Minnesota Timberwolves - Chicago Bulls (103,5 team score) My second choice has many similarities to the Utah-Portland game last night. And here I will choose the Bulls total points instead of the even more paid double yesterday. So I get it OVER 103,5 points Chicago on 1,66 (stoiximan).
Chicago has talent and despite its disappointing start it has recovered somewhat, especially after the return of LaVine and is currently in 12th place in the East with a record of 20-38. Obviously, it is impossible for the Bulls to catch the train of the playoffs, after all, that was not the goal this year. The goal is to build a remarkable ensemble that will be able to star in the near future and the truth is that the "materials" exist. LaVine as we said before and Markkanen, Dunn can make Bulls people and fans smile.
Minnesota this year will apparently reach its own land of promise, that is to say the playoffs after the distant 2004! Yes, Timberwolves are the worst off-season team at this time in the NBA with 13 years of 'drought'. In Mineapolis I was very patient, they ran their rosters with some great talents like Towns and Wiggins, hired an "old cut" coach who liked them hard, Tom Thibodeau, and in the summer they spent doing bam they changed them completely flat, bringing Northwest a Superstar, Jimmy Butler, who gave the team exactly what was lacking, hardcore and winner spirit and in combination with another experienced and probably one of the best 6th man in the championship history Jamal Crawford .
Today's game is special. The reason is, of course, the many common faces. Tom Thibodeau was 5-2010 coach of 2015 for 2011 consecutive years, winning 6's coach's prize, but several of his troubles with the Bulls front office and some bad results led to his dismissal. Also, as we said above, on draft day, Wolves and Chicago shook the entire league with the exchange that sent LaVine, Dunn and Draft (Markkanen) XNUMX to the Taurus for Jimmy Butler's sake.
The two teams competed for the first time this year before 2 weeks more specifically at 10 / 2 in an excellent match where the bulls won 114-113 the wolves with the two main faces of the summer trade Butler and Lavine they make incredible impressions.
All of the above and the peculiarities of this game make me disagree with the role of the clear Wolves favorite in 1,30-1,35 returns when the double was given to 3,90-4. Of course the double has fallen to the most reasonable 3,20.
In addition, last night Butler's injury in the match against the Rockets in the knee was added. Fortunately, "J Buckets" seems to have survived the worst and the cruciate ligament rupture more specifically, but still nothing is certain even though the first exams were negative. In general, there was a fear from all over the world that the Wolves' key players would not be able to endure without injuries, since they are by far the team that keeps them on the floor more than any other, with Butler being the player with the longest average time in championship. This is the reason why Minnesota has lost "its" games this year due to the very bad 4th seasons, mainly due to the exhaustion of its players. It is also characteristic that Butler decided not to play a single minute in the All Star Game as he felt very tired as he explained. I'm really curious to see how the "wolves" will appear without the player who gave them an identity, he is their top scorer and their best defender.
Based on all this data, and by looking at the numbers of the two teams, with Minnesota accepting 108 points per game and 108,6 per 100 possessions, I chose the most safe Over of the scorers expecting a game with the score levels to be the same with their previous duel. I'm positive for the double, either simple or handicapped but I will not take the risk again, as yesterday.
