Bulls at Raptors NBA Predictions - April 11, 2010
Bulls at Raptors NBA Predictions: The Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors each have two games left to play this regular season and are tied for that eighth…
Bulls at Raptors NBA Predictions: The Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors each have two games left to play this regular season and are tied for that eighth playoff spot in the NBA Eastern Conference. Today (6 p.m. ET), the Bulls travel to Toronto to play the Raptors at Air Canda Centre in a game that could all but decide who gets the final seed.
NBA Predictions oddsmakers at BetUS.com list the Bulls as 2-chalk favorites versus the Raptors with a 202 total. Toronto backers are getting +110 on the BetUS moneyline as a home underdog while Chicago is giving -130.The Raptors have lost 17 of their last 24 games and won't have their superstar, Chris Bosh, for the rest of the regular season after he suffered a facial fracture earlier this week.
Toronto leads the season series 2-0, so it'll own the tiebreaker regardless of Sunday's result. The only way the Bulls can make the playoffs with a loss would be to close with wins over Boston and at Charlotte while the Raptors lose at Detroit and at home against the New York Knicks.
Chris Bosh isn't the only concern for Toronto in the injury department. Guard Antoine Wright sprained his ankle late in the third quarter against the Hawks. He's unlikely to play Sunday, leaving the Raptors without perhaps their best perimeter defender.
Things are looking up for Chicago as Joakim Noah is working his way back as he recovers from the painful plantar fasciitis. He played 36 minutes last time out, his most since Jan. 20.
NBA Predictions: The Bulls have not played like a team destined for the post season and neither has Toronto. The Bulls are the most talented with Toronto missing Bosh but Chicago isn't very good on the road, even against the worst - New Jersey Nets. Toronto will find a way to get past Chicago today. The Raptors are the best bet versus the Bulls at +2 ATS (BetUS).