Mavericks vs. Bulls Odds & Betting Predictions - March 12, 2024

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Playing the matchup here - Bulls trap ball-handlers and allow a ton of threes and spot up looks. Washington is incredibly inconsistent, but has hit this in 5/L9. When these two teams played in NOV, Grant Williams, Derrick Jones and THJ all had 17+ including 9+ 3PA.

The Bulls take on the Mavericks on Monday and one player to target is Nikola Vucevic. The Bulls have been running more double big lineups with Andre Drummond; however, this is not the matchup for that. Drummond is not in a good matchup here to defend Luka and I do not envision the Bulls making that decision. They’ve generally deployed the dual big lineup against other bigger teams. Vucevic has been solid on this line ever since Zach LaVine and Patrick Williams went down with injury. In 18 games without the two of them, Vucevic is averaging 31.8 PR but he has exceeded this line in 61% of games. He had a few down games that are pulling down the averages. Vucevic has a strong matchup against either Daniel Gafford or Dereck Lively. Gafford cannot keep up with Vuc’s ability to stretch the floor and Lively is not skilled enough as a rebounder or a defender to contain him. I like Vucevic to exceed 32.5 PR tonight.