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Posted at 8:00 AM ET. Odds are subject to change

Chicago +165 ML over New York

United Center – Chicago, IL

NBA Cup

8:00 PM ET. This matchup is all about perception, narrative, and how those elements quietly shape a betting line. The Knicks enter the season with massive expectations — many have them ticketed for a deep postseason push, some even touting them as NBA Finals material. They’ve retooled the back end of the roster, doubled down on their identity, and returned a core that believes it let opportunity slip away last season. The NBA Cup is the league’s “FA Cup”-style proving ground – while not the Finals, it is a strong second trinket and a great venue for a contender to throw their hat in the ring. Thus, the sentiment is heavily in New York’s favour.

Chicago? The Bulls remain an afterthought — a team the broader basketball world isn’t ready to take seriously. Yet, quietly, they’ve opened the season 4-0 and done it without fanfare, hype, or the market doting on their improvement. While New York sits on a pedestal of expectation, Chicago sits in the shadows stacking wins. That’s where value lives.

The number here speaks volumes. If New York were as invincible as sentiment implies, they wouldn’t be laying such a modest price on the road. Oddsmakers are respecting Chicago — significantly. The Bulls are at home, undefeated, and catching plus money in what the market has effectively priced as a coin-flip. That isn’t an accident.

New York may be the more glamorous pick — the team with the buzz, the headlines, the assumed upward trajectory — but none of that wins you tonight’s ticket. What matters is who has been executing up to this point and how the market is positioning the matchup.

This is a classic case of perception inflating one side while suppressing the other. And in those situations, we side with the undervalued home team in a near-even contest. Chicago has every chance to continue proving the doubters wrong. Bulls outright.

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