Chicago at Brooklyn

This is a terrible matchup for the Bulls. A few weeks ago they won at Brooklyn as a +5 dog,  92-90, with a whopping 46-30 rebound edge. But that is the ONLY way they can contend, as all this team can do is defend and rebound. The offense has been awful for a year now, ever since Derek Rose went out in the first round of the 2012 playoffs. Chicago is 29th in the NBA in scoring and 1-4 ATS in their last five road games. And now Joakim Noah is not 100%, playing just 14 minutes in Game 1 and doing nothing. Brooklyn has the kind of big, physical frontcourt that can hang with the Bulls with 7' 265-lb Brook Lopez, 6'9" Kris Humphries and 6'11" 260-lb C Andray Blatche. Unlike Chicago, the Nets offense has a strong one-two punch of Deron Williams and 6'7' Joe Johnson. In Game 1 Brooklyn negated any edge the Bulls might want on the glass, 39-35, and shot 55.8%. Lopez, Johnson and Williams shared the scoring load and were helped out by Gerald Wallace, who was five of seven shooting. They simply have too much while the banged up Bulls have far too many weak areas. The Nets are on a 5-2 ATS run, have home court and match up extremely well against a limited Chicago team, so another win like Game 1 is in the cards. Play the Nets in Game 2.