The Chicago Bulls will take on the Miami Heat at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at the United Center. Chicago is 45-32 overall and 27-10 at home, while Miami is 49-28 overall and 22-16 on the road. The two teams are separated by just four games in the Eastern Conference standings but the Heat are currently the No. 1 seed while the Bulls are the No. 5 seed and the head-to-head play is a big reason.
The Heat have won and covered in all three of their matchups with the Bulls this season and have won by an average margin of 14 points. Miami is favored by two points in the latest Bulls vs. Heat odds from Caesars Sportsbook and the over-under is set at 216. Before entering any Heat vs. Bulls picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons. The model enters Week 24 of the 2021-22 NBA season on a stunning 83-51 roll on all top-rated NBA picks, returning over $2,600. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Bulls vs. Heat. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Heat vs. Bulls:
- Bulls vs. Heat spread: Bulls +2
- Bulls vs. Heat over-under: 216 points
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What you need to know about the Bulls
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but the Bulls ultimately got the result they were hoping for on Thursday with a 135-130 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Small forward DeMar DeRozan was a one-man wrecking crew for Chicago, picking up 50 points and six assists while snatching five rebounds.
DeRozan continues to be on the fringe of the NBA MVP discussion as he’s having a career year in his 13th season. The 32-year-old is averaging 28.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game with shooting splits of 50.5/35.8/87.4. He proved during a stretch of eight consecutive 35-point games earlier this year that he can carry the franchise for stretches and he may need to do that again if the Bulls are to have any hope of chasing down the 76ers for the No. 4 seed.
What you need to know about the Heat
Meanwhile, Miami picked up a 106-98 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. It was another big night for Miami’s center Bam Adebayo, who almost dropped a triple-double on 17 points, 12 boards, and eight dimes. Adebayo is averaging 19.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game this season.
Jimmy Butler also had 24 points in the victory while Kyle Lowry had 23. But the Heat once again did their best work on the defensive end in the win, limiting the Celtics to 41.2 percent shooting from the floor and 29.7 percent from the 3-point line. Miami ranks third in the NBA in points allowed per game (105.1) and fifth in defensive rating (108.6).
How to make Heat vs. Bulls picks
The model has simulated Bulls vs. Heat 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning over and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
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