Brooklyn Nets vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 1/12/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: ESPN

The Brooklyn Nets (25-13) are headed to United Center on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Chicago Bulls (26-11).

The Nets stepped onto the hardwood against the Spurs and went home with a win by a final score of 121-119 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Nets ended up with 18 and the Spurs accumulated 15 fouls. They converted 13 of their 32 tries from distance. San Antonio finished 77.8% at the charity stripe by knocking down 14 of their 18 attempts. On top of that, San Antonio had 32 rebounds (12 offensive, 20 defensive) and had 8 blocked shots. San Antonio totaled 44 dimes and had 33 steals in this matchup. When discussing the defense, Brooklyn allowed 43.0% from the floor on 46 out of 107 shooting. They also dished out 26 assists for this contest while forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 8 steals. With regard to rebounding, they compiled 55 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Nets made 19 of their 22 tries for a rate of 86.4%. Brooklyn finished with a 48.0% FG percentage (47 out of 98) and buried 8 out of their 28 3-point attempts.

Kevin Durant is one guy who played a role for the matchup. Durant walked away from this one shooting 52.4% from the floor and recorded 6 assists. He was on the court for 43 mins and grabbed 4 boards. He ended up with 28 points on 11 of 21 shooting.

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Brooklyn enters this game with a mark of 25-13 so far this year. They turn it over 14.3 times per game and as a team are committing 19.7 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Brooklyn is grabbing 45.7 boards per contest and has 974 assists on the year, which ranks 12th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Nets are shooting 34.6% on shots from beyond the arc (420 of 1,215) and 82.0% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 111.0 pts per game (7th in basketball) while going 46.9% from the field.

On defense, the Nets are forcing their opponents into 13.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They are ranked 3rd in basketball in allowing assists with 860 surrendered for the season. The Nets defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 43.2% (1,515 of 3,503) and they relinquish 45.3 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are relinquishing 31.9% from 3-point land and they are 18th in basketball in PPG allowed (108.4).

The last time they took the court, the Bulls took a loss by a score of 113-99 when they faced the Mavericks. The Bulls corralled 31 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 39 for the game. They also gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while recording 8 steals for the contest. The Mavericks earned 9 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Bulls to the free throw line for a total of 13 attempts. They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 76.9%. With regard to shots from 3-point land, Chicago made 11 of 33 attempts (33.3%). When all was said and done, the Bulls finished the game shooting 39 for 90 from the floor which had them at 43.3%. The Bulls allowed the Mavericks to make 44 of their 88 tries from the floor which had them shooting 50.0% for the game. They shot 44.4% from beyond the arc by shooting 16 of 36 and ended up going 9 out of 9 at the free throw line (100.0%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Chicago permitted Dallas to pull down 41 in all (7 offensive).

DeMar DeRozan ended up being a major contributor for the Bulls in the game. He knocked down 9 of 16 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 56.3%, and had 4 rebounds. DeRozan scored 20 points in his 33 mins of playing time and had 8 dimes in this contest.

Chicago has a mark of 26-11 for the season. The Bulls have committed 18.6 fouls per game and they shoot 81.5% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 23.7 times per game (16th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 13.1 times per contest. Chicago has tallied 4,104 points so far this season (110.9 per contest) and they collect 42.8 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Bulls are shooting 47.3% from the floor, which ranks 2nd in the NBA.

The Chicago defense gives up 35.8% from downtown (421 of 1,176) and their opposition knocks down 80.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 23.3 dimes and 44.2 rebounds every game, ranking them 10th and 13th in the NBA. The Bulls defensively are ranked 14th in basketball in points given up per game with 107.6. They are forcing 14.5 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.7% from the floor (19th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Brooklyn

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