NBA Best Bets: Bulls vs. Hornets Picks for January 17
Published 4:34 am Friday, January 17, 2025
The Chicago Bulls (18-23) are 4.5-point favorites as they attempt to stop a three-game losing streak when they host the Charlotte Hornets (9-28) on Friday, January 17, 2025 at United Center. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on CHSN and FDSSE.
Why don’t you check out the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Friday’s game, before you place a wager on this contest?
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Bulls vs. Hornets Game Info
- When: Friday, January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: United Center in Chicago, Illinois
- TV: CHSN and FDSSE
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Bulls vs. Hornets Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Bulls (- 4.5)
- Against the spread, Chicago is 20-21-0 this season.
- Charlotte’s record against the spread is 18-19-0.
- Against the spread as 4.5-point favorites or more, the Bulls are 5-3.
- The Hornets’ ATS record as 4.5-point underdogs or greater is 14-13.
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Pick OU:
Under (235.5)
- The Bulls and their opponents have combined to score more than 235.5 points in 20 of 41 games this season.
- The Hornets have played six games this season that finished with a combined score over 235.5 points.
- Chicago’s outings this year have an average total of 236.3, 0.8 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Charlotte has a 222.7-point average over/under in its outings this season, 12.8 fewer points than this game’s point total.
- The Bulls score the fifth-most points in the NBA this season, while the Hornets’ offense puts up the 30th-most.
- The Bulls are the league’s 30th-ranked scoring defense while the Hornets are the second-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Bulls (-185)
- The Bulls have entered the game as favorites 11 times this season and won six, or 54.5%, of those games.
- The Hornets have been underdogs in 33 games this season and have come away with the win seven times (21.2%) in those contests.
- Chicago has a record of 5-3 when it’s favored by -185 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, Charlotte has won four of 26 games when listed as at least +150 or better on the moneyline.
- The Bulls have a 64.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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