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March, 09 2010 8:05pm EST
ATS: Chicago Bulls +3.5 (-110)
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Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls

The Bulls have lost four straight games, the last three coming at home. This is the final home game of this current homestand before a brutal roadtrip starts on Thursday at Orlando. Chicago knows it needs to come out of here with a win before it hits the road where it has been pretty bad this season, going 12-19. Conversely, the Bulls record at home is a much better 19-12 despite the recent three-game skid. They are 5-2 ATS as home underdogs this season and they are 15-7 ATS this season as underdogs of fewer than seven points. This also sets up as a revenge game to add extra incentive as Chicago was blasted in Utah by 19 points earlier in the season. Utah comes in with a 15-14 record on the road following a win at Phoenix in its last game away from home. Overall the Jazz have won two straight but after a 17-2 run, Utah is just 4-3 over its last seven games and a seven-game road winning streak has been replaced with a 1-2 road mark in its last three games. The Jazz are a solid 11-6-1 ATS as a road underdog but just 6-5 ATS as a road favorite. This games means a lot more for Chicago than it does for Utah and even though the Jazz have the lowly Pistons on deck, I think it will be difficult for them to put forth a full effort against a very desperate team. Chicago is currently sitting in eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings with the Bobcats just a half-game back. Right now the fifth through ninth place teams are separated by only two and a half games so at this point of the season, every game becomes important. Even more so at home in the midst of a losing skid as the Bulls are in and will break out of tonight. 9* Chicago Bulls

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