Halftime Report
Solely two extra quarters stand between the Bulls and the win they have been favored to gather coming into this night. Sitting on a rating of 59-53, they’ve appeared like the higher staff, however there’s nonetheless two extra quarters to play.
The Bulls got here into the contest with some additional motivation after the defeat they have been dealt the final time these two groups confronted off. We’ll see in the event that they’re capable of flip the script or if it’s going to simply be extra of the identical.
Who’s Taking part in
New Orleans Pelicans @ Chicago Bulls
Present Information: New Orleans 8-32, Chicago 18-21
How To Watch
- When: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- The place: United Middle — Chicago, Illinois
- TV: Chicago Sport Community
- Observe: CBS Sports App
- On-line streaming: fuboTV (Attempt totally free. Regional restrictions might apply.)
- Ticket Price: $17.00
What to Know
The Bulls and the Pelicans are an excellent 5-5 towards each other since February of 2020, however not for lengthy. The Chicago Bulls will keep at residence for an additional recreation and welcome the New Orleans Pelicans at 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday at United Middle. The Bulls are the slight favourite, however followers needs to be in for an thrilling match more likely to go all the way down to the wire.
Final Sunday, the Bulls have been inside placing distance however could not shut the hole as they fell 124-119 to the Kings.
Zach LaVine put forth effort for the dropping facet as he shot 5-for-8 from lengthy vary and dropped a double-double on 36 factors and ten rebounds. His afternoon made it six video games in a row through which he has scored at the very least 30 factors.
In the meantime, the Pelicans have been only a bucket shy of victory on Sunday and fell 120-119 to the Celtics. New Orleans has struggled towards Boston lately, as the sport was their seventh consecutive misplaced matchup.
Regardless of the loss, the Pelicans had sturdy showings from Dejounte Murray, who shot 6-for-9 from past the arc and nearly dropped a double-double on 26 factors and 9 rebounds, and Trey Murphy III, who went 10 for 17 en path to 30 factors plus seven rebounds. The dominant efficiency additionally gave Murray a brand new career-high in threes (six).
The Pelicans struggled to get the ball again on offense and completed the sport with solely six offensive rebounds. They’re winless (0-4) when they cannot management their very own glass like that.
Chicago’s defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at residence and dropped them to 18-21. As for New Orleans, their loss dropped their document all the way down to 8-32.
The Bulls got here up brief towards the Pelicans of their earlier matchup again in October of 2024, falling 123-111. Will the Bulls have extra luck at residence as an alternative of on the highway?
Odds
Chicago is a slight 1.5-point favourite towards New Orleans, in line with the most recent NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Bulls as a 2.5-point favourite.
The over/underneath is 239.5 factors.
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Sequence Historical past
Chicago and New Orleans each have 5 wins of their final 10 video games.
- Oct 23, 2024 – New Orleans 123 vs. Chicago 111
- Feb 25, 2024 – Chicago 114 vs. New Orleans 106
- Dec 02, 2023 – Chicago 124 vs. New Orleans 118
- Nov 16, 2022 – New Orleans 124 vs. Chicago 110
- Nov 09, 2022 – New Orleans 115 vs. Chicago 111
- Mar 24, 2022 – New Orleans 126 vs. Chicago 109
- Oct 22, 2021 – Chicago 128 vs. New Orleans 112
- Mar 03, 2021 – Chicago 128 vs. New Orleans 124
- Feb 10, 2021 – Chicago 129 vs. New Orleans 116
- Feb 06, 2020 – New Orleans 125 vs. Chicago 119
