Chicago Bulls

Laying points with the Bulls was the worst spread bet in the NBA in 2025-26: as favorites they covered 9 times in 30, the league’s lowest rate. Hand the Chicago Bulls points instead and they covered 29 of 52.

Laying points on Chicago

Thirty times the market made Chicago the favorite. The Bulls won 13 of those games and covered 9: 30.0%, last of 30 teams. On the moneyline that role cost 9.11 units over 29 priced games, and only the Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors lost more backing themselves as favorites. The worst of it: a 113-103 home defeat to Brooklyn with the Bulls at -325.

Taking points with them

As underdogs the Bulls went 18-34 and covered 29 of 52, 55.8%. Ten teams did better in that spot. The moneyline returned 2.12 units on those 52, level with the Lakers’ underdog return. The longest prices they cashed: +475 at Denver, 130-127, and +440 at Phoenix, 105-103.

The season against the spread

A 31-51 record, 38 covers, 44 misses. October opened 5-0 with five covers and 6.87 units. February was the hole: 0-11, one cover in 11, 11.00 units lost. March then ran 5-10 straight up yet covered 10 of 15.

Blind support across the 81 priced games finished 6.99 units down: 4.04 lost at home, 2.95 away. Chicago allowed 121.51 points a game, and only two teams gave up more.

Who they met most

The Indiana Pacers beat them four times out of four, never failing to cover. The Atlanta Hawks went the other way: three Chicago wins, three covers, 3.84 units. The Toronto Raptors won all three meetings, every one a Chicago miss. Against the Cleveland Cavaliers the Bulls split 2-2 and covered all four.

The total

Forty-five unders, 37 overs, 54.9%. Four teams went under more often; Brooklyn, Dallas and Phoenix matched Chicago. December and January carried the most of it, nine unders each, in 14 and 16 games.

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