Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 55-35 Chicago Bulls host the 58-30 Cleveland Cavaliers tonight in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series at the United Center on May 8, 2015. Tip-off time is scheduled for 8:00PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Chicago -1.5
Total Line: 196
The Cleveland Cavaliers saved themselves from going into a deep 0-2 hole with an impressive 106-91 win in Game 2. They sent their backers away happy easily covering the 5.5 point spread. Total bettors will be sending James Jones “Thank You” cards for his meaningless 3-pointer in the dying seconds to send the game OVER the 194.5.
Speaking of Jones, he had an outstanding game coming off of the bench hitting 5 of 9 from behind the arc to rack up 17 points. Lebron James stepped it up as expected with a game high 33 points after registering a low 19 for him in Game 1. Kylie Irving continued his strong play putting up 21 points and Iman Shumpart was the only other starter to hit double digits with 15.
The Bulls shooting tailed off from Game 1 hitting 40.5% from the field after 50% in the series opener and the three point shooting fell to 31.8%. Jimmy Butler had a team high 18 followed by Derrick Rose at 14 and Pau Gasol and Taj Gibson with 11. They’ll need their starters to step it up on their home court in Game 3 or they could have this series quickly slip away from them.

Cleveland at Chicago Betting Trends
Cleveland is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games playing on one day rest.
Chicago is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 home games.
The Cavaliers trend to the UNDER in recent games following a win with 5 of their last 6 games falling UNDER the total.
The Under is a money making 7-1 in the last 8 games that Chicago has failed to cover the spread.

Injury Report

CLEVELAND
Kevin Love F Out For Season (shoulder)
Iman Shumpert G Day-to-Day (groin)
Anderson Varejao F Out For Season (Achilles)

CHICAGO
No Injuries to report.

Consensus Betting ATS
Cleveland: 52%
Chicago: 48%

Free NBA Playoff Pick

We like the total here again. We liked the UNDER in Game 2 and were very unfortunate to drop that bet and we’ll go right back to it in Game 3. Chicago plays great defense at home and holds the Cavs to 90 or so points and they’ll be hard pressed to exceed that number themselves.
Take the UNDER 196