Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 3/27/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago Bulls (34-38) are welcoming the Indiana Pacers (41-32) at United Center on Wednesday.

The Pacers took the court against the Clippers and notched a win by a score of 133-116 in their last game. Indiana ended the game with a 58.1% FG percentage (50 out of 86) and made 17 of their 28 three-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Pacers made 16 of their 22 shots for a percentage of 72.7%. With regard to rebounding, they earned 34 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 28 dimes for this contest while forcing 8 turnovers and getting 7 steals. With regard to defending, Indiana allowed the other team to shoot 54.1% from the field on 46 out of 85 shooting. Los Angeles recorded 26 assists and had 4 steals in this contest. On top of that, Los Angeles had 36 rebounds (11 offensive, 25 defensive) and had 3 rejections. Los Angeles finished shooting 81.8% from the charity stripe by making 18 of 22 shots. They made 6 out of their 20 shots from 3-point range. When discussing personal fouls, the Pacers ended up finishing with 21 while the Clippers recorded 19 personal fouls.

Pascal Siakam is one player who played a role for this game. He walked away with 31 points on 12 of 20 shooting. He saw the court for 31 minutes and also collected 4 rebounds. Siakam finished the game at 60.0% from the floor and recorded 2 assists.

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Indiana will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 41-32 this year. They are giving up possession 13.0 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 21.5 personal fouls every game. As a team, Indiana is snagging 41.4 boards per game and is sitting with 2,240 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 1st in the league in terms of passing. The Pacers are hitting 37.7% on 3-pointers (968 of 2,569) and 77.6% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 123.3 points per game (1st in the NBA) while hitting 50.7% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Pacers have forced 14.0 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.5 fouls. They rank 6th in the league in allowing assists with 1,807 surrendered for the season. The Pacers defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 49.9% (3,269 of 6,555) and they concede 43.4 boards per game as a basketball team. They relinquish 37.0% on 3-point attempts while they are 29th in basketball in PPG allowed (120.9).

The last time they took the court, the Bulls went home defeated by a final of 107-105 when they played the Wizards. The Bulls collected 37 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive boards for a total of 46 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 11 times, while getting 9 steals in the matchup. The Wizards had 21 fouls for the matchup which got the Bulls to the free throw line for a total of 28 tries. They were able to knock down 23 of the free throws for a percentage of 82.1%. When talking about shots from 3-point land, Chicago made 10 of 35 tries (28.6%). When all was said and done, the Bulls went 36 out of 87 from the floor which had them shooting 41.4%. The Bulls permitted the Wizards to make 39 of their 97 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 40.2% in this contest. They finished 28.6% from 3-point land by shooting 14 of 49 and walked away from this one shooting 15 out of 18 at the charity stripe (83.3%). When talking about how they cleaned up the glass, Chicago allowed Washington to get 52 in total (14 on the offensive glass).

DeMar DeRozan ended up being important for the Bulls in this game. He knocked down 9 out of 22 for the contest giving him a rate of 40.9%, and earned 2 rebounds. DeRozan earned 27 points in his 38 minutes on the court and had 6 assists in this game.

Chicago has a record of 34-38 so far this year. The Bulls are committing 18.8 fouls every game and they go 79.5% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 25.0 times per contest (23rd in basketball) and they turn it over 12.2 times per contest. Chicago has scored 8,065 pts for the year (112.0 per game) and they average 43.4 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Bulls are connecting on 46.7% from the field, which ranks 20th in the NBA.

The Chicago defense allows 36.5% on shots from distance (1,046 of 2,863) and their opponents are making 78.1% of their free throw attempts. They allow 28.0 dimes and 43.8 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 23rd and 16th in basketball. The Bulls on defense are ranked 15th in the league in points per game surrendered with 113.8. They are able to force 14.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 47.1% from the floor (14th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Indiana

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