Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 12/6/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday, December 6, 2024

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN Plus

The Indiana Pacers (9-14) are en route to United Center on Friday where they will play the Chicago Bulls (9-13).

The Pacers played the Nets and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 99-90 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Pacers ended up with 19 while the Nets accounted for 18 fouls. They converted 12 of their 36 attempts from distance. Brooklyn finished the contest at 73.9% when shooting free throws by knocking down 17 of 23 tries. Furthermore, Brooklyn grabbed 43 boards (7 offensive, 36 defensive) and added 10 blocks. Brooklyn dished out 24 dimes and had 12 steals for this contest. When it comes to defense, Indiana let their opponent shoot 43.2% from the floor on 35 out of 81 shooting. They also distributed 20 assists in the game in addition to forcing the other team into 17 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 39 with 5 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Pacers buried 18 of 22 tries for a percentage of 81.8%. Indiana walked away from the game having earned a 42.7% FG percentage (32 out of 75) and made 8 out of their 33 shots from beyond the arc.

Tyrese Haliburton is one guy who played a role for the game. Haliburton shot 38.5% from the field and earned 8 dimes. He saw the court for 37 minutes and totaled 3 rebounds. He had 17 points on 5 of 13 shooting.

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Indiana comes into this contest with a mark of 9-14 so far this year. They have an average of 113.4 pts per contest (14th in the NBA) while connecting on 48.2% from the field. The Pacers are hitting 36.6% on shots from 3-point land (280 of 765) and 78.4% from the free throw line. As a team, Indiana is collecting 39.9 boards per contest and is sitting with 621 assists for the year, which has them ranked 5th in the league in terms of passing. They are turning it over 15.1 times per game and as a unit are committing 20.6 fouls per contest.

When they are on the defensive end, the Pacers have forced 14.9 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.3 personal fouls. They are surrendering 36.2% from 3-point land and they are 26th in basketball in PPG allowed (118.2). The Pacers defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 48.5% (987 of 2,033) and they concede 43.6 boards per contest as a squad. They are currently ranked 24th in basketball in giving up assists with 606 surrendered so far this year.

In their last game, the Bulls took home the win by a final score of 128-102 when they played the Nets. The Bulls pulled down 43 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 54 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 17 times, while earning 8 steals in this contest. The Nets earned 19 fouls in the matchup which got the Bulls to the charity stripe for a total of 19 shots. They were able to bury 16 of the free throws for a percentage of 84.2%. In terms of 3-point attempts, Chicago made 16 of their 47 attempts (34.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Bulls walked away from this one shooting 48 out of 92 from the floor which had them shooting 52.2%. The Bulls permitted the Nets to make 38 of their 95 attempts from the floor which had them at 40.0% in the game. They went 33.3% from three-point range by going 14 of 42 and ended up shooting 12 out of 15 from the charity stripe (80.0%). Regarding rebounds, Chicago permitted Brooklyn to grab 41 overall (10 offensive).

Nikola Vucevic pitched in for the Bulls in the matchup. Vucevic tallied 21 points in his 28 mins of playing time and earned 3 assists in the matchup. He buried 8 of 11 in the game for a rate of 72.7%, and had 10 rebounds.

Chicago has a win-loss mark of 9-13 on the year. The Bulls are committing 18.3 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.1% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 28.9 times per contest (5th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 15.5 times per game. Chicago has 2,616 points on the campaign (118.9 per contest) and they collect 44.6 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Bulls are hitting on 47.7% from the field, which has them ranked 9th in basketball.

The Chicago defense surrenders 34.9% on shots from beyond the arc (304 of 870) and opponents are connecting on 76.3% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 29.7 dimes and 46.0 boards every game, which is 29th and 26th in the NBA. The Bulls defensively are ranked 30th in basketball in PPG allowed with 123.2. They have forced 12.2 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 48.4% from the field (26th in the NBA).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago and under the total points

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