I will admit this makes me nervous because it almost feels like the Bulls are due a bad game and it's a weird spot. Whenever I back the Pacers, they usually lose and when I fade, they win. However, Indiana is without five of its top nine scorers due to injury/protocols in Malcolm Brogdon, Jeremy Lamb, Chris Duarte, TJ McConnell and Kelan Martin.

COVID-19 has hit the Pacers, who will have to play this game without Malcolm Brogdon, Chris Duarte and Jeremy Lamb. When these two teams played Sunday, the Bulls won by eight points, but could have won by a lot more had Duarte not caught fire in the third quarter to help the Pacers at least stay somewhat in the game. The Bulls have scored at least 130 points in three of their last four games, and since most of the team has already had COVID, we don’t need to worry about any last-minute surprises. The Bulls could run away with this one.