NBA Picks

Phoenix Suns (1-1 SU, 0-2-0 ATS) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (2-0 SU, 1-0-1 ATS) When: Sunday, October 23rd, 10:00 PM (ET) Where: Crypto.com Arena, CA, Los Angeles TV: NBATV Point Spread: PHO +2/ LAC -2 Total: 219.0 Money Line: Phoenix Suns +111/ -134 Notable...

The new look Clippers and John Wall take on the young Sacramento Kings who look much improved. Get our LAC/Sac point spread prediction here!

Kevin Durant is the perfect cog in the perfect basketball machine, but Stephen Curry is the engine. Without Steph, the Warriors do not exist in their current glory. It’s easy to forget about the gravity that he creates on a basketball court. In college basketball, old-time guys like to tell you to work your offense inside-out i.e. establish a low-post/interior presence and allow that to create open space on the perimeter. The Warriors took that and flipped it on its head; they use the threat of their shooting to create mismatches inside and brain-fart induced wide open lay-ups and dunks – and there’s no greater threat on Earth than Wardell Curry. Without Curry, and potentially Draymond Green and Curry-backup Livingston, how well does the GSW machine run versus the Clippers? KC has your NBA pick!

Last season, Kyrie Irving and Rudy Gobert didn’t get to have the showdown they deserve: the best finesse finisher in the league versus the most effective rim protector. Tonight, that is where the key matchup lies. Boston likes to slow down the pace and generate their offense through intricate half-court design, and it is where the Stifle Tower looms largest. It’s a classic case of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. If Kyrie and his merry band of thieves can generate offense at the rim, they have a chance of stealing a road game on a back-to-back versus a contender.

Kyle Cash gives his prediction on the Houston/Thunder game tonight! – If the Rockets want to prevail on the road, they have one goal: get buckets. Sometimes, when handicapping a game, just imagine how many points it is going to take in order for one team to reach a threshold the other cannot hit. Say, for example, the Rockets score 90 points. Can OKC match 90 given their roster? Absolutely. How about 100? How about 110? To me, I find it hard to believe that OKC’s roster has the offensive firepower to accumulate triple digit points on the second half of a back-to-back. The Thunder could only scrape together 95 points against the friggin’ Cleveland Cavaliers, for crying out loud. I’m a stats junkie, but for tonight, and tonight only, throw ‘em out. Houston is not a bottom-third NBA offense; they are a year removed from posting a 114.7 Offensive Rating.

Sportsbooks have one of the preseason East favorites 76ers as a 2 point underdog versus the Pacers tonight. It’s completely understandable for a young team to struggle on the road, particularly one as oddly designed as the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s also completely understandable for a team from Philly to be undefeated at home. It’s not completely understandable for a team with two of the fifteen best players in the NBA to look disjointed and out of sync offensively. Brett Brown’s lineup decisions are sometimes head scratching, but leaving Markelle Fultz alongside Ben Simmons is basketball malpractice. Can the Sixers coach their way to giving the Pacers a fight? Kyle Cash has your NBA pick.