Chicago at Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Nets put themselves against the wall as they fell behind in their series vs. the Bulls three games to one. They bowed their backs and won two straight, the last in Chicago, and now come home to try and survive and advance. The Bulls have played all season without Derrick Rose, and now have additional issues with both Hinrich, and Deng ailing. They may or may not play, but at best less than 100%. Outside of the crazy triple overtime game, the Bulls offense has had few answers in this series as they have managed just 88.2ppg in the other five. They now have more offensive weapons with injury issues, so the defense is going to have to have a presence here, which has been pretty good most of the year. In contrast the 88.2ppg by the entire Bulls team, Brooklyn's top five scorers in this series average 80ppg themselves. It is going to be tough for the Bulls, now shorthanded, to keep up on the road. The Bulls have not played well down the stretch and sit at 4-10 ATS in their last 14. The Nets have captured the money in seven of their last 10 quarterfinals games. I expect this game to be defensive with the Bulls injuries, but more options and home-court will carry the Nets here. Play on Brooklyn and the UNDER.