NBA Picks & Predictions for Saturday, December 12, 2009
Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Saturday, December 12, in the NBA.
Portland Trail Blazers at Milwaukee Bucks, 8:35PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
PORTLAND is 15-9 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE since 1996
PORTLAND is 16-8 straight up against MILWAUKEE since 1996
17 of 24 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
PORTLAND is 4-0 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
PORTLAND is 4-0 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at MILWAUKEE since 1996
PORTLAND is 9-3 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE since 1996
PORTLAND is 8-4 straight up against MILWAUKEE since 1996
7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons.
PORTLAND is 2-0 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
PORTLAND is 2-0 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Portland | Best Line: +4 SBGGLOBAL.com
Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets, 9:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
PHOENIX is 23-22 against the spread versus DENVER since 1996
PHOENIX is 33-16 straight up against DENVER since 1996
24 of 46 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 4-3 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 4-3 straight up against DENVER over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at DENVER since 1996
DENVER is 13-11 against the spread versus PHOENIX since 1996
PHOENIX is 14-11 straight up against DENVER since 1996
13 of 24 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at DENVER over the last 3 seasons.
DENVER is 2-1 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
DENVER is 3-0 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Denver | Best Line: -9 SBGGLOBAL.com
L.A. Lakers at Utah Jazz, 9:05PM ET
All games in this series since 1996
UTAH is 37-31 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996
LA LAKERS is 39-32 straight up against UTAH since 1996
35 of 67 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 11-7 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 14-5 straight up against UTAH over the last 3 seasons
12 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at UTAH since 1996
UTAH is 19-14 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996
UTAH is 23-12 straight up against LA LAKERS since 1996
19 of 33 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at UTAH over the last 3 seasons.
UTAH is 4-3 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 5-3 straight up against LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA Free Pick: Utah | Best Line: +1.5 SBGGLOBAL.com