Sixers vs. Bulls Betting Odds, Picks, Prediction (November 3, 2021)

On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers will play host to the Chicago Bulls at the Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers are coming off an impressive victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, a game they played without Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris. Ben Simmons’ absence will be assumed and unstated here unless developments warrant changing that assumption. The Bulls roughed up the Celtics in Boston two nights ago.

Let’s get into our Sixers vs. Bulls betting pick with player prop predictions, odds, and analysis for this November 3, 2021 matchup.

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Sixers vs. Bulls Betting Pick (November 3, 2021)

It’s been a really long time since this was a true statement, but if you haven’t been paying attention to the league recently here’s your notice: The Chicago Bulls are a well-constructed basketball team that is playing well and should probably make the playoffs this season.

For long-time students of the National Basketball Association, the name “Chicago Bulls” will never stop being associated with the Michael Jordan dynasty, i.e., the team that won six titles in eight years and only lost the two in the middle of those eight years because Jordan was playing minor league baseball. For more recent NBA fans, perhaps “Chicago Bulls” means that stretch from 2004 through 2017 where the Bulls only missed the playoffs twice. Granted, they only made one deep playoff run in that time. The 2010-2011 Bulls, led by Derrick Rose, made the Eastern Conference Finals. Those Bulls teams had a lot of “that guys” – Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Kirk Hinrich – players you have some memory of but don’t really have serious resonance.

Then, for the past four seasons, the Bulls have basically been Zach LaVine and a dozen players who were there to watch LaVine develop and not sniff .500. The Bulls had the following winning percentages in the past four seasons: .329, .268, .338, .431. Pretty clearly, something had to be done. And pretty clearly from the Bulls’ 6-1 start to this season, something was done.

Specifically, the Bulls went out and got Lonzo Ball and DeMar DeRozan – actual, recognizable NBA talents – to run with LaVine and help him score without being an impossible ball hog. The Bulls still have Nik Vucevic manning the middle. Vucevic continues to be a classic “empty calories” center who pulls down plenty of rebounds and kicks in some points but wouldn’t be caught dead defending the rim. Former Los Angeles Laker Alex Caruso, a dirty work guy, is on this team too. 

As a result of all of this, the player the Bulls picked fourth overall in the 2020 draft – Patrick Williams from Florida State – is struggling even more than he did last season to find minutes. It’s a distinct possibility that Williams can’t play; it’s also possible that at age 20, he hasn’t even fully grown into his body. Regardless, the Bulls have something resembling other than a rookie ball fantasy team for the first time in a while. These games against the Bulls will not be gimme wins this season.

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Sixers vs. Bulls Odds

Here’s the line for the Sixers and Bulls at FanDuel Sportsbook:

• Spread: Sixers -2 (-110), Bulls +2 (-110)
• Moneyline: Sixers -126, Bulls +108
• Total: 215.5

Bets We Like With a Sixers Win

Sixers to Win and Under 215.5 Total Points (+233, FanDuel Sportsbook)

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It would be unfair and inaccurate to call what the Sixers have done offensively so far this season fool’s gold or a complete mirage…but it’s not unfair to say they’re probably not going to shoot 49% from the field and 38% from the three-point line all season, either. The Sixers are probably overdue for a regression to the mean, particularly if Joel Embiid doesn’t play. If you think you’re tired of trying to figure out from game to game whether Embiid is playing, just imagine how we feel about it. Anyway, if the Sixers are going to beat the Bulls, they probably want to stay out of a shootout. The Celtics lost to the Bulls 128-114 two nights ago; clearly, the Bulls don’t mind a shooting contest.

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Bets We Like Independent of Outcome

DeMar DeRozan Over 21.5 Points (-120, DraftKings Sportsbook)

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DeMar DeRozan is one of the least heralded scorers of his generation. That sounds like a backhanded compliment, and maybe it is, but DeRozan led the Toronto Raptors in scoring for most of his tenure in Canada and carried a lot of the scoring load for a pretty non-descript San Antonio Spurs team the past three seasons. Now DeRozan is back on another competitive team, and with LaVine killing it so often, DeRozan gets to feast on the opposition’s second-best defender and get to his spots with regularity. DeRozan is averaging 25.6 points per game so far this season, and posted 30 or more in his past two games. He’s hot, he’s a proven scorer — and that’s why this prop is a good value at -120. 

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Nik Vucevic Over 10.5 Rebounds (-113, Barstool Sportsbook)

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Please don’t see this recommendation as a vote of approval for the game of Nik Vucevic. It definitely is not that. Vucevic has been the exact same player his entire career. He’s big, skilled…and soft. If Vucevic had any kind of killer instinct, he’d be an absolute monster. Instead, Vucevic is the classic compiler. He has over 7,000 career rebounds and more than 11,000 career points. Most of that work was done with some pretty bad Orlando Magic teams, squads that desperately needed him to make the leap that he never made. None of this matters tonight, though. Vucevic should be able to pull down 11 or more rebounds by the end of the third quarter (hits Control V) especially if Embiid doesn’t play.

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Seth Curry Over 15.5 Points (-118, FOX Bet)

Seth Curry is averaging 16.4 points per game this season and had 23 on Monday night. Is this apt to continue over the long haul? No, it’s not. But the thing about gifted shooters is that, when they’re on, they’re on and they stay on until they lose the range. Right now, Curry is locked in. Curry is in the “bet on me until I lose one for you” mode that gamblers know all too well. So we’re going to play him until he has an off night, which we doubt will be tonight in a fourth consecutive home game.

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Sixers vs. Bulls Prediction

The Bulls are improved. We’re not disputing that. And if (hits Control V again) Embiid doesn’t play, this pick becomes problematic. It’s relatively simple to account for the loss of a star player for 48 minutes; it’s less simple if that star suddenly looks like he won’t be available for a while. With Embiid, though, the Sixers are still the better team and, having been in Philadelphia for a week now, they’re going to be a lot to deal with for a Bulls team set to fly home tonight and enjoy a couple of days off until these teams have a rematch in Chicago Saturday night.

Pick: 76ers -2 (-110, Caesars Sportsbook)

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