The Chicago Bulls will travel to Cleveland to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers here on Wednesday night. These two Central division rivals meet four times and they will renew their season series here on Valentine’s Day and there will be anything but love in the air when this game tips off. Both of these teams came into the season with high expectations, but so far only one of those teams has lived up to those expectations this year. When the Chicago Bulls acquired Lonzo Ball and paired him with DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, the organization thought they had formed one of the best big threes in the NBA.
However, that has not been the case for Chicago as several injuries have slowed their progress and put them towards the bottom of the standings throughout the regular season. Meanwhile, after rumors of Cleveland’s big three not playing well with each other and a potential trade on the horizon, Cleveland has become one of the hottest teams in the league since the tour of the new year. This will be the third of four meetings between these two teams this season and it has been the Cleveland Cavaliers that have dominated the season series up until this point.
This will be the second game of the season in Cleveland and the second consecutive game of the series in Cleveland as well. The Chicago Bulls come into this game under .500 with a record of 26-28 through their first 54 games of the season. Meanwhile, as previously mentioned, Cleveland has been the hottest team in the league since the turn of the year. They come into this home game on Wednesday night with one of the best records in the NBA as they are sporting a mark of 35-17 through their first 52 games of the season. That is good enough for second place in the Eastern Conference at the moment, and they are quickly gaining ground on the Boston Celtics for first place with their recent trend of play.
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History Between These Two Teams This will be the third meeting of the regular season between Cleveland and Chicago and the Cleveland Cavaliers lead the season series two games to zero. Cleveland has already secured themselves a split of the four game season series, and they will look to officially clinched the series with another quality performance here on Wednesday night at home. It has been a similar result. The last two times these teams faced off, as Cleveland scored an identical amount of points in both games.
They put 109 points up on the scoreboard and held the Chicago Bulls to under 100 points in both meetings and they will look to do that for a third consecutive game here on Wednesday night at home in Cleveland. They have used a mix of highflying and explosive offense and solid, impenetrable defense to get the job done twice against the Chicago Bulls this season. With the way Cleveland has been playing as of late it seems very likely that that will translate to a third consecutive meeting here on Valentine’s Day.
Today’s Predictions The last time these two teams met it was Donovan Mitchell with another 30+ point performance to carry the Cleveland Cavaliers to a second consecutive victory over the Chicago Bulls. Donovan Mitchell will look to replicate that performance throughout this game on Wednesday night. As he looks to lead the red hot Cavaliers to get another victory and get them one game closer to chasing down the number one overall seat in the conference.
For the Chicago Bulls, they will have to rely on DeMar DeRozan. As they will be without Zach LaVine for this contest, and he will have to continue stepping up and leading this team for the remainder of the regular season if they want to be successful.
I expect a similar type of contest as we saw in the first two meetings of the season between these two teams here on Wednesday night. As I look for the Cleveland Cavaliers to pick up a comfortable victory at home against the Chicago Bulls, and I expect the Cleveland Cavaliers to cover the spread here in this one in the process. As I look for Cleveland to put up over 100 points once again and hold the Chicago Bulls offense to under 100 points for the third consecutive meeting between these two teams here on Valentine’s Day.
Tips For Betting Cleveland has been one of the best teams in the NBA at home this season. As they come into this game with a home record of 18-9. Despite their winning streak coming to an end in their previous game, they have won nine out of their last 10 games on the season and they are still red hot despite the loss. They have picked up seven victories, 11 games within their division and they will look to make it 8 out of 12 with another solid performance here in this one.
Chicago has lost 16 out of their 27 games on the road this season and they are sporting a losing record within their division as well. They have struggled against teams above 500 and they will likely struggle in this game against Cleveland on Wednesday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. This is a game that the Cleveland Cavaliers should come out of with a comfortable victory. That is exactly what I expect out of Cleveland here in this one.
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