Los Angeles at Chicago

The Bulls have apparently played much better of late having won six of nine, after a woeful 2-10 start. We say apparently because five of the six wins are vs New York, Seattle, Atlanta and two against Charlotte. Doesn't look to us like anything that says they are back. They are still near the bottom of the league in shooting both from inside and outside the arc. The Lake show is near the top of the league on both sides of the ball, and are a hot team right now winning five of their last six including wins vs San Antonio, Golden State and Denver. Other than Detroit, the Bulls have been getting hammered by teams with winning records losing all eight of their games, seven by double digits. The average losing margin in those eight games was 17 ppg! We can't resist the line value here, with a hot Laker team. We are not fooled by Chicago's 6-3 recent run with five coming at the hands of the NBA weaker sisters. Lakers bark loud here.