Chicago Bulls (28-21) at Sacramento Kings (20-26)

The Chicago Bulls will try and do something tonight they rarely do, beat the Sacramento Kings. The Kings have won 14 of the last 15 meetings with the Bulls including the last 7 in Sacramento. The Bulls haven’t won in Sacramento in over 9 years. The gambling public however, thinks the Bulls will break the cycle tonight with SBG Global reporting an unusual amount of money on the Bulls money line standing at +110.

The Kings have won three straight overall and are playing as well as they have all season. A victory tonight would be the Kings' fourth in a row, equaling their season-best win streak. Ron Artest scored 20 points and had 9 assists on Monday in a 105-99 win over New Orleans. "We come in here every day already focused on the standings," Kings forward Kevin Martin said.

"These past three games that we have won we knew were crucial because they were all teams that are in front of us in our conference. We feel like they are 2-for-1 games." Artest has averaged 21.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.3 steals in the last three games. Mike Bibby had 19 points in the win over New Orleans. Bibby has averaged 24.4 points in the last five games against the Bulls. He had 23 points in an 89-88 win at Chicago on November 3rd. Martin had 30 points in that game.

Sacramento is a 2 point favorite with a total of 196.5 at SBG Global.

Chicago is coming off a 100-95 loss at Utah on Monday. Chicago was without Andres Nocioni, who is likely to be out for some time. "He's been playing hurt, and we don't want to have him continue playing hurt the rest of the year," coach Scott Skiles said. "We want to bring it to an end." Nocioni, was averaging 15 points per game. The Bulls are 2-2 on their seven-game road trip. The Bulls are 8-15 away from home this season.

The Bulls are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games as an underdog. The Bulls are 5-16-1 ATS in their last 22 road games. The Bulls are 3-13 ATS in their last 16 vs. the Pacific. The Bulls are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games as a road underdog. The road team is 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings between the two teams and the underdog is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The Kings are 4-12-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Kings are 2-8-1 ATS in their last 11 games as a favorite. The Kings are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 vs. the Central. The Kings are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games as a home favorite. The Kings are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Kings are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games.

The Under is 4-1 in the Bulls last 5 vs. the Pacific. The Under is 9-4-1 in the Bulls last 14 vs. the Western Conference. The Under is 5-1 in the Kings last 6 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Over is 7-2 in the Kings last 9 games as a home favorite.