Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls Betting Preview/Player Prop

The Chicago Bulls are set to host the Utah Jazz in NBA action on Monday night, and this has the potential to be an interesting game. Utah is the top team in the Western Conference, while the Chicago Bulls are in the playoff hunt in the East.

Utah has gone just 3-4 in their last seven games, and they have started to show some cracks of late. The Jazz are still an impressive 30-11 on the season, and they look like a team that could win the NBA Championship.

The Chicago Bulls come into this game with a record of 19-22, and the Bulls continue to sit just outside of the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference. Chicago still has some time to make a late push, but they need to play much better on their home floor.

The Utah Jazz are nine-point favorites over the Chicago Bulls in this matchup.

No Weaknesses For Jazz

The Utah Jazz are averaging 116.7 points per game this season while allowing just 108.9 on the defensive end of the floor. Both of these averages are top-five in the NBA, and that is why the Jazz are so difficult to beat.

Donovan Mitchell leads the team with 25.3 points per game, and he continues his rise as one of the top players in the NBA. Utah is a team that has a ton of scoring options as six different players are averaging at least 12 points per game.

Utah can also light it up from deep, shooting close to 40 percent from the three-point line. Defending the Jazz is not an easy task, especially when they are sharing the ball.

LaVine Leading Bulls Charge

Zach LaVine leads the Bulls with 28.3 points per game, and he is capable of completely taking over. The Bulls are scoring right at 114 points per game, and they have the ability to give the Jazz defense some problems.

The defense has been a major issue for the Bulls this season as they are giving up 113.8 points per game. Head coach Billy Donovan continues to try to preach defense to his young team, but they have yet to become a solid unit.

The Bulls do enough things to scare even the best teams in the NBA, but consistency has been a major concern.

Bulls Beat Jazz in Thriller

The Chicago Bulls have been a hard team to figure out this season, and that makes them a hard team to handicap. Chicago has pulled off some big upset wins, but they have also suffered a number of bad losses.

Utah has struggled a bit in the second half of the season, and they are not as good on the road as they are at home. The Jazz can be vulnerable when they aren’t making shots, and the Bulls will take away their scoring options from the three-point line.

Chicago needs to keep stacking some wins if they want to make a playoff push in the Eastern Conference, and this would give them some momentum. Look for the Bulls to play a complete game on Monday night to stun the mighty Jazz.

Forget the point spread and bet the Chicago Bulls money line over the Utah Jazz in NBA action on Monday night.

Player Prop

Zach LaVine (-115) Over 24.5 Points

LaVine has continued his ascent as one of the best scorers in the NBA. Through 41 games this season, the 6th-year pro is setting career highs in scoring (28.3 ppg), FGs (10.1 per game) and 3-pt FGs (3.5 per game) all without seeing an appreciable increase in minutes (35.4 per game compared to 34.8 the year before).

The All-Star definitely feels comfortable at home where he has averaged 28.8 ppg in 23 games. And those numbers have gone up against Western Conference foes at home with a 31.8 ppg average in 13 games this season.

With the Jazz coming to town and bringing their own big-time scorer in Donovan Mitchell, we like LaVine to have a big scoring night as well. Take Zach LaVine (-115) to go Over 24.5 points.

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