Tiago splitter enters Monday with Caleb Wilson drawing the sharpest betting attention, after the Chicago Bulls rookie put up 30 points and 14 rebounds over the weekend. The Bulls now face the Boston Celtics on Oct. 26, and the market has Boston laying 14.5 points at home.
Caleb Wilson’s 51-point run
Wilson has scored 51 points over his last two games, and he is averaging 22.3 points per game while taking nearly 20 shots per game. That kind of volume gives Chicago a clear offensive focal point, even if the efficiency has been uneven.
He is shooting 40.7 percent from the field. He is also 4-for-23 from 3-point range. Those numbers suggest the Bulls are letting him create a large share of their early offense, not asking him to wait for cleaner looks.
Boston’s 14.5-point home line
The Celtics were 1-1 in the 2026-27 season before they hosted Chicago. They beat the defending champion New York Knicks at TD Garden on Friday night. They also covered the spread in their home opener after blowing a lead against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.
Chicago has already shown the kind of volatility that feeds a wide line. The Bulls were blown out by the Toronto Raptors on opening night, then beat the Milwaukee Bucks before losing by four points at home against the Washington Wizards. Their early net rating sat 27th after the 43-point loss to Toronto.
What the Bulls are betting on
The setup leaves Chicago leaning heavily on a rookie who already has No. 4 overall pick expectations attached to his name. That usage can stabilize shot creation in a short sample, but it also puts more pressure on Wilson to carry possessions against a Boston defense and a line that already assumes a gap.
Whether Wilson keeps that workload against Boston is the part Monday will answer. If he stays near 20 shots again, the Bulls are signaling that his production is not a one-night outlier but the center of their early offense.
