The 9-8 Chicago Bulls will travel to play the 6-14 Detroit Pistons in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip time from Detroit is set for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass. <br /><br />The current NBA odds has the road team Chicago Bulls favored by -1 ½ points with an over under line of 184 points. When the odds opened up a few hours ago the Bulls were -2 point favorites and the total came in at 192 points. We have seen a ½ point move on Detroit and a two point move on over the total. <br /><br />The teams met four times last year in the lockout season with Chicago winning all four games and covering three of the games. Trend: Detroit Pistons are 4-1 to the under in their past five games.<br /><br />The Bulls are 4-3 on the road this season. They have won three of four games. They beat Cleveland on Wednesday 95-85 as a -3 ½ point betting favorite at home. They were slow out of the gates as they trained 27-11 after one period. Without Derrick Rose in the lineup the Bulls offense has suffered as their point total and shooting percentage has tailed downward. They are still a very good defensive team as they are number one in scoring defense allowing 91 points a game and only 42.6% shooting. Luol Deng leads the club with 18 points a game. <br /><br />The Pistons have lost three of their past four games. Their only win during this stretch was against a bad Cleveland team at home. They drop a 104-97 home decision to Golden St on Wednesday as a-1 point favorite. Detroit has struggled for scoring during this four game stretch with a point per game average of 85. At 93 points per game average this season the Pistons are 25th in the league. Greg Monroe leads the team with 15 points a game.
