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March 14, 2008

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Three free NBA picks Friday as we look at the biggest and best match-ups from around the association.  First up the Boston Celtics try to defend their incredible 29-4 home court record this season against a Utah Jazz team that’s capable of handing them that 5th home loss.  The tightest spread of the night comes in the Lakers/Hornets game, where we’ve got two teams that have blown past the expectations that the experts had for them at the start of the season.  We’ll finish up with San Antonio at Detroit, which has become one of my personal favorite show downs in the NBA because they have such similar mentalities and game philosophies.

As always, our picks come to you free of charge!  Here’s what’s going down Friday night :

Boston Celtics -7.5
The Celtics are doing everything that they were supposed to do after acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.  They are winning a ridiculous number of games and they’re doing it in style with the average Boston game ending in a 10-point Celtics victory.  The boys in green are currently on a 10 game winning streak that includes 7 wins against the spread, not a bad clip if you were betting on the Celtics over the past few weeks.  The Jazz have been incredibly tough this year, just not on the road.  Utah is 43-23 overall this season with a 15-20 record on the road.  That’s a big enough advantage for us to lay the 7.5 points for Boston Friday.

L.A. Lakers -1.5
The Lakers have shed their label of being a poor team on the road.  Their 22-11 record is one of the better marks in the league.  That stat has been one of the biggest factors in their success this season.  Back in January the Lakers played at New Orleans and dominated the Hornets 109-80.  We’re not predicting a repeat performance, but it should give you plenty of confidence to take the Lakers -1.5 tonight.

Detroit Pistons -3.5
You simply can’t bet against the Pistons at home at this point in the season no matter who is coming to town.  Surprisingly, the Spurs have actually struggled historically late down the stretch.  More than likely they don’t actually “struggle” but their record suffers because they’ve locked up their playoff spot and can rest guys a little more often to get ready for the playoffs than they might if they needed to make a run to get in the playoffs.  I’m not suggesting that they tank games, but they have lost 3 of their last 4 and haven’t covered a spread in 8 of their last 10 contests.  The Pistons won the only other meeting this season 90-80 in San Antonio.  Now they get the Spurs in Detroit and we’re predicting another victory for the Pistons.

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