NBA Picks

The Warriors haven’t been playing good basketball lately and the Kings have. Will this trend continue Sunday? Get our GS/Sac pick here!

The Utah Jazz have been playing really good basketball and next to the Portland Trail Blazers, are one of the NBA’s biggest surprises of 2022. Can they keep it rolling against the Wizards on Saturday? Get our UT/Wash prediction here!

In the 2017 playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs were leading the undefeated Golden State Warriors by 25 in the third quarter – and then Zaza Pachulia happened, Kawhi went down, and history was rewritten forever. In tonight’s game, the Spurs will attempt to avenge the loss they took there as well as the loss they suffered this summer with the Kawhi Leonard trade. DeMar DeRozan has cooled off a little bit, but he and Aldridge are still All-NBA caliber players, and the Spurs are 5-2 at home. Bookmakers have the Spurs as only -2.5 favs over Steph and Dray-less GSW. KC has your NBA pick.

In year’s past, it’s taken until about January for Brett Brown to solidify the defense, but with the amount of two-way talent they now possess, their defense is 4th best at holding opponent’s effective field goal percentage down, and it’s only going to climb. Charlotte, as we outlined in the Cleveland game, has generated quality looks all season, and for the most part has converted. As cliché as it sounds, the winner of this matchup will be either the team that makes shots, or the team that made their opponent miss. Will the Butler-edition of the 76er defense hold up tonight in Charlotte?

In their last meeting, the Raptors gave the Celtics their just desserts in a 113-102 game that was not quite as close as the final score indicated. Last season, Boston was a top-10 home team, and the second best home team ATS in the NBA. In order for Toronto to keep their momentum going, they’ll need to hit Boston’s defense where it hurts. And that is right at Kyrie Irving. Kyle Lowry is – as they say in the business – a “bulldog;” he’ll bite your head off without blinking. Kawhi Leonard is the superduperstar of the Raptors’ roster, but every Lone Ranger needs his Tonto, and Lowry has to be that guy. Can Lowry take it to Irving again and keep the C’s from writing a revenge story line?

Many were getting ready for the possibility of a Spurs-less playoffs for only the second time in many of our lifetimes, but Coach Popovich has pulled a full MacGruber and has them firmly in the hunt. His current rotation of guards is basically a water bottle, a roll of duct tape, and some copper wire, but he managed to make a bomb out of it anyway, and the Spurs legacy lives on. Does Pop have enough to to put together a win and a cover with a +5? KC has today’s NBA pick.