NBA Best Bets: Bulls vs. Pelicans Picks for January 14

Published 10:33 pm Monday, January 13, 2025

The New Orleans Pelicans (8-32) are only 2.5-point underdogs against the Chicago Bulls (18-21) at United Center on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The game tips at 8:00 PM ET on CHSN and Gulf Coast Sports.

Our computer predictions below will assist you in deciding on the best bets available for Tuesday’s game.

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Bulls vs. Pelicans Game Info

  • When: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
  • Where: United Center in Chicago, Illinois
  • TV: CHSN and Gulf Coast Sports
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Bulls vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Bulls (- 2.5)

  • Chicago is 20-19-0 against the spread this year.
  • New Orleans has 16 wins in 40 games against the spread this year.
  • The Bulls have an ATS record of 5-3 as 2.5-point favorites or more.
  • Against the spread as 2.5-point underdogs or more, the Pelicans are 12-16.

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Pick OU:

Under (237.5)

  • Bulls games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 237.5 points 20 times.
  • The Pelicans have played 10 games this season that have gone over 237.5 combined points scored.
  • The average total in Chicago’s outings this year is 236.1, 1.4 more than this matchup’s over/under.
  • New Orleans has had an average of 223.7 points scored in its games so far this season, 13.8 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
  • The Bulls are the fourth-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Pelicans have scored the 15th-most points.
  • The Bulls are the NBA’s 29th-ranked scoring defense while the Pelicans are the 28th-ranked.

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Moneyline Pick: Bulls (-145)

  • The Bulls have entered the game as favorites nine times this season and won six of those games.
  • The Pelicans have won in four, or 13.3%, of the 30 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
  • This season, Chicago has won five of its eight games when favored by at least -145 on the moneyline.
  • This season, New Orleans has come away with a win two times in 27 chances when named as an underdog of at least +120 or worse on the moneyline.
  • The Bulls have a 59.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.

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