Basketball betting favors the Chicago Bulls at home on Monday as they face the Sacramento Kings. The Bulls haven’t been favored that often this season but Chicago is coming off one of their best wins of the NBA betting season as they defeated Atlanta on Saturday.
Basketball betting has seen the Kings using four different starting lineups in the last four games. This season, the Kings have had 10 different starting lineups. Tyreke Evans is averaging 20.0 points per game to lead the Kings this NBA betting season. He is one of four players in the NBA averaging at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game. Sacramento is trying to win two consecutive road games for the first time since March of 2008. The Kings did not win consecutive road games last season. The Kings are coming off an exciting win at Milwaukee on Friday as Tyreke Evans hit the game winner with under a second remaining. He finished with a game-high 24 points. Evans also tallied seven rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
Monday’s NBA betting matchup is the second meeting of the season between Sacramento and Chicago. The Bulls won last month 101-87 at Sacramento in basketball betting. The Bulls swept last season’s series, 2-0. The Bulls won 109-88 at Sacramento and they won 99-94 at home. They did not cover that home basketball betting pointspread though. The last three NBA betting games in this series have gone under. Six of the last seven between the two teams have gone under the basketball betting total.
The Kings are 4-1-1 vs. the basketball betting line in their last 6 road games but they are only 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Monday games. The Kings are 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings in Chicago. The road team is 5-0 in basketball betting in the last 5 meetings between the two teams.
The Bulls are 12-3-1 in their last 16 basketball betting games vs. the Pacific. The Bulls are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 home games. The Bulls are 15-5-2 ATS in their last 22 vs. Western Conference.
Five of the last six Sacramento games have gone under the basketball betting total. Four of the last five Chicago games have gone under. Eight of their last ten at home have gone under in basketball betting. Seven of their last ten vs. the Pacific Division have gone under. In this basketball betting series, five of the last seven in Chicago have gone under.