Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder (-4) The Pick: Thunder 103-94 Both teams can be elite, so how are you supposed to know which version of each team will show up? First of all, it is easy to predict which [...]
Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans (-2.5) Too much firepower. It may sound funny, but that’s what the Pelicans have in this matchup. They have four players (Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Jrue Holliday, and Eric Gordon) averaging at least 16 [...]
Atlanta Hawks (-2.5) at Cleveland Cavaliers The Pick: 103-94 Since losing to these very Hawks 108-89 less than three weeks ago, the Cavaliers have split their eight games, indicating to those who just look at win/loss total that they are [...]
Houston Rockets (+7.5) at San Antonio Spurs The Pick: Spurs 101-98 In a battle for Texas, I expect the road team to be more competitive than you do. Listen, I’m not saying the Rockets are the better team or that Dwight [...]
Minnesota Timberwolves (+6) at Los Angeles Clippers The Pick:Timberwolves 103-99 This figures to be a high-scoring game, so the fact that you are giving me points to take the team with the most versatile scorer makes the Timberwolves my pick [...]
Houston Rockets (-2.5) at Detroit Pistons The Pick: Rockets 104-92 As down as I was on the Rockets yesterday, I am that high on them tonight in Detroit. I was down on them because of the matchup, not because I [...]
Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers (-5.5) The Pick: Pacers 102-90 The Pacers are an elite basketball team that has made it clear that they are playing not to qualify for the postseason, but to earn home court throughout. Losing two [...]
San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors (-3) The Pick: Warriors 103-92 I struggle to take any anti-Spurs pick to the bank, but this one is too tasty to pass up. The fact that the Spurs are on the second [...]
Memphis Grizzlies (+10) at Dallas Mavericks The Pick: Mavericks 95-91 I understand that the Grizzlies played last night and that the Mavericks have been off since their victory on Saturday, but this recommendation is built on principal. Any team who [...]
