Los Angeles Lakers vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 3/27/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN Plus

United Center is the location where the Chicago Bulls (32-40) will compete against the Los Angeles Lakers (43-28) on Thursday.

The Lakers played the Magic and took a loss by a final of 118-106 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Lakers walked away with 20 and the Magic recorded 18 fouls. They also buried 15 of 40 tries from three-point range. Orlando finished shooting 82.6% when shooting free throws by knocking down 19 of 23 tries. Furthermore, Orlando collected 43 boards (12 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 1 block. Orlando distributed 25 assists and had 6 steals in this game. In the matter of defending, Los Angeles allowed 49.4% from the field on 42 of 85 shooting. They also recorded 19 assists for this game in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and earning 7 steals. When talking about hauling in boards, they collected 39 with 11 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Lakers converted 22 of their 28 tries for a percentage of 78.6%. Los Angeles walked away from the game with a 46.3% field goal percentage (37 out of 80) and converted 10 of 32 shots from beyond the arc.

Luka Doncic is one guy who was a major factor in this game. Doncic walked away from this one shooting 39.1% from the floor and also earned 7 assists. He saw the court for 38 mins played and also pulled down 7 rebounds. He notched 32 points on 9 out of 23 shooting.

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Los Angeles comes into this game with a win-loss mark of 43-28 so far this year. They average 112.7 points per outing (19th in the league) while hitting 47.8% from the field. The Lakers are shooting 35.9% on three-point attempts (914 of 2,544) and 78.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Los Angeles is snagging 42.6 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,857 dimes this year, which ranks 20th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 13.9 times per contest and as a team they are committing 17.1 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Lakers are forcing their opponents into 13.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.2 fouls. They are 17th in the league in giving up assists with 1,931 conceded so far this season. The Lakers defense is allowing a FG percentage of 46.2% (2,929 of 6,340) and they concede 43.1 boards per game as a unit. They relinquish 35.0% on 3-pointers while they are 11th in the NBA in points per game allowed (112.0).

In their last game, the Bulls got the victory with a final of 129-119 against the Nuggets. The Bulls were able to corral 31 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards totaling 43 in the game. They turned it over 10 times, while recording 8 steals for the matchup. The Nuggets were called for 16 personal fouls for the contest which took the Bulls to the free throw line for 26 attempts. They were able to make 22 of the free throws for a rate of 84.6%. When discussing shooting from 3-point land, Chicago made 17 of 39 attempts (43.6%). Overall, the Bulls ended up shooting 45 out of 91 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.5%. The Bulls permitted the Nuggets to convert 46 of 97 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.4% for the contest. They finished the game shooting 30.6% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 11 out of 36 and finished the contest at 16 of 24 from the charity stripe (66.7%). When it comes to attacking the glass, Chicago permitted Denver to grab 52 overall (17 on the offensive side).

Coby White ended up being important for the Bulls for this contest. White racked up 37 points in his 40 mins of playing time and earned 4 dimes in this contest. He buried 11 of 22 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and tallied 3 rebounds.

Chicago has a win-loss mark of 32-40 for the season. As an offensive team, the Bulls are connecting on 46.7% from the floor, which ranks them 15th in the league. Chicago has accounted for 8,446 points for the season (117.3 per contest) and they pull in 45.3 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 28.9 times per game (6th in the league) and they turn the ball over 14.5 times per game. The Bulls commit 17.9 personal fouls every game and they connect on 80.8% from the free throw line.

The Bulls on defense are ranked 28th in the league in PPG given up with 119.7. They are able to force 12.7 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.9% from the floor (17th in the league). The Chicago defense gives up 34.2% on shots from beyond the arc (976 of 2,851) and opponents are connecting on 78.6% of their free throw shots. They have given up 28.9 dimes and 46.5 boards per contest, which is ranked 28th and 29th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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