Los Angeles Lakers vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 12/19/2021 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Sunday, December 19, 2021

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: Spectrum SportsNet

The Chicago Bulls (17-10) will try to beat the Los Angeles Lakers (16-14) at United Center on Sunday.

The Lakers faced off with the Timberwolves and went home with a loss by a final score of 110-92 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Lakers left the arena with 22 and the Timberwolves recorded 15 fouls. They also made 12 out of their 44 attempts from 3-point land. Minnesota finished the game at 66.7% from the charity stripe by knocking down 16 of their 24 shots. Moreover, Minnesota grabbed 46 boards (15 offensive, 31 defensive) and got 7 blocked shots. Minnesota doled out 61 dimes and had 23 steals in the matchup. In the matter of the defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to go 41.8% from the field on 41 of 98 shooting. They also doled out 26 assists for the matchup while creating 6 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When it comes to getting rebounds, they compiled a total of 36 with 1 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Lakers knocked down 20 of 29 attempts for a rate of 69.0%. Los Angeles finished having earned a 38.5% FG percentage (30 out of 78) and buried 12 of their 43 shots from beyond the perimeter.

LeBron James is a guy who played a role in the game. He scored 18 points on 5 out of 13 shooting. He played 36 minutes played and pulled down 10 boards. James walked away from this one shooting 38.5% from the field and dished out 5 assists.

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Los Angeles will enter this game with a mark of 16-14 on the year. They have an average of 110.5 points per contest (9th in basketball) while connecting on 46.3% from the floor. The Lakers are connecting on 35.4% on shots from 3-point land (360 of 1,016) and 73.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Los Angeles is snagging 46.0 boards per game and has racked up 735 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 11th in the league in terms of passing. They turn it over 16.0 times per game and as a team are committing 20.0 personal fouls every game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Lakers are forcing 15.6 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.6 personal fouls. They relinquish 33.5% from 3-point land while they are 25th in basketball in points per game from their opponents (111.2). The Lakers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 44.4% (1,226 of 2,760) and they relinquish 47.8 boards per contest as a group. They currently rank 27th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 758 relinquished so far this year.

For their last game, the Bulls walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 118-92 against the Heat. The Bulls collected 27 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 34 for this contest. They also turned the ball over 14 times, while earning 5 steals in this game. The Heat had 8 fouls for the contest which got the Bulls to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw tries for a rate of 65.0%. In relation to 3-point attempts, Chicago converted 17 out of their 40 attempts (42.5%). When the game finished, the Bulls ended up going 31 for 83 from the floor which had them at 37.3%. The Bulls permitted the Heat to knock down 46 of their 93 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.5% for this contest. They finished shooting 44.2% from downtown by connecting on 19 of 43 and ended up shooting 7 of 9 from the charity stripe (77.8%). In the matter of how they rebounded, Chicago allowed Miami to grab 38 in total (12 offensive).

Zach LaVine ended up being important for the Bulls in the game. He knocked down 11 of 20 for the matchup for a field goal percentage of 55.0%, and had 7 rebounds. LaVine earned 33 points in his 38 minutes on the hardwood and had 4 assists for the contest.

Chicago has a mark of 17-10 for the season. The Bulls are responsible for committing 18.4 personal fouls every game and they go 81.4% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 23.3 times per game (15th in the NBA) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.5 times per game. Chicago has scored 2,923 points on the year (108.3 per game) and they pull down 43.2 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offense, the Bulls are shooting 46.5% from the field, which is ranked 8th in basketball.

The Bulls are ranked 9th in the NBA in PPG given up with 105.7. They are forcing 15.0 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.8% from the field (14th in basketball). The Chicago defense allows 36.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter (316 of 874) and their opponents are knocking down 81.2% of their free throw shots. They have conceded 22.6 assists and 44.4 boards every game, which has them ranked 8th and 11th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago

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