Philadelphia 76ers versus Chicago Bulls Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-12-2012

The 11-9 Chicago Bulls will travel to face the 12-9 Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Philadelphia is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The current odds from this NBA game has the home team Philadelphia 76ers favored by -3 points with an over under line of 180 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours for this game.

The teams met on December 1st and it was the Bulls with the 93-88 home win as a -6 ½ point favorite.

The Bulls had their three game win streak snapped last night in a 94-89 home loss to the LA Clippers last night as a +3 point underdog. The total landed under 188 ½ points. The Bulls had a rough shooting night in the loss making just 40% of their shots in the loss as well as 17 turnovers.

The lack of offense is something we have seen with this Bulls team with Derrick Rose rehabbing his surgically repaired knee. The Bulls average 93 points a game ranking 24th in the NBA. They still are good defensively allowing 42.6% shooting to their opponents good for 3rd in the league.

The 76ers are another team that struggles for offense. This has happened for some time in Philadelphia which is a lack of offense. The team averages 92 points a game which is 26th in the NBA and makes 43% of their shots.

On Monday they faced a bad Eastern conference team and defeat Detroit 104-97 as a -5 ½ point favorite. Prior to that victory they put up just 79 points in a loss at Boston on Saturday.