Basketball Playoffs Betting – Game 6 – Bulls at Hawks. The Chicago Bulls will try and wrap up their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night and they are favored in basketball betting at Sbgglobal. The Bulls won Game 5 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 series lead and now they have a chance to end the series in Atlanta on Thursday. The Bulls are 3.5 point favorites in NBA basketball playoffs betting and the total on the game is listed at 179.
Rose Leads the Way
The league MVP had 33 points and nine assists as the Bulls won Game 5 by a score of 95-83. Luol Deng added 23 points and Taj Gibson had all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter. The Bulls are trying to make it into the conference finals for the first time since 1998. If they continue to get strong performances out of Derrick Rose they should make it. Rose was very good down the stretch as the Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter to win Game 5. The Hawks got 21 points from Jeff Teague but Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford didn’t shoot the ball well and the Hawks couldn’t score enough points. The Hawks really wilted in the fourth quarter as they were outscored 26-15.
Johnson & Crawford
When the Hawks win vs. the NBA basketball playoffs betting they get good games from Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford but if those two struggle the Hawks lose. In their two wins, Johnson and Crawford are shooting 53.5% but in the three losses they are shooting just 30%. Who knows if the two will show up on Thursday in Game 5.
Game Notes
The Bulls are 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Atlanta. The Bulls are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games. The Bulls are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 road games. The Hawks are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games. The Hawks are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games. The Under is 8-2 in the Hawks last 10 home games but when the Bulls and Hawks meet in Atlanta, nine of the last eleven meetings have gone over. Three of the five games in this series have gone over the basketball playoffs betting line.