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Friday, February 20
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Pick ‘n’ Roll: NBA best bets
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Sacramento Kings at Memphis Grizzlies (N/A)
The Kings aren’t beating anyone on the road.
Sacramento is 3-26 on the road and has just one win in its last 14 road outings.
The Grizzlies, meanwhile, are 3-1 straight up in their last four on the road, including triumphs over the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Hornets.
Memphis is playing stifling defense lately, especially at home. It has held its last two opponents to less than 80 points and received some much needed help from its bench.
“We are playing defense much better, helping each other, and rebounding great,” Darko Milicic told reporters. “We’re finishing the game, and that’s what’s important.”
Milicic put up 15 points and 10 boards off the bench against the Jazz Tuesday. He is averaging six points and five boards and is a perfect backup for rookie Marc Gasol, who is putting up 11 points and seven rebounds a night.
The Grizzlies are 4-1 against the spread in their last five overall.
Pick: Grizzlies
Cleveland Cavaliers at Milwaukee Bucks (+7.5, 197)
Milwaukee is playing well but they aren’t good enough to beat Cleveland.
The Bucks have won three of their last four games but are just 5-5 SU and ATS in its last 10 overall.
Cleveland, meanwhile, has won two straight and is coming off its second straight 17-point triumph. It wasn’t even LeBron James who led the club in scoring Wednesday.
Cavaliers’ center Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 22 points against the Toronto Raptors. James had 20 points, nine assists and nine rebounds.
“We knew we had a size advantage against these guys,” Ilgauskas told reporters. “They tried to look for me early in the post and I was able to succeed.”
Ilgauskas should have another big night against shorthanded Milwaukee.
Bucks center Andrew Bogut, who has missed the last six tilts, will miss at least the next eight weeks with a lower back ailment.
The Cavaliers, meanwhile, have won two in a row against the Bucks.
Pick: Cavaliers
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Friday, February 20
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Pick ‘n’ Roll: NBA best bets
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Sacramento Kings at Memphis Grizzlies (N/A)
The Kings aren’t beating anyone on the road.
Sacramento is 3-26 on the road and has just one win in its last 14 road outings.
The Grizzlies, meanwhile, are 3-1 straight up in their last four on the road, including triumphs over the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Hornets.
Memphis is playing stifling defense lately, especially at home. It has held its last two opponents to less than 80 points and received some much needed help from its bench.
“We are playing defense much better, helping each other, and rebounding great,” Darko Milicic told reporters. “We’re finishing the game, and that’s what’s important.”
Milicic put up 15 points and 10 boards off the bench against the Jazz Tuesday. He is averaging six points and five boards and is a perfect backup for rookie Marc Gasol, who is putting up 11 points and seven rebounds a night.
The Grizzlies are 4-1 against the spread in their last five overall.
Pick: Grizzlies
Cleveland Cavaliers at Milwaukee Bucks (+7.5, 197)
Milwaukee is playing well but they aren’t good enough to beat Cleveland.
The Bucks have won three of their last four games but are just 5-5 SU and ATS in its last 10 overall.
Cleveland, meanwhile, has won two straight and is coming off its second straight 17-point triumph. It wasn’t even LeBron James who led the club in scoring Wednesday.
Cavaliers’ center Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 22 points against the Toronto Raptors. James had 20 points, nine assists and nine rebounds.
“We knew we had a size advantage against these guys,” Ilgauskas told reporters. “They tried to look for me early in the post and I was able to succeed.”
Ilgauskas should have another big night against shorthanded Milwaukee.
Bucks center Andrew Bogut, who has missed the last six tilts, will miss at least the next eight weeks with a lower back ailment.
The Cavaliers, meanwhile, have won two in a row against the Bucks.
Pick: Cavaliers
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