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Chicago is 4-1SU last 5 on the road

Chicago is 7-1SU last 8 games vs Toronto

Chicago is 11-5SU last 16 games in Toronto

Jumping on this one early.  Been riding Toronto alot lately, but going to flip on them this one and take Chicago.  B2B situation for Toronto having played Tuesday in Brooklyn.  I see the key to this game being the rebounding and size of Chicago.  We saw a little bit of this in Toronto's last home game vs Milwaukee.  The sub par Milwaukee frontcourt dominated the glass and had one of their best games of the year.  Chicago's frontcourt is on a different level and should cause all sorts of problems for the Toronto bigs.  Toronto is the 3rd worst rebounding team in the league with 40.0 rpg. 

Toronto has relied on quick starts last few games and have gotten off to good starts thanks to mainly Jose Calderon who should struggle with the Bulls pgs.  I really like playing elite defensive teams vs. young/inexperienced teams as youth brings speed but also brings confusion and frustration when faced with tough defenses.  Toronto has has youth, and they've shown they struggle against defensive, physical teams.    I see them struggling to score in this one and don't see them scoring anymore then 90 points in this game.  Most likely around the 85 point range.  I think the second chance points and rebounding battle will be enough to have Chicago score 90-95.  You never know 100% with Chicago what team will show up, but I think they'll bring enough to cover this small line.  

Will add more plays later.

Early Leans.

Indiana -1.5

Seems like an off line

New Orleans +8

Like the way NO has been playing but B2B spot and tough game for them.

Portland -7

Cleveland has been awful on the road, Portland has been $ at home.  Simple enough

Washington +4.5

Wall hasn't played all that much, but since he's come back into the lineup they've been playing quite well.

Lots of big matchups with no lines yet.