Philadelphia at Chicago

LeBron James was held to eight points as Philadelphia lost 119-95 at Cleveland on Friday. That game, the 76ers' win at Detroit on Wednesday and their win over these same Bulls on Monday, November 2 finished with 214, 218 and 233 combined points. Philadelphia has scored 109.4 a game and allowed 106.6 across 10 games, topping 120 only twice, and the game total has finished UNDER the closing number in eight of the 10. Chicago has allowed 129.6 a game through eight games, and the total has gone OVER the closing number in five of them. Chicago's own scoring is modest: I have it at 99.1 a game across those eight, with 111 or fewer in five of them. One of Philadelphia's two 120-point games was 126 against these Bulls on that Monday, and they answered with 107. Chicago is also working under first-year coach Tiago Splitter, hired June 16, and has lost its last six. The Bulls' offense is the half of this total that stays small this afternoon, so take the UNDER.