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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Clippers Pick & Prediction JANUARY 5th 2024
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The Los Angeles Clippers have won their past four games. So have the New Orleans Pelicans. Two of the hotter teams in the Western Conference meet Friday night in New Orleans. The Clippers have won 13 of their past 15 games after a 131-122 victory at Phoenix Wednesday night. The Pelicans have won nine of their past 12 games after a 117-106 road victory against West-leading Minnesota on Wednesday. New Orleans was completing a back-to-back, … more
Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Pick & Prediction JANUARY 5th 2024
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The game within the game between the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday highlighted the dilemma Rockets center Alperen Sengun presents opposing defenses. In the early stages of the Rockets’ 112-101 victory, the Nets aggressively sent a second defender at Sengun when he attempted to post up, testing both his ability to pass out of the double team and his patience to deal with it. Initially, there were moments of pause from Sengun, but … more
Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets Pick & Prediction JANUARY 5th 2024
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Injured starters Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic might as well be labeled the cavalry for the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have lost three of five without Vucevic (groin) entering Friday’s visit from the Charlotte Hornets and have been treading water with LaVine sidelined with right foot inflammation since late November. Both former All-Stars were cleared to return on a minutes restriction on Friday just as the high mileage of life without them was setting in … more
Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks Pick & Prediction JANUARY 5th 2024
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Joel Embiid will look to continue his historic season Friday when the Philadelphia 76ers host the New York Knicks. In the Sixers’ 110-97 win over the Chicago Bulls Tuesday, Embiid returned from an 11-day absence caused by a sprained right ankle to produce 31 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and two blocked shots. It was Embiid’s second triple-double this season and the seventh of his career. The reigning Most Valuable Player also compiled his 14th … more
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards Pick & Prediction JANUARY 5th 2024
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The Washington Wizards have an immediate opportunity to exact a measure of revenge from a humiliating defeat when they get a rematch Friday with the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland. The Cavaliers got scoring and rebounding from all 11 players who saw action when they thumped the visiting Wizards 140-101 in the opener of the same-site, two-game sequence on Wednesday. While equaling their largest margin of victory over the Wizards, the Cavaliers recorded season-bests in several … more