Trail Blazers vs Bulls Game Breakdown & Projections – Mon, Mar 18th 2024

Alright hoop heads, we’ve got a clash of the titans (or should we say, a bullfight in the forest?) coming your way tonight! The Portland Trail Blazers, who’ve been blazing trails to nowhere this season with a 19W-48L record, are saddling up for a Windy City showdown against the Chicago Bulls, who’ve been charging their way to a respectable 33W-35L. The Blazers are staggering in the West, a whopping 28 games back (we’ve seen comets closer), while the Bulls are just 11 games back in the East, still sniffing around the playoff pasture. Tonight’s battle takes place in the heart of Chi-town, at the United Center, with tipoff at 08:00PM EST. The bookies have the over/under at 213.5, and they’re favoring the Bulls at -7.5, while the Blazers are the underdogs at 7.5. The Bulls are still riding high from their 127-98 stampede over WAS, while the Blazers are nursing their wounds after a 107-126 tumble against NOP. So, buckle up folks, because tonight, we’ll find out if the Bulls can keep charging or if the Blazers can finally light a fire under their season!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: March 18, 2024 08:00PM EST

Location: United Center, Chicago

Vegas Odds

	POR ML	CHI ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	+250	-300	213.0	7.5/-7.5
Recent	+195	-235	213.5	8.0/-8.0
Difference	-55	+65	+0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

4W-6L

AWAY

8W-23L

33.9% Win Probability

LAST 10

6W-4L

HOME

17W-16L

66.1% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final	O/U
01/28/24	Chicago Bulls CHI	26	27	23	28	104	Under
01/28/24	Portland Trail Blazers POR	23	19	33	21	96	Under
03/24/23	Chicago Bulls CHI	26	35	33	30	124	Over
03/24/23	Portland Trail Blazers POR	26	19	27	24	96	Over
02/04/23	Portland Trail Blazers POR	27	43	17	34	121	Over
02/04/23	Chicago Bulls CHI	34	25	33	37	129	Over
01/30/22	Portland Trail Blazers POR	35	30	27	24	116	Over
01/30/22	Chicago Bulls CHI	29	44	31	26	130	Over
11/17/21	Chicago Bulls CHI	33	30	22	22	107	Over
11/17/21	Portland Trail Blazers POR	24	24	33	31	112	Over

Trail Blazers Vs Over/Under

Bulls Vs Over/Under

Trail Blazers Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Reb	Ast	Tov	Shots
03/16	vs NOP	107-126L	36	23	19	88
03/14	@ NYK	93-105L	45	19	17	84
03/13	@ ATL	106-102W	49	24	18	83
03/11	@ BOS	99-118L	38	23	11	85
03/09	@ TOR	128-118W	52	31	14	103
03/08	@ HOU	107-123L	49	22	17	91
03/06	@ OKL	120-128L	32	27	17	81
03/04	vs MIN	114-119L	41	28	13	92
03/02	vs MEM	107-100W	50	23	22	92
03/01	vs MEM	122-92W	46	31	14	92

Bulls Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Reb	Ast	Tov	Shots
03/16	@ WAS	127-98W	51	33	15	85
03/14	@ LAC	111-126L	36	28	13	86
03/13	vs IND	132-129W	48	22	11	92
03/11	@ DAL	92-127L	43	19	13	90
03/09	vs LAC	102-115L	38	27	12	86
03/07	vs GSW	125-122W	40	29	14	89
03/06	vs UTA	119-117W	39	29	7	91
03/04	vs SAC	113-109W	32	28	9	86
03/01	@ MIL	97-113L	44	25	12	86
02/28	@ CLE	132-103W	74	29	16	98

Starting Lineups

Portland Trail Blazers	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Deandre Ayton C	43.7	49.5	35.6	100%	36.0
Dalano Banton SG	31.9	30.9	15.8	23%	36.0
Toumani Camara PF	21.7	22.8	18.2	57%	22.2
Kris Murray SF	18.7	15.9	14.3	47%	19.8
Anfernee Simons PG	40.8	41.3	36.8	100%	35.7

Chicago Bulls	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Alex Caruso SG GTD	33.7	33.4	27.2	100%	26.9
DeMar DeRozan PF	43.0	39.9	40.5	100%	40.8
Ayo Dosunmu PG	35.3	33.0	28.4	70%	31.9
Nikola Vucevic C	43.9	36.1	40.6	100%	41.0

Trail Blazers Notable Injuries

Jerami Grant (SF/PF): Avg: 20.7pts, 3.6reb, 2.8ast, 33.8 minutes. Last game: 03/11/24. Impact: 4.9
Moses Brown (C): Avg: 2.4pts, 3.9reb, 0.3ast, 8.3 minutes. Last game: 03/11/24. Impact: 1.3
Ibou Badji (C): Avg: 1.5pts, 2.5reb, 0.7ast, 10.8 minutes. Last game: 03/16/24. Impact: 0.9

Bulls Notable Injuries

Coby White (PG): Avg: 19.3pts, 4.8reb, 5.2ast, 36.6 minutes. Last game: 03/13/24. Impact: 5.9
Alex Caruso GTD (SG/SF): Avg: 9.9pts, 3.7reb, 3.2ast, 27.7 minutes. Last game: 03/16/24. Impact: 4.9
Torrey Craig OUT (PF): Avg: 5.8pts, 4.2reb, 1.1ast, 19.7 minutes. Last game: 03/16/24. Impact: 2.1
Julian Phillips (SF/PF): Avg: 2.2pts, 0.9reb, 0.3ast, 8.1 minutes. Last game: 03/13/24. Impact: 1.3
Adama Sanogo (C): Avg: 2.5pts, 1.8reb, 0.0ast, 2.9 minutes. Last game: 03/16/24. Impact: 0.7

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

		Stat				Over %				Opposing Defense/Game
Player	Team	Prop	Line	Proj	Diff	L5	L10	L15	L30	Opp	Stat	Rank
Anfernee Simons	POR	Pts	22.5	24.0	+1.5	80%	80%	60%	60%	CHI	-1.7	#5
Kris Murray	POR	Pts	6.5	7.0	+0.5	40%	60%	47%	47%	CHI	+9.1	#30
Deandre Ayton	POR	Reb	12.5	13.7	+1.2	80%	60%	47%	47%	CHI	-2.7	#2
Alex Caruso	CHI	Reb	4.5	4.9	+0.4	60%	40%	33%	33%	POR	-0.3	#12
Nikola Vucevic	CHI	Ast	3.5	3.7	+0.2	20%	30%	20%	20%	POR	+2.0	#29

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Trail Blazers Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#23	#7	#29	#24	7.3%
PF	#16	#5	#7	#16	-1.5%
PG	#14	#3	#28	#19	3.7%
SF	#15	#15	#4	#9	-7.1%
SG	#17	#12	#18	#21	2.8%

Bulls Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#14	#2	#10	#5	-9.7%
PF	#18	#26	#26	#25	8.0%
PG	#29	#4	#11	#15	-0.6%
SF	#30	#18	#14	#30	21.0%
SG	#5	#17	#27	#15	0.1%

Team Comparison

Points per Game

107.0

113.2

Rebounds per Game

44.5

Assists per Game

24.2

26.9

Steals per Game

8.1

7.2

Blocks per Game

4.2

3.2

Shots per Game

90.2

90.6

3-Pointers Made per Game

11.5

11.3

2-Pt Percentage per Game

50.3

52.5

3-Pt Percentage per Game

35.2

34.7

Turnovers per Game

15.7

11.5

Fouls per Game

19.8

17.2

Recent Trends

Alex Caruso (SG/SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 33.8% to 35.6, 26.6 min average previous 3 games.
Torrey Craig (PF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 55.0% to 22.5, 14.5 min average previous 3 games.
Julian Phillips (SF/PF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 33.2% to 14.9, 11.2 min average previous 3 games.
Shaedon Sharpe (PG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 30.0% to 27.8, 21.4 min average previous 3 games.