Cleveland Cavaliers vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/17/25

Last week the Cavaliers held a players only meeting following a 14-10 start to their season and then they proceeded to lose to the Charlotte Hornets at home after going scoreless in the OT period. The first two months of this season just haven’t been good to the Cavs who are hoping to spark a turnaround with a win against the struggling Bulls on Wednesday. They did already win once against this team earlier in the year, but they needed Donovan Mitchell to go berserk in the clutch for that to happen. De’Andre Hunter also went off offensively scoring 29 points, the question is do the Cavs have it in them to go up 2-0 in the regular season series here?

To say that the last 10 games or so have been a struggle for the Bulls would be an understatement. This team has seemingly fallen off a cliff, especially on offense where we’ve grown accustomed to seeing them score a ton of points. That just hasn’t been the case during this stretch with their net rating being the 2nd lowest in the league at just 108.7 points per 100 possessions. The other day we saw them lose to the struggling New Orleans Pelicans at home, scoring only 104 points. There could be some major changes made to the roster as the trade season begins in the NBA, rumor has it the Bulls will attempt to get Chicago native Anthony Davis from the Dallas Mavericks.

Until that happens, it’s hard for me to take the Bulls seriously here. The Cavs did have their struggles this season, but I think it’s time for a signature win over a team that plays very little to no defense. I’ll back Cleveland here.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Chicago Bulls Predictions: Cavaliers -5.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.