The Los Angeles Clippers are on the road at the Chicago Bulls on Thursday in National Basketball Association action. These two teams just played on March 9th, with the Clippers winning by 10 points at home.
The Clippers are 41-23 on the season. Since the win over the Bulls, Los Angeles has dropped back to back games. Despite the losses, the Clippers remain fourth in the Western Conference picture. The Clippers are 19-13 on the road this season. Los Angeles is also 16-6 when playing teams from the Eastern Conference.
The Chicago Bulls are coming off a big win in overtime over the Pacers on Wednesday. The Bulls are 32-34 on the season. Chicago sits 9th in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls are 3.5 games behind Miami, and just 2 ahead of Atlanta. Chicago is 16-16 at home this season, and 15-12 against Western Conference foes.
The Los Angeles Clippers are -4 on the road. The total is listed at 218.5.
Leonard Leads Clippers
Kawhi Leonard is the top scorer for the Los Angeles Clippers. Leonard is scoring 23.7 points per game. Leonard is nursing a back injury, but is expected to play in this game In the recent game against Minnesota, he played just 12 minutes. Against the Bulls last time, he scored 19 points.
Paul George and James Harden are next for the Clippers. George is scoring 22.1 points per game, and Harden is at 17.4 per game. Norman Powell is next for Los Angeles, with just under 14 per game. The Clippers are scoring 116.9 points per game, which is 12th in the league.
Los Angeles is at the Pelicans on Friday, before a quick trip back home Sunday to host the Atlanta Hawks. After that, the Clippers go on the road for back to back road games in Portland.
Cloudy for Chicago
Billy Donovan and the Chicago Bulls just continue to sit right around or under .500. The direction of the future of the Chicago Bulls is still cloudy. The Bulls are led by DeMar DeRozan, and his 23 points per game. DeRozan scored a game high 46 points in the win against the Pacers. The Bulls are without Zach LaVine, who was scoring 19.5 per game.
The best news for Chicago this season has been the play of Coby White. White is scoring 19.6 points per game. White had 15 on Wednesday. Ayo Dosunmu has been solid for Chicago as of late as well, with 10.8 points per game. Chicago, as a team, is scoring 111.5 points per game, which ranks 25th in the league.
Chicago will remain at home for back to back home games after this. The Bulls are going to host Washington on Saturday and Portland on Monday. The next road game for the Bulls is March 21st in Houston.
Los Angeles Clips Chicago
The Los Angeles Clippers are going to get back on track and win this game. We expect the big dogs to play for the Clippers here. Los Angeles gets back on track, and makes a move towards the top of the West.
Chicago, playing their second of back to back will be tired. It will be interesting over the final couple weeks to see where postseason seeds fall. Our final bet is the road team, Los Angeles Clippers -4 over the Chicago Bulls. Enjoy the game and best of luck!
