Golden State Warriors vs Chicago Bulls Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 07/03/2024, 04:26  by Kennedy Kechula in NBA Predictions

The Golden State Warriors will be at home to welcome the Chicago Bulls for their next NBA regular season fixture. They come to this match sitting ninth in the Western Conference, the same position the Bulls hold in the East. The Warriors are coming off an exciting blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks. On the first night of a back-to-back, Steve Kerr’s men hammered their visitors 125-90 to get back to winning ways. The Warriors were coming off a 140-88 loss in Boston and will be happy with their immediate response. Golden State have won 12 of the last 13 matchups with Chicago. They won the reverse match 140-131 back in January. The win over the Bucks was the 14th in the last 18 outings for the Warriors. It allowed them to move up to ninth in the West. They are now 2.5 games away from clawing out of the play-in places. Golden State are ranked seventh on offence, averaging 118.7 points a game.

The Chicago Bulls have been in good form lately and will arrive for this match confident of coming away with a win. Billy Donovan’s men have won three of their last four games and are on a two-match winning run. Both wins have been against West teams as they are currently on a four-game trip in the conference. The Bulls, who are also on a second night of a back-to-back, defeated the Jazz in a close contest last time out. They won 119-117 to secure their 30th victory and move to within two games of .500. Five players missed the trip to Utah with injuries and it is expected the same players will be out here. They are Lonzo Ball, Zach Lavine, Patrick Williams, Dalen Terry, and Torrey Craig. The Bulls are averaging 109.7 points over their last three games which is a dip from their 111.8 point average for the season.