NBA Picks & Predictions for Friday, December 25, 2009
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Friday, December 25, 2009 in the NBA.
Miami Heat at New York Knicks, Noon ET
All games in this series since 1996
NEW YORK is 42-32 against the spread versus MIAMI since 1996
NEW YORK is 38-38 straight up against MIAMI since 1996
38 of 72 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 5-3 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-4 straight up against MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at NEW YORK since 1996
MIAMI is 19-17 against the spread versus NEW YORK since 1996
NEW YORK is 20-16 straight up against MIAMI since 1996
19 of 35 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons.
MIAMI is 2-1 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 2-1 straight up against MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Miami | Best Line: +2.5 SBGGLOBAL.com
Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic, 2:30PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
BOSTON is 33-25 against the spread versus ORLANDO since 1996
ORLANDO is 32-26 straight up against BOSTON since 1996
28 of 56 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 8-7 against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 9-6 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
10 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at ORLANDO since 1996
ORLANDO is 17-12 against the spread versus BOSTON since 1996
ORLANDO is 22-7 straight up against BOSTON since 1996
14 of 27 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons.
ORLANDO is 4-3 against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 5-2 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Orlando | Best Line: -5 SBGGLOBAL.com
Cleveland Cavaliers at L.A. Lakers, 5PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
CLEVELAND is 14-10 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996
LA LAKERS is 15-10 straight up against CLEVELAND since 1996
14 of 23 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 2-2 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 2-2 straight up against CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at LA LAKERS since 1996
CLEVELAND is 8-4 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996
LA LAKERS is 8-4 straight up against CLEVELAND since 1996
7 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons.
LA LAKERS is 1-1 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 1-1 straight up against CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Cleveland | Best Line: +6 SBGGLOBAL.com