It's time to fade the Chicago Bulls again, plus other best bets for Monday night

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It's time to fade the Chicago Bulls again, plus other best bets for Monday night

Matt Ryan was traded to the Indianapolis Colts by the Atlanta Falcons for a third-round pick. The Colts traded Carson Wentz to Philadelphia for two third round picks and a first-rounder last year. Ryan will become the fifth different starting quarterback in Indianapolis in the last five seasons. The Falcons are considering trading for another quarterback. They could also use their first round pick on a draft pick, or they could tank to get the first pick in next year's draft.

The Chicago Bulls are struggling and are trying to avoid the play-in games. The Raptors are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 as an underdog. Chicago's downfall has been on the defensive end. Patrick Williams is back for the first time since October. The Bulls might avoid a loss and clear some space between themselves and the playoffs. They are 1.5 games behind Toronto.

Celtics have the best defensive rating in the NBA. Oklahoma City has been terrible defensively since the All-Star break. The Thunder might not even break 100 points on their own to get us past the total tonight. Chicago Bulls are a bad team.

The over is 8-1 in OKC's last nine at home games.

Wizards are 28th in the NBA's defensive rating since the break. Houston Rockets are 2-11 since their recent winless streak. The Rockets' odds are 3.5 points better than the Wizards' (-110).

The Wizards are 1-9-1 ATS in their last 11 as a road favorite.

SportsLine's Projection Model has a good idea of how the Sweet 16 will play out. Chicago Bulls are a bad bet for Monday night.

Houston is considered to be better than Arizona. KenPom has Houston as the second-best team in the country behind only Gonzaga. BartTorvik.com has the Cougars as No. 2 team and Arizona as no. 8. The line in that Sweet 16 game will move from Arizona -2 to Houston -1 during the week.


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