The Houston Rockets (33-35) will try to build on a six-game winning streak when they host the Chicago Bulls (34-35) at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Toyota Center. The contest airs on Space City Home Network and NBCS-CHI.
The Rockets enter their game as a 2.5-point favorite against the Bulls. The point total for the game is set at 213.5.
Rockets vs. Bulls Betting Odds
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 7:29 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Spread: Houston -2.5
- Total: 213.5
- Moneyline: Houston -137, Chicago +116
Bulls at Rockets odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Rockets (- 2.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (213.5)
- Prediction:
Rockets 116 – Bulls 109
- Houston has been chosen as the favorite in 23 games this year and has walked away with the win 18 times (78.3%) in those games.
- This season, Houston has come away with a win 17 times in 21 chances when named as a favorite of at least -137 or better on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Houston has a 57.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- Chicago has put together a 15-24 record in games it was the underdog on the moneyline (winning 38.5% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +116 or longer, Chicago has gone 13-22 (37.1%).
- Chicago has an implied moneyline win probability of 46.3% in this contest.
- The Rockets put up the same amount of points as the Bulls allow (113.6).
- Houston is 20-11-1 against the spread and 18-14 overall when scoring more than 113.6 points.
- When it scores more than 112.5 points, Chicago is 25-5-2 against the spread and 25-7 overall.
- Houston’s record is 28-8-1 against the spread and 27-10 overall when it allows fewer than 112 points.
- The Rockets are the NBA’s 18th-ranked scoring team (113.6 PPG), while the Bulls rank 14th in points per game allowed (113.6) in the league.
- The 22nd-ranked scoring NBA team (112 PPG) is Chicago, while the Houston squad ranks 11th in the league defensively (112.5 PPG).
- The Rockets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 74 points this season (1.1 points per game on average), and opponents of the Bulls have out-scored them by 105 more points on the year (1.6 per game).
Over/Under
- The average implied total for Houston this season is 115.4 points, 7.4 more points than its implied total of 108 points in Thursday’s game.
- So far this season, Houston has totaled more than 108 points in a game 44 times.
- The average implied point total on the year for Chicago (113.9) is 7.9 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (106).
How to watch Rockets vs. Bulls
- Game Day: Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and NBCS-CHI
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Arena: Toyota Center
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network
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