Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks 3/28/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 03/28/2022 at 9:13 AM ET
The Chicago Bulls look for their second consecutive victory when visiting the New York Knicks on Monday. Chicago is second in the Central Division at 42-31 and three games behind the first-place Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-94 on Saturday behind 25 points from Zach Lavine. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak for Chicago. Chicago is fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, three games behind both Milwaukee and Boston.
DeMar DeRozan is leading Chicago in scoring with an average of 27.5 points per game and is the Bulls’ leader in assists with an average of 5.0 assists per game. Nikola Vecevic is the leading rebounder with an average of 11.3 points per game and Zach LaVine is the second-leading scorer with an average of 24.8 points per game. Chicago is scoring an average of 111.6 points per game.
New York completes a back to back on Monday when hosting Chicago after playing on the road against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. New York is last in the Atlantic division at 32-42 and 14 ½ games behind the first-place Philadelphia 76ers. New York defeated the Miami Heat 111-103 on Friday. New York ended with a 38-13 run to end the game to beat the Heat. The Knicks are 11th in the Eastern Conference, trailing the 10th place Atlanta Hawks by five games with just 10 games remaining.
Julius Randle is leading New York in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 20.3 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. RJ Barrett is the second leading scorer with an average of 19.9 points per game and is one of six players for New York averaging double-figures in scoring. The Knicks are scoring an average of 106.3 points per game, while shooting 43.7% overall and 35.7% from 3-point territory.
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New York will be playing in the second half of a back-to-back and could be one step slow and therefore the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in nine of Chicago's last 11 and in each of the last five that the Bulls have played against an opponent from the Eastern Conference. Chicago is holding opponents to an average of 111.2 points per game and scoring an average of only 111.6 points per game. New York has the seventh best defense in points allowed in the NBA at 106.9 points per game. Final Score Prediction, Chicago Bulls win but our best play is UNDER 103-100.