Brooklyn Nets vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 3/13/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN Plus

The Chicago Bulls (27-38) will go up against the Brooklyn Nets (22-42) at United Center on Thursday.

The Nets faced the Cavaliers and went home with a loss by a final score of 109-104 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Nets left the arena with 21 while the Cavaliers finished the game with 10 personal fouls. They also knocked down 10 out of their 42 tries from distance. Cleveland finished the game shooting 84.0% from the free throw line by converting 21 of their 25 tries. Moreover, Cleveland snagged 48 boards (12 offensive, 36 defensive) and had 3 rejections. Cleveland recorded 23 assists and had 7 steals in this game. In relation to defending, Brooklyn allowed the other team to go 43.8% from the field on 39 of 89 shooting. They also recorded 31 assists in this matchup as well as forcing 15 turnovers and earning 9 steals. In terms of grabbing boards, they earned 38 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Nets made 10 of 14 shots for a rate of 71.4%. Brooklyn ended with a 46.4% field goal percentage (39 out of 84) and knocked down 16 of 44 3-point shots.

Cam Thomas is a player who played a role in the matchup. He recorded 27 points on 10 out of 22 shooting. He was on the court for 32 minutes and totaled 1 rebound. Thomas finished shooting 45.5% from the floor and also totaled 3 assists.

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Brooklyn enters this one with a win-loss record of 22-42 so far this season. They turn it over 15.3 times per contest and as a team they commit 20.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Brooklyn is collecting 41.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 1,581 dimes for the year, which is 24th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Nets are connecting on 34.4% on shots from downtown (852 of 2,478) and 79.5% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 105.2 points per outing (29th in the league) while hitting 43.8% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Nets are able to force 15.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.2 fouls. They currently rank 17th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,722 surrendered for the campaign. The Nets are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 47.9% (2,575 of 5,371) and they surrender 43.0 boards per contest as a basketball team. They give up 37.0% on 3-point shots and they rank 11th in the league in PPG allowed (111.6).

When they last played, the Bulls went home victorious with a score of 121-103 when they played the Pacers. The Bulls pulled down 46 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards for a total of 56 for the matchup. They coughed up the ball 18 times, while recording 4 steals for the matchup. The Pacers were called for 13 personal fouls in the game which took the Bulls to the charity stripe for 14 attempts. They were able to convert 11 of those for a rate of 78.6%. In regard to shots from downtown, Chicago made 12 out of their 33 tries (36.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Bulls went 49 out of 98 from the field which had them at 50.0%. The Bulls allowed the Pacers to bury 40 out of 101 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.6% in this matchup. They went 25.0% from 3-point land by hitting 10 out of 40 and ended up shooting 13 of 19 from the charity stripe (68.4%). When discussing rebounds, Chicago permitted Indiana to pull down 39 in total (8 offensive).

Josh Giddey was important for the Bulls in the matchup. He converted 11 out of 18 for the game for a field goal rate of 61.1%, and tallied 10 rebounds. Giddey earned 29 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and had 4 dimes in this contest.

Chicago has a win-loss mark of 27-38 on the season. The Bulls commit 17.9 personal fouls per contest while shooting 80.5% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 28.8 times per game (7th in the league) and they turn the ball over 14.9 times per game. Chicago has accounted for 7,581 pts for the year (116.6 per contest) and they collect 45.6 boards per game. As an offense, the Bulls are shooting 46.4% from the field, which is ranked 16th in the league.

The Chicago defense allows 34.3% on 3-pointers (884 of 2,575) and opponents are connecting on 79.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 29.0 assists and 46.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 28th and 28th in the league. The Bulls are ranked 29th in the league in points given up per game with 120.3. They are forcing their opponents into 12.5 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 47.0% from the field (20th in basketball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Brooklyn

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