Daily tips for May 5

NBA playoffs for May 5

Eastern Conference round 1, game 7: Chicago Bulls @ Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, Sunday, April 29, 9.10am (series tied 3-3)

Just one of the eight round one playoff series has reached game eight as the banged-up Bulls head back to Brooklyn where the Nets are hosting the biggest since their short move from New Jersey. The Nets never hosted a Game 7 during their 35 years in New Jersey, dropping the only one they ever reached at Detroit in 2004. But they get one right away in their first season in Brooklyn, which looked unlikely just a week earlier.

The challenge for the Bulls is putting together a healthy team. Luol Deng won’t play in this game as he remains hospitalised in Chicago with an illness that kept him out of Game 6. He’s unable to travel, but Chicago hopes to have Kirk Hinrich back after missing the past two games with a bruised left calf. Nate Robinson and Taj Gibson played with the flu on Friday, and Derrick Rose still isn’t back, so the Bulls will have to battle their way through tough circumstances at least one more time.

The Nets have clearly caught a break with the injury to Hinrich, whose absence has made things much easier for point guard Deron Williams. However, if we've learned nothing else it's that the Bulls have plenty of resolve and even if they don't win this one outright, we suspect they'll keep it very close.

Suggested bets: Bulls +6.5 (two units @ $1.95), game total +182.5 (two units @ $1.91)

* Prices with thanks to Centrebet, correct at time of publication