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Utah Jazz vs. Detroit Pistons NBA Pick Prediction 12/20/2022
Jazz at Pistons—Juzang, Olynyk and Sexton out for Utah. Livers out for the Pistons.
Utah fell to 17-16 with their 122-99 road defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jazz pulled down nine fewer rebounds that the Cavs. They shot 39% with 29% from three. Lauri Markkanen had 24 points and six rebounds. Jordan Clarkson had 23 and two boards. Utah allowed 61% shooting to Cleveland with 58% from three.
Detroit drops to 8-24 with their 124-121 home defeat to Brooklyn Nets. Pistons shot 48% with 27% from three. Bojan Bogdanovic had 26 points and four assists. Alec Burks had 12 points and five boards off the bench.
Detroit allowed 55% shooting to the Nets with 52% from three. They couldn’t stop Durant and Irving who combined for 81 points. Pistons blew a 71-54 halftime lead behind 29 bench scoring.
Jazz have lost six straight on the road sitting 29th in defensive efficiency allowing 122.8 points per 100 possessions while scoring 110.4 per 100. Play Detroit +3.5.
Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat NBA Pick Prediction 12/20/2022
Bulls at Heat—Ball out for Chicago with Green questionable. Vincent and Yurtseven out for the Heat. Lowry, Halsem and Martin questionable. Butler and Dedmon probable. Chicago fell to 11-18 with their 15-126 road defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Bulls were outrebounded by nine boards. Team hit on 52% with 42% from three. DeMar DeRozan had 29 points and six assists. Nikola Vucevic scored 23 with nine boards. Chicago allowed 66% shooting to the Timberwolves with 53% from three.
Chicago gets blown out with Gobert and Towns out of the lineup for Minnesota who also lost Reid for the second half. Miami improved to 16-15 with their 111-101 neutral site win to the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico City. Heat hit on 51% with 37% from three.
Jimmy Butler had 26 points and four assists. Bam Adebayo contributed with 22 and 13 boards. Miami held the Spurs to 43% shooting and 37% from three. Heat won without point guard Kyle Lowry to knee injury. Bulls have lost seven of nine sitting 26th in defensive efficiency allowing 117.1 points per 100 possessions while scoring 111.2 per 100.
Heat carry a four game win streak sitting third in defensive efficiency holding opponents to 102.8 points per 100 possessions while scoring 108.5 per 100. At home the Heat are putting up 110 points a game and allowing 47.4% shooting. Head to head over in six of seven. Play Chicago and Miami over 224.
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Golden St Warriors vs. New York Knicks NBA Pick Prediction 12/20/2022
Warriors at Knicks—Curry, Wiggins and Iguodala out for GSW. Thompson and Kuminga probable. Toppin out for NYK.
Golden St improved to 15-16 following their 126-110 road win at Toronto Raptors. GSW shot 53% with 46% from three. Jordan Poole had a career high 43 points with six assists. Klay Thompson contributed with 17 and seven boards.
Golden St allowed 42% shooting to the Raptors with 39% from three. NYK fell to 17-13 with their 109-106 road win at Indiana Pacers. Knicks shot 47% with 31% from three. Jalen Brunson had 30 points and three assists. Julius Randle had 25 with fourteen boards.
On defense, Knicks allowed 43% shooting to the Pacers with 34% from three. Knicks on a seven game win streak sitting tops in defensive efficiency allowing 99 points per 100 possessions while scoring 113.5 per 100.
Warriors on the road sit 29th in defensive efficiency allowing 118.2 points per 100 possessions while scoring 111.2 per 100. New York core healthy. Play NY Knicks -4.5.
Washington Wizards vs. Phoenix Suns NBA Pick Prediction 12/20/2022
Wizard at Suns—Wright and Hachimura out for Washington. Crowder, Johnson, Landale, Payne and Washington out for Phoenix. Booker and Ayton questionable.
Washington drops to 11-20 after their 118-117 road defeat to the LA Rams. Wizards shot 46% with 26% from three. Bradley Beal in his return from injury had 29 points and three assists. Beal missed six games. Kyle Kuzma had 22 with sixteen boards.
Defensively, they allowed 50% shooting to the Lakers with 41% from three. Missed three by Kuzma late send the Wizards to their tenth straight defeat. Team has lost 13 of 14. Phoenix improved to 19-12 with their 130-104 home win to LA Lakers.
Suns pulled down 13 more boards than the Lakers. They shot 49% with 51% from three. Chris Paul had 28 points and eight assists. DeAndre Ayton had 21 and 11 boards. Phoenix held the Lakers to 45% shooting and 43% from three.
Davis, Westbrook and James sat out for LAL. In their homestand the Suns averaging 129.8 points per 100 possessions while allowing 114.1 per 100. On this road trip the Wizards are allowing 116.8 points per 100 possessions while scoring 109 per 100. Play Washington and Phoenix over 226.
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets NBA Pick Prediction 12/20/2022
Grizzlies at Nuggets—Bane and Green out for Memphis. Gillespie out with Porter doubtful for Denver. Murray, Green and Caldwell Pope questionable. Jokic probable. Memphis fell to 19-10 after their 115-109 road defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Grizzlies shot only 38% with 27% from three. Dillon Brooks had 32 points and four rebounds. Jam Morant had only six points and five boards. Morant was ejected in the second quarter. Memphis allowed 41% shooting to OKC with 42% from three.
Memphis had won seven straight. OKC was without Gilgeous-Alexander and Giddey. Denver improved to 18-11 after their 119-115 home win to Charlotte Hornets. They grabbed seven more boards than the Hornets. Team shot 46% with 33% from three.
Nikola Jokic had 40 points with 27 rebounds. Caldwell-Pope had 20 and five assists. Denver held Charlotte to 43% shooting along with 32% from three. Nuggets overcame an 11 point second quarter deficit. Grizzlies loss broke a seven game win streak.
On the road the Grizzlies are allowing 115.1 points per 100 possessions while scoring 110.6 per 100. At home Nuggets shooting 51.8% and putting up 119 points a game. Play Memphis and Denver over 233.5.
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