Point blank, period." The Pacers have split a pair of games to open the new season, with free agent PG Jeff Teague handing out 15 assists through his first two games but making just 7-of-28 from the floor (0 of 7 on three-pointers).
Indiana: The Pacers have some backcourt woes entering this game, as Rodney Stuckey departed Friday's 103-94 loss at Brooklyn with a right hamstring strain, joining Aaron Brooks (knee) on the sidelines. Stuckey is doubtful tonight, while Brooks remain questionable (he has yet to play this season). Indiana opened the season by scoring 130 points in an OT win over the Mavericks (shot 50.5% for the game, including 10 of 19 on three-pointers) but then fizzled down the stretch in the loss to Brooklyn on Friday night. The Pacers shot just 37.8 percent from the floor for the game and managed only 15 fourth-quarter points on 6-of-21 shooting.
Chicago: The Bulls were the Eastern Conference's top three-point shooting team from a season ago (37.1 percent) and picked up where it left off from beyond the arc in their opener, making 11 of 25 (44%). However, PG Rajon Rondo had just four points on 1-of-9 shooting in his Chicago debut. The Bulls really are a new-look team this season. They not only added veteran guards Wade and Rondo along with center Robin Lopez in the offseason but more recently, added guards Michael Carter-Williams and R.J. Hunter. Head coach Fred Hoiberg knows it will require his team to be patient as it attempts to put the pieces in the right places.
Chicago won last season's series 3-1 but three of the games were decided by two points or less (one in OT). The average regulation time final scores averaged 190.8 PPG, some 20 points lower than the opening total of 210 in this contest. Even the OT game (102-100), would have stayed under this number. The Under is a 10* play.
Indiana: The Pacers have some backcourt woes entering this game, as Rodney Stuckey departed Friday's 103-94 loss at Brooklyn with a right hamstring strain, joining Aaron Brooks (knee) on the sidelines. Stuckey is doubtful tonight, while Brooks remain questionable (he has yet to play this season). Indiana opened the season by scoring 130 points in an OT win over the Mavericks (shot 50.5% for the game, including 10 of 19 on three-pointers) but then fizzled down the stretch in the loss to Brooklyn on Friday night. The Pacers shot just 37.8 percent from the floor for the game and managed only 15 fourth-quarter points on 6-of-21 shooting.
Chicago: The Bulls were the Eastern Conference's top three-point shooting team from a season ago (37.1 percent) and picked up where it left off from beyond the arc in their opener, making 11 of 25 (44%). However, PG Rajon Rondo had just four points on 1-of-9 shooting in his Chicago debut. The Bulls really are a new-look team this season. They not only added veteran guards Wade and Rondo along with center Robin Lopez in the offseason but more recently, added guards Michael Carter-Williams and R.J. Hunter. Head coach Fred Hoiberg knows it will require his team to be patient as it attempts to put the pieces in the right places.
Chicago won last season's series 3-1 but three of the games were decided by two points or less (one in OT). The average regulation time final scores averaged 190.8 PPG, some 20 points lower than the opening total of 210 in this contest. Even the OT game (102-100), would have stayed under this number. The Under is a 10* play.
