NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers VS Chicago Bulls Pick and Predictions 03/29/2023

by James Q

Wednesday, Mar 29, 2023

NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers VS Chicago Bulls Pick and Predictions 03/29/2023


Game: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Venue:  United Center, Chicago, Illinois
TV:  NBA League Pass

Season Record
Lakers: 37-38, 9th place Western Conference
Bulls: 36-39, 10th place Eastern Conference

Opening NBA odds at USA Sportsbooks

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Lakers -2.5, O/U 227.5
PointsBet: Point Spread: Lakers -2.5, O/U 227
Fanduel: Point Spread:  Lakers -2.5, O/U 227

Starting Five:

Lakers: PG De’Angelo Russell (DD), SG Austin Reeves, SF Lebron James (DD), PF Jarred Vandebilt, C Anthony Davis (DD)
Bulls: PG Patrick Beverley, SG Alex Caruso (DD), SF Zach LaVine, PF DeMar DeRozan, C Nikola Vucevic

An interconference battle of middling teams with something personal on the line.  It’s West vs East… it’s teams wedged at 9th or 10th place in their respective conferences.  It’s teams that both need to win and keep winning if they intend on seeing the inside of the Playoffs.  THe Los Angeles Lakers just got LeBron James back from an injury absence… an absence that made SG/PG Austin Reeves a star and a starter.  In LeBron’s first game back he played a limited amount of minutes… and the Lakers lost to THESE SAME Chicago Bulls. After the game Bulls PG Patrick Beverley (yeah he plays here now) announced “LeBron can’t guard me!”... That may have something to do with the fact that the visiting Lakers?... with nearly an identical record?.. Who just lost to the Bulls?... are now somehow 2.5 point favorites?... Vegas respects revenge.  Vegas respects the Goat.  For the Bulls part of being home underdogs… they have not had a good season… winning felt less like something they did on purpose than something that occasionally happened by accident.  The season was so bad that the team gave up on PF Patrick Williams and PG Ayo Dosunmu as starters.  It may have been a better season if PG Lonzo Ball had been healthy enough to play… but as we hear more and more about Lonzo’s injury woes… He may never play full time again.  The great betting opportunity here is to ignore the last game and simply look at the real trends and numbers.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won 6 of their last 10 games. They went 5-5 ATS during that stretch.  As other Western Conference teams have failed to keep pace… The Lakers have capitalized by moving from 13th place to 9th place over the last 3 weeks.  The Lakers are 10th in the NBA in scoring but only 21st on defense… Those numbers are pathetic BUT you have to remember they were built with C Anthony Davis in his familiar spot (on the bench while injured) and before the team cashed in on the NBA trade deadline by adding Russell, Vanderbilt, Beasley, and Hachimura (Rui Hachimura has quickly lost his starting PF position and now has started to pile up DNPs).  They lost their last game to the Chicago Bulls 118-108. In the loss 6 Lakers scored in double figures but none cracked 20 points.

The Chicago Bulls have won 7 of their last 10 games.  They went 6-3-1 ATS.  They have been justifying the move off of PF Patrick Williams and PG Ayo Dosunmu with a winning stretch.  They lost their last game against the Los Angeles Clippers 124-112.  They got points from SF Zach LaVine, 21 points from PF DeMar DeRozan, and 20 points from C Nikola Vucevic… They just didn’t play defense to any consistency.

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Los Angeles Lakers VS Chicago Bulls Prediction

Our prediction for Wednesday, March 29th is…. Lakers 122 - Bulls 111

Bet on the Lakers.  The Bulls played and lost to the Clippers in between these games.. Meanwhile the Lakers got some much needed rest.  Plus LeBron will want to stuff Patrick Beverley’s words back down his throat.  Revenge is powerful in basketball.  Bet on the Lakers.

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NBA Betting Trends

The Lakers are 2-0 ATS versus Chicago in Chicago the last 3 seasons.
The Lakers are 2-9 ATS in a road game where the total is 220-229.5
The Bulls are 5-16 ATs off a road loss this season.


Players To Watch

Lakers: SF LeBron James.  LeBron got a small amount of minutes in the last matchup and then got a few days to rest in between.  He will play normal minutes this time out… and he will be looking to postering the much smaller Patrick Beverley.  LeBron is the Goat… You should always be watching him with the limited amount of season we have left to watch him.

Bulls: PG Patrick Beverley.  No matter how many teams (5?) decide that Patrick’s defense is worth getting rid of in order to boost the offense… he keeps clinging to the NBA.  He also remains definitely defiant.  He will speak his mind.  He will celebrate small wins.  He will give you equal parts attitude and hustle.  Patrick is a great defender and a pesky player.  

COACH

Lakers: Darvin “hammy” Ham
Bulls:  Billy “remember Florida” Donovan 


James Q

About the Author:

James Q. has been involved with sports and gambling his entire life. A former division 1 scholarship basketball player, James understands sports (and especially basketball) inside-and-out. Following his basketball playing days, James parlayed his gambling skills into a semi-pro poker career. James resides in Los Angeles, and especially loves the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Rams, and Los Angeles Dodgers. And when he isn't betting on sports (and writing about it), James can be found performing stand-up comedy on the Sunset Strip.

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