The Boston Celtics (28-7), winners of four straight games, arrive in Chicago Saturday (Jan 
to play the Bulls (23-12), who will be returning to United Center looking for a win after dropping back to back road games to the Nets and Sixers. Chicago has played very well at home of late winning its last five games. Oddsmakers at most offshore sports shops list the Bulls as -2 spreads favorites, with a combined point total of 188. Prior to wagering, make sure you have the most up to date NBA SPREADS . Tip-off time is set for 8 pm ET and will be televised on WGN Chicago and NBATV.
Early betting trends indicate 75 percent of the wagering public are taking the Celtics as a plus-2 spreads underdog while 89 percent are betting the Celtics on the money line to win SU. Currently 81 percent of bettors have wagered the game's combined points to go OVER the posted 188 total.
Chicago is 15-3 SU at United Center and has gone 10-8 ATS at home. The Bulls are 19-15 ATS on the year. Boston is 12-5 SU on 11-6 ATS on the road. Overall the Celtics have gone 18-16 ATS.
Picking up a victory tonight is vitally important to Bulls players, having already lost two to Boston this year. If the Bulls expect to win, they will need to perform better than they did in their recent road losses to sub-500 teams Nets and Sixers. The Bulls allowed New Jersey to score 49.4 percent from the field, only to perform worse allowing Philadelphia to hit for 56.3 percent.
The Celtics have already hit for a 52.1 percent average and averaged 107 points in their two victories over Chicago this season. Boston has played lights out its last two games, shooting 61.3 percent in their 105-103 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday.
On the injury front, each team will be missing a key star, Kevin Garnett (leg) for Boston and Joakim Noah (thumb).
NBA Picks: Chicago will have a healthy Carlos Boozer for tonight's game that could give them an edge over the Bulls who are without Garnett. My BEST PICK – Bulls -2.
