Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 53-29 Cleveland Cavaliers play host tonight to the 50-32 Chicago Bulls in this 1st game of the second round playoff series at the Quicken Loan Arena, May 4, 2015. Tip off time is scheduled for 7:00PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Cavaliers -5
O/U Total: 194
The Chicago Bulls meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of their best of 7 series. The Cavaliers are the favorite to win the series with odds of -225 compared to the Bulls +185.
The Bulls won their opening series 4-2 over the Bucks taking the first three games before dropping two then regrouping to absolutely crush Milwaukee 120-66 as a small -3.5 road favorite.
The Celtics battled hard in every game, but in the end the Cavs were just too tough as they swept the series 4-0. They may have won that series too quickly as they haven’t played for real since April 26th.
These two teams played four times this season with Cleveland winning three of the four, but they split on the point spread line with Chicago getting the last two ATS wins. The total betting was also split with two games going over the line and two falling under. It must be noted that both games in Cleveland went under the O/U line.
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Chicago at Cleveland Betting Trends
The Bulls offense has shone on when they’ve been rested with a 4-0-1 record over their last 5 games when playing with three or more days rest.
The Cavaliers are the opposite with a 4-0 record to the OVER on three or more days rest.
The edge goes back to the UNDER when looking at match-up statistics with four of the last five meetings at Quicken Loans Arena going UNDER the total line.
Speaking of matchups, the Bulls have been money in the bank over the last 16 against the Cavaliers with 12-4 against the spread record.
Injury Report
CHICAGO
No Injuries to report.
CLEVELAND
Kevin Love F Out For Season (shoulder)
J.R. Smith G Out Until May 8 (suspension)
Anderson Varejao Out For Season (Achilles)
Consensus Betting ATS
Chicago: 49%
Cleveland: 51%
Free NBA Pick
The Bulls are one of the better defensive clubs in the league finishing 8th in the regular season in scoring defense and really stepped it up in the first round leading all playoff teams allowing just 88.5 points per game. They catch the Cavs who have had a ton of time off with their 4-game sweep of the Celtics who may find their shooting off tonight. We see this game in the 180’s tonight.
Take the UNDER 194.
