Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns Battle on ESPN

Bulls and Suns Headed in Opposite Directions

The Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns meet on Friday night on ESPN. The contest is at Talking Stick Resort Arena and tips at 10:30 pm EST.

The Phoenix Suns were a 110-91 loser on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Suns failed to cover the +7.5-point spread as underdogs. The combined score, of 201, was profitable news for UNDER bettors. The Suns are coming off a one-sided loss that ended ugly. The Suns are having an issue with ejected players. They had their third and fouth players to be ejected this season. Marquese Chriss and Tyler Ulis were ejected in the fourth quarter of this game for fighting.

The Bulls were a 123-92 loser as they battled the Golden State Warriors on the road. The Bulls failed to cover in the matchup as a +18-point underdog. The 215 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

Jimmy Butler has missed 3 games in a row with a bruised heel.  There's potential good news on the immediate horizon. Butler participated in a scrimmage on Thursday. He felt good and hopes to be back in the lineup in Phoenix. Dwyane Wade also missed because of an upper respiritory infection.

Betting Odds Trends

Chicago Bulls
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Chicago's last 23 games on the road
Chicago is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Phoenix
Chicago is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing Phoenix
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 10 games when playing on the road against Phoenix

Phoenix Suns
Phoenix is 2-5-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Phoenix is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Phoenix's last 16 games
Phoenix is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games at home
Phoenix is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chicago
Phoenix is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games when playing Chicago
Phoenix is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
Phoenix is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Phoenix's last 10 games when playing at home against Chicago

 

Next up:
Chicago at Minnesota Sunday, February 12
Phoenix at Houston Saturday, February 11