Chicago Bulls (23-26) vs Los Angeles Clippers (28-25)
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 8:00 pm
This is a play on the LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS for our NBA Tuesday Enforcer. The Clippers continue their six-game east coast roadtrip after splitting the first two games, opening with a win in Atlanta and then losing Sunday at Cleveland by 23 points to move back to .500 on the road at 14-14. That was a game they rested both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, both were pronounced out with knee injuries, yet it was a likely case of the ridiculous load management conveniently in the second game of a back-to-back but both will be back in action tonight. Los Angeles is now three games over .500 and in the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference, two games behind Sacramento for third place. Chicago won the final game of its three-game roadtrip over Orlando after dropping the first two games against Indiana and Charlotte. The Bulls are now three games under .500 and are hanging onto the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, a game and a half ahead of Indiana. Chicago has been a lot better at home but at 13-10, it possesses the sixth worst home record in the conference so there is hardly anything daunting about its home floor. The Bulls can make a move after this with the final three games of this homestand against three losing teams and this is not a good spot as they are 4-11 straight up and ATS against the Western Conference. Here, we play on road favorites off a road loss by 10 points or more going up against an opponent off an road win scoring 110 or more points. This situation is 40-13 ATS (75.5 percent) since 1996. 10* (575) Los Angeles Clippers