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Brooklyn Nets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Nets at Cavaliers—Harris out for Brooklyn. Rubio, Wade and Windler out for the Cavaliers. Brooklyn is 21-12 with their 118-100 home win to the Milwaukee Bucks. Nets shot 49% with 44% from three. Kevin Durant had 24 points and six assists. Kyrie Irving returned and had 18 with nine boards. Brooklyn limited Milwaukee to 44% shooting along with 24% from three point range. Cleveland fell to 22-12 after their 118-107 home defeat to the Toronto Raptors. Cavs were outrebounded by ten boards. Team shot 51% with 33% from three. Darius Garland had 17 points and eight assists. Donovan Mitchell had 12 points but 4 of 16 shooting. Cleveland allowed 50% shooting to Toronto with 51% from three point range. Nets have won 12 of 13 games sitting tops in offensive efficiency by averaging 119.5 points per 100 possessions while allowing 111.2 per 100. Cavs have allowed 47% shooting or greater in three of six games. Play Brooklyn +2.
LA Clippers vs. Detroit Pistons NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Clippers at Pistons—Leonard out for LA with Livers for Detroit. LAC fell to 19-15 following their 119-114 road defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers. They did pull down six fewer boards than the 76ers. Clips shot 51% with 37% from three. Kawhi Leonard had 28 points and five assists. Paul George chipped in with 22 and four assists. Defensively, they allowed 53% shooting to Philadelphia with 41% from three point range. Detroit drops to 8-27 following their 130-105 road defeat to the Atlanta Hawks. Pistons shot 41% with 27% from three. Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points and three boards. Killian Hayes scored 17 with five boards. Pistons allowed 53% shooting to Atlanta with 35% from three. Pistons have lost eight of nine sitting 27th in defensive efficiency by allowing 119 points per 100 possessions while scoring 109.3 per 100. Clips defensive form better right now then Detroit as in that span holding opponents to 106.5 points per 100 possessions. Play LA Clippers -5.
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Miami Heat NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Timberwolves at Heat—Towns, Prince and McLaughlin out for the Timberwolves with Anderson questionable. Yurtseven and Dedmon out for Miami. Butler, Adebayo, Halsem and Vincent questionable with Martin probable. Minnesota falls to 16-17 after their 121-109 road defeat to the Boston Celtics. Timberwolves were outrebounded by eight boards. Team shot 48% with 31% from three. Anthony Edwards had 30 points and six rebounds. D’Angelo Russell had 21 points and ten boards. They held the Celtics to 44% shooting and 28% from three. Miami drops to 16-17 with their 111-108 home defeat to the Indiana Pacers. Heat shot 43% with 39% from three. Tyler Herro had 28 points and four rebounds. Kyle Lowry contributed with 21 and six boards. Heat allowed 48% shooting to Indiana with 45% from three. Het opened this home stand with two losses. They have failed to cover six straight at home sitting 25th in defensive efficiency by allowing 117.1 points per 100 possessions while scoring 111.8 per 100. Timberwolves have defended better past three games. Heat 3-12-1 as a home favorite this season to the spread. Play Minnesota +4.5.
Houston Rockets vs. Chicago Bulls NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Rockets at Bulls—Tate out for Houston with Gordon questionable. Ball and Caruso out for Chicago with Green and Jones doubtful. Houston drops to 9-23 with their 112-106 home defeat to the Dallas Mavericks. They lose despite pulling down 11 more boards than the Mavs. Team shot 46% with 31% from three. Jabari Smith had 24 points and ten rebounds. Jalen Green put in 23 points with eight rebounds. Rockets allowed 45% shooting to Dallas with 36% from beyond the arc. Chicago improved to 14-18 with their 118-117 road win at New York Knicks. Bulls hit 48% with 45% from three. Zach LaVine contributed with 33 and four rebounds. DeMar DeRozan had 25 with ten assists. On defense, Chicago allowed 50% shooting to NYK with 46% from three. Bulls have been shooting lights out averaging 48% or greater in eight of their past nine games. They sit seventh in offensive efficiency in this period averaging 116.2 per 100 while sitting 25th on the defensive side allowing 117 points per 100 possessions. Bulls defense makes it tough to lay this big number. Play Houston +8.
Indiana Pacers vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Pacers at Pelicans—Brown and Theis out for the Pacers. Smith and Nesmith questionable. Ingram and Liddell out for New Orleans with Nance questionable. Indiana improves to 17-16 with their 111-108 road win at Miami Heat. Pacers shot 48% with 45% from three. Tyrese Haliburton had a career high 43 points and seven assists. Buddy Hield had 21 and five rebounds. On defense, they did allow 43% shooting to the Heat with 39% from three. New Orleans is 20-12 after their 128-125 road overtime win to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They did pull down eight more boards than the Pelicans. Team shot 44% with 35% from three. Trey Murphy had 23 points and five rebounds. CJ McCollum had 17 points and 11 assists. On defense, they allowed OKC 46% shooting along with 37% from three. Zion and Ingram missed the game. Pacers have covered four of five with three coming on the road in a road. In this period, Pacers averaging 114.9 points per 100 possessions while allowing 114.3 per 100. Pelicans over in seven of eight scoring 116.1 points per 100 possessions while allowing 116.8 per 100. Play Indiana and New Orleans over 232.
Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Jazz at Spurs—Olynyk out for Utah. Spurs have a clean injury report. Utah improved to 19-16 with their 120-112 home win to Washington Wizards. Jazz converted on 49% with 46% from three. Malik Beasley had 25 points and two rebounds. Jordan Clarkson contributed with 23 and six rebounds. Utah did allow 56% shooting to the Wizards with 33% from beyond the arc. Jazz had a 13-0 run in the second half to overcome a six point halftime deficit. San Antonio drops to 10-22 after their 133-113 road defeat to the Orlando Magic. Spurs posted 45% shooting with 32% from three. Keldon Johnson had 17 and four assists. Tre Jones scored 16 and eight assists. They allowed 57% shooting to Orlando with 53% from three. Magic put up 72 second half points to the Spurs 52. Jazz have won two straight covering as favorites against losing teams by averaging 126.2 points per 100 possessions and allowing 114.9 per 100. Spurs have lost and failed to cover four of five allowing 120.4 points per 100 possessions and scoring 112.7 per 100. They are allowing 51.7% shooting in this period. Past two seasons San Antonio 14-21 ATS as a home underdog. Play Utah -6.
Charlotte Hornets vs. Portland Trailblazers NBA Pick Prediction 12/26/2022
Hornets at Trailblazers—Martin out for Charlotte with Richards doubtful and Smith questionable. Little, Payton and Winslow out. Hart and Nurkic are probable. Charlotte improves to 9-24 with their 134-130 road win to the LA Lakers. Hornets shot 55% with 39% from three. PJ Washington had 24 points and five rebounds. LaMelo Ball scored 23 with eight assists. They allowed 52% shooting to LAL with 43% from three. Charlotte came out of the halftime break for a 21-5 run. Portland fell to 17-16 with their 120-107 road defeat to the Denver Nuggets. Trailblazers shot 45% with 26% from three. Damian Lillard had 34 points and eight assists. Jerami Grant chipped in with 20 and seven boards. Portland allowed 58% shooting to the Nuggets with 48% from three. Trailblazers were outscored 35-16 in the third quarter. Front end of a back to back here for Charlotte on their fifth game of a six game trip as they allowed 114.4 points per 100 possessions while scoring 111.4 per 100. With their core healthy the Trailblazers over in three straight at home averaging 124.4 points per 100 possessions while allowing 116.2 per 100. Play Charlotte and Portland over 238.