Minnesota at Chicago

The Chicago Bulls have now lost the services of Derrick Rose for the second straight season. Then they went out and traded Luol Deng for Andrew Bynum to clear salary cap money, and immediately released Bynum. It was as if to say we have cashed in our chips for this season. Minnesota is an up and coming team in the NBA that has won three of their last four, with the only blemish coming in Portland. The T-Wolves have a beast in Kevin Love, as well as an upper-tier point guard in Ricky Rubio, and they have done a great job bouncing back from a loss where they are 25-9-1 ATS in their last 35. The Bulls are just 3-7 ATS in their last 10 vs. the West, and with Kirk Henrich also sidelined for Chicago, they are out-manned here. Play on Minnesota.