The New York Knicks will travel to face the Chicago Bulls in an NBA pro basketball game set for Thursday night. <br /> <br />Tip off time from Chicago is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT TV. <br /> <br />The point spread from this NBA game has the home team Chicago Bulls favored by -8 points with an over under line set at 190 points. <br /> <br />The teams met four times last season with Chicago winning and covering the point spread in all four games. <br /> <br />New York is on the back end of a back to back. They move to 1-0 on the year after a 90-83 home victory last night to the Milwaukee Bucks as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The game total finished at under 196 ½ points. The Knicks went up 56-31 at the half and it stood up. <br /> <br />The Knicks enjoyed a 50.7% shooting night but made only 3 of 13 three points. The team survived 22 turnovers as they force 24 away from the Bucks. The New York defense allowed 45.9% shooting to Milwaukee. Carmelo Anthony had 19 points and 10 rebounds on 7 of 16 shooting. <br /> <br />The Bulls are 0-1 on the year after a 107-95 road defeat on Tuesday night to the Miami Heat as a +5 point betting odds underdog. The game total finished at over 188 ½ points. Chicago fell behind 54-33 at the half in defeat. <br /> <br />Chicago shot 42.2% from the floor with 7 of 26 three pointers. On defense they allowed the Heat 51.4% from the field and 11 of 20 from beyond the arc. Derrick Rose in his first game in over a year had 12 points and four assists on 4 of 15 shooting.
