Free NBA Picks Today: Chicago Bulls vs San Antonio Spurs 2/6/23

Free NBA Picks Today: Chicago Bulls vs San Antonio Spurs 2/6/23
Mon 6th February 2023

The San Antonio Spurs (14-39, 5-18 Away) will try to slow down one of the NBA’s top shooting teams when they head to face the Chicago Bulls (25-27, 15-11 Home) on Monday. San Antonio dropped their last game against the Philadelphia 76ers 137-125 at AT&T Center on Friday, their eighth straight loss.

Malaki Branham was the key player in defeat with 26 points. The Spurs are the 14th seed in the Western Conference. Chicago found victory on Saturday at United Center, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 129-121. Zach LaVine had 36 points and six rebounds to lead the team. The Bulls are the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference.

The teams are meeting for the last time this season. San Antonio will be looking for a season sweep against Chicago after earning the win in the only previous game 129-124 at AT&T Center in October 2022.

Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 33 points, while Jakob Poeltl was a key contributor with 21 points, 13 rebounds, and four assists. DeMar DeRozan had 33 points in the loss.

Johnson is averaging 21.7 points per game to lead the Spurs in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Poeltl is grabbing 9.1 rebounds per game, and Tre Jones is dishing 6.3 assists. DeRozan (26.0 ppg) and LaVine (23.6) have powered the Bulls’ offense.

DeRozan also has tallied 5.0 assists per game. Nikola Vucevic has pulled down 11.2 rebounds per game. Shooting 49.1% from the field this season, the Bulls are one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (4th).

The teams have split their last 10 games at United Center (5-5). San Antonio is looking to avoid an 11th consecutive road defeat this season.

San Antonio is 1-9 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -13.0 (114.0-127.0). Chicago has gone 6-4 over the last 10, scoring 115.9 points per game on average while holding opponents to 111.3 (+4.6 margin).

SPURS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Keita Bates-Diop: 18.6 | 11.7 | +6.9
Tre Jones: 13.5 | 22.7 | -9.2
Points per game:
Josh Richardson: 14.5 | 11.4 | +3.1
Tre Jones: 6.0 | 12.8 | -6.8
Assists per game:
Josh Richardson: 5.0 | 3.3 | +1.7

BULLS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Ayo Dosunmu: 12.2 | 9.7 | +2.5
Rebounds per game:
DeMar DeRozan: 3.6 | 4.9 | -1.3
Assists per game:
DeMar DeRozan: 6.4 | 5.0 | +1.4

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Chicago Bulls -10.5 (-105)

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