The Chicago Bulls gave themselves a chance of earning the No. 8 seed in the NBA Playoffs with a comeback win over the Toronto Raptors in the first Play-In game. They will now travel to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat with a trip to the NBA Playoffs on the line. The Bulls-Heat betting odds & trends show the Bulls are once again the underdogs, but bettors have been flocking to take them to pull off one more upset.
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Bulls-Heat Play-In Betting Odds & Trends
Per BetMGM:
- Spread: Bulls +5.5 (-110), Heat -5.5 (-110)
- Moneylines: Bulls +180, Heat -225
- Total: Over 208.5 (-115), Under 208.5 (-105)
According to the sportsbook’s data, just 20% of bets and 24% of the money is on the Heat to cover the spread, with 77% of bets and 83% of money on the Bulls on the moneyline. Over the regular season, the Heat were one of the worst teams for bettors going just 30-50-3 against the spread this season.
The Bulls will also have the momentum after defeating the Raptors in their first Play-In game on Wednesday night. The Heat had a letdown against the Atlanta Hawks, losing 116-105 to force themselves to win Friday night’s game in order to avoid missing out on the postseason altogether.
“We have to stay confident,” Jimmy Butler said in the postgame media availability, per ESPN’s Nick Friedell. “We have to know we are capable of winning, if we start out the right way and rebound obviously. But it’s just, I don’t know, shots don’t go in, we foul—that’s never the recipe for success with us. So come Friday, we’ve got to play, like, legit the exact opposite that we played tonight.”
The Bulls were able to win all three matchups against the Heat during the regular season, including a 113-99 win just last month. But the Play-In Tournament offers Miami the chance to turn the page, and they can get the bad taste from the regular season out of their mouths on Friday.
Based on the Bulls-Heat betting odds & trends, sportsbooks are a whole lot more confident in Miami than the betting community. Be sure to check out OddsShopper tools to find the best NBA value throughout the postseason!
