Found a strong trend that appears to favor CHI in the 1Q quite well, here's the data. Notice the 1q spread. This reads as show me the teams down 3-1 on an opponent playing as a home favorite. I limited it to the Eastern conference only since they play out differently than WC games, from a scoring standpoint.

If you think about it, this makes sense. Team down 3-1 at home playing for their lives. Expect them to come out fired up and jump on the other team. Chicago has shown they have fight and I expect we'll see it in the 1Q with the crowd behind them.

This favors ATS and ML as well. I wouldn't bet my life, but I'd feel confident in either.

I'm all over CHI 1Q/-1.5 -115 and parlaying the ML and the under and/or CHI for the game.

Miami is hot right now, but I don't think they close this out tonight on the road. They want to do it at home and the stats back it up.