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- Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 10:10 PM ET
Luka Doncic's second night takes aim at Miami's porous perimeter - Phoenix Suns vs Golden State Warriors prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 10:10 PM ET
Warriors' shooters get a crack at the NBA's worst 3-point defense - Toronto Raptors vs Los Angeles Clippers prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 10:10 PM ET
Clippers' giveaways could feed Toronto's league-best turnover machine - Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 9:10 PM ET
Blazers bring the league's most three-happy offense to Denver, minus Morant - Boston Celtics vs Houston Rockets prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 8:40 PM ET
Rockets' offensive glass tests a Celtics team on no rest - Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 8:40 PM ET
Wembanyama gets another crack at Utah's stripped-down frontcourt - New Orleans Pelicans vs Memphis Grizzlies prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 8:10 PM ET
Unbeaten Memphis bombs from deep as New Orleans tries to bully the paint - Milwaukee Bucks vs Minnesota Timberwolves prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 8:10 PM ET
Without Edwards, LaMelo Ball steers Minnesota into a reeling Bucks defense - Sacramento Kings vs Dallas Mavericks prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 8:10 PM ET
Dallas finishers line up against a Kings interior missing its bigs - Washington Wizards vs Orlando Magic prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
Banchero-less Magic fire threes into Washington's stingy perimeter defense - Atlanta Hawks vs Indiana Pacers prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
With Siakam resting, Atlanta's ball pressure faces a skeleton Pacers roster - Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
Knicks lay 14.5 points with an offense still searching for itself - Chicago Bulls vs Philadelphia 76ers prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
Chicago's breakneck pace runs into Philadelphia's defensive vise - Detroit Pistons vs Charlotte Hornets prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:40 PM ET
Coby White returns as Charlotte's stalled offense faces Detroit's wall - Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers prediction · Mon, Nov 2, 7:10 PM ET
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a depleted Thunder test Cleveland's fast offense - Toronto Raptors vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction · Sun, Nov 1, 9:10 PM ET
Toronto's turnover machine tests the Lakers' league-best shooting without Kawhi - Los Angeles Clippers vs Golden State Warriors prediction · Sun, Nov 1, 8:40 PM ET
Without Curry and Green, Warriors bet on the Clippers' loose handle - Brooklyn Nets vs Indiana Pacers prediction · Sun, Nov 1, 5:10 PM ET
Without Haliburton and Zubac, can Indiana bully winless Brooklyn again? - Boston Celtics vs Orlando Magic prediction · Sun, Nov 1, 3:40 PM ET
Franz Wagner and a depleted Magic face Boston's dare-you-to-shoot defense - Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 8:40 PM ET
Thunder's injury pile-up arrives in Houston against a tired Rockets team - Sacramento Kings vs Memphis Grizzlies prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 8:10 PM ET
Grizzlies' red-hot shooting faces a short-handed Kings defense - Minnesota Timberwolves vs San Antonio Spurs prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 8:10 PM ET
Without Edwards and on no rest, Wolves face Wembanyama's rested Spurs - Cleveland Cavaliers vs Milwaukee Bucks prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 8:10 PM ET
Harden and Mitchell head for the line against foul-prone Bucks - Atlanta Hawks vs New Orleans Pelicans prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 7:10 PM ET
Pelicans' paint attack aims at Atlanta's open middle - Philadelphia 76ers vs Charlotte Hornets prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 6:10 PM ET
Charlotte's frozen offense runs into Philadelphia's suffocating defense - Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz prediction · Sat, Oct 31, 3:10 PM ET
Blazers' top-ranked offense tests its depth without Ja Morant in Utah - Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 PM ET
Jokic gets a crack at the NBA's worst defensive glass - Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 PM ET
Luka Doncic returns to a Warriors defense that can't guard the paint - Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 8:10 PM ET
Unbeaten Rockets bring a battered frontcourt into Dallas - Indiana Pacers vs Miami Heat prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 8:10 PM ET
Giannis chases a first Miami home win against a gutted Pacers roster - Los Angeles Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 8:10 PM ET
Edwards-less Wolves must protect the ball against the Clippers' hands - Orlando Magic vs Toronto Raptors prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 7:40 PM ET
Raptors' turnover machine gets a second crack at a short-handed Magic - Detroit Pistons vs Brooklyn Nets prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 7:40 PM ET
Without Duren, Detroit's paint wall still towers over winless Brooklyn - Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 7:40 PM ET
Bulls bring the league's fastest pace and coldest jumpers back to Boston - New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 7:40 PM ET
Knicks' cold shooting runs into Philadelphia's stingy defense in Cup rematch - Charlotte Hornets vs Washington Wizards prediction · Fri, Oct 30, 7:10 PM ET
Hornets chase second chances against Wizards' thin glass in Cup rematch - Memphis Grizzlies vs Portland Trail Blazers prediction · Thu, Oct 29, 10:10 PM ET
Ja Morant faces Memphis with the NBA's hottest offense behind him - Sacramento Kings vs New Orleans Pelicans prediction · Thu, Oct 29, 8:10 PM ET
Zion Williamson gets a Kings frontcourt stripped of its centers - Cleveland Cavaliers vs Atlanta Hawks prediction · Thu, Oct 29, 8:10 PM ET
Jalen Johnson's Hawks aim at Cleveland's soft paint on tired legs - Los Angeles Lakers vs Los Angeles Clippers prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 10:40 PM ET
Short-handed Clippers must protect the ball against Doncic's tired Lakers - Oklahoma City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 9:40 PM ET
Short-handed Thunder bring an elite defense into Cooper Flagg's Dallas - San Antonio Spurs vs Utah Jazz prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 9:10 PM ET
Wembanyama gets a short-handed Jazz frontcourt on the second night - New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 8:10 PM ET
Slow-walking Knicks bring a 0-4 under record to Chicago's track meet - Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 8:10 PM ET
Pelicans get a quick rematch with short-handed Nuggets after overtime collapse - Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 8:10 PM ET
Minnesota loses Anthony Edwards but keeps the defense that wins games - Houston Rockets vs Milwaukee Bucks prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 8:10 PM ET
Without Sengun, unbeaten Houston tests a rebuilt Bucks frontcourt in Milwaukee - Orlando Magic vs Toronto Raptors prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 7:40 PM ET
Banchero-less Magic walk into Toronto's turnover machine - Charlotte Hornets vs Detroit Pistons prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 7:10 PM ET
Hornets' three-point habit runs into a tired, Duren-less Pistons defense - Philadelphia 76ers vs Indiana Pacers prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 7:10 PM ET
Haliburton's hamstring and the Pacers' paint attack test Philadelphia's defense - Washington Wizards vs Cleveland Cavaliers prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 7:10 PM ET
Cavaliers keep building early leads; Wizards keep trailing at halftime - Miami Heat vs Atlanta Hawks prediction · Wed, Oct 28, 7:10 PM ET
Winless Heat bring Giannis and an open-three problem to Atlanta - Portland Trail Blazers vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction · Tue, Oct 27, 11:10 PM ET
Doncic's red-hot Lakers test Portland's suffocating new defense - Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs prediction · Tue, Oct 27, 8:10 PM ET
Kings' missing big men face a Spurs team that wins inside - Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks prediction · Tue, Oct 27, 8:10 PM ET
Winless Knicks need offense against the Pistons, who swept them last season - Brooklyn Nets vs Boston Celtics prediction · Tue, Oct 27, 7:40 PM ET
Celtics' red-hot shooters face a Nets defense that hands out threes - Golden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 10:10 PM ET
Jokic and the Nuggets eye a Warriors defense that can't guard inside - Memphis Grizzlies vs Utah Jazz prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 9:10 PM ET
Unbeaten Grizzlies bring the league's best offensive glass back to Utah - Atlanta Hawks vs Houston Rockets prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 8:40 PM ET
Rockets' soft interior invites the Hawks to stop firing threes - Indiana Pacers vs Milwaukee Bucks prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 8:10 PM ET
Winless Bucks face Haliburton's Pacers and a looming 0-4 start - Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 8:10 PM ET
Without Jalen Williams, Thunder lean on the NBA's stingiest defense - Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 7:40 PM ET
Bulls bring the NBA's coldest jump shot into Boston's 3-point-friendly defense - Dallas Mavericks vs Miami Heat prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 7:40 PM ET
Giannis and the winless Heat face a Mavericks frontcourt in pieces - Washington Wizards vs Charlotte Hornets prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 7:10 PM ET
Wizards' free-throw barrage tests a Hornets offense missing Kon Knueppel - Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers prediction · Mon, Oct 26, 7:10 PM ET
Cavaliers' fading second halves face the unbeaten Wolves on tired legs - Memphis Grizzlies vs Sacramento Kings prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 9:00 PM ET
Kings' missing centers leave the paint open for unbeaten Memphis - Detroit Pistons vs Philadelphia 76ers prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 7:40 PM ET
Without Embiid or Duren, Detroit's new shooters test a tired Sixers team - Toronto Raptors vs Minnesota Timberwolves prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 7:10 PM ET
Raptors' turnover-hungry defense tests LaMelo Ball and the new-look Wolves - Los Angeles Clippers vs Oklahoma City Thunder prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 7:10 PM ET
Thunder's swarming guards face a Clippers team that can't hold the ball - Orlando Magic vs New York Knicks prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 7:00 PM ET
Banchero out, Magic's cold jumper takes on a stingy Knicks defense - Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 6:10 PM ET
Haliburton's paint-pounding Pacers catch a tired, winless Nets team - Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz prediction · Sun, Oct 25, 5:10 PM ET
Walker Kessler returns as the Lakers hunt Utah's porous paint - Golden State Warriors vs Phoenix Suns prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 10:10 PM ET
Phoenix opens at home without its bigs against no-rest Warriors - New Orleans Pelicans vs Denver Nuggets prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 9:10 PM ET
Jokic's short-handed Nuggets need their offense back against weary Pelicans - Houston Rockets vs Atlanta Hawks prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 8:40 PM ET
Hawks' turnover-hunting defense faces Houston in Atlanta's home opener - San Antonio Spurs vs Dallas Mavericks prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 8:10 PM ET
Winless Spurs lay 12.5 in Dallas as Flagg's shoulder looms - Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 8:10 PM ET
Wizards' foul-drawing bigs test Chicago's whistle problem in the Bulls' home opener - Milwaukee Bucks vs Philadelphia 76ers prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 7:40 PM ET
Embiid and the Sixers aim at Milwaukee's wide-open paint - Brooklyn Nets vs Cleveland Cavaliers prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 7:40 PM ET
Cavaliers bring a 29-point collapse home to face retooled Nets - Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets prediction · Sat, Oct 24, 6:10 PM ET
Hornets' three-point barrage tests a Heat defense still in freefall - Memphis Grizzlies vs Golden State Warriors prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 10:10 PM ET
Warriors' thin home opener runs into Zach Edey and Memphis' paint attack - Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 10:10 PM ET
Kings' thin frontcourt faces Clingan and Portland's relentless offensive glass - Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 10:10 PM ET
Luka Doncic's post-LeBron Lakers face a Clippers team missing its scorers - Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 9:40 PM ET
Houston's glass-crashing tests a short-handed Spurs team in Austin - New Orleans Pelicans vs Utah Jazz prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 9:40 PM ET
Zion Williamson goes at a Jazz frontline missing Jusuf Nurkić - Detroit Pistons vs Miami Heat prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 8:10 PM ET
Giannis and the remade Heat face Detroit's assault on the glass - Minnesota Timberwolves vs Orlando Magic prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM ET
Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball bring a three-point flood to Orlando - Atlanta Hawks vs Charlotte Hornets prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM ET
Short-handed Hornets open at home against Atlanta's high-speed Hawks - Toronto Raptors vs Washington Wizards prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM ET
Anthony Davis drags Washington to the rim against Toronto's grabby defense - New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM ET
Mitchell Robinson's Knicks reunion puts Boston's thin interior on trial - Dallas Mavericks vs Indiana Pacers prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 7:10 PM ET
Haliburton comes home to a Mavericks defense ranked dead last - Chicago Bulls vs Milwaukee Bucks prediction · Fri, Oct 23, 4:10 PM ET
Can the Bulls hold the ball? Milwaukee rarely takes it away - Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder prediction · Thu, Oct 22, 9:40 PM ET
Jokic and a rebuilt Nuggets offense open against Oklahoma City's wall - Cleveland Cavaliers vs Philadelphia 76ers prediction · Thu, Oct 22, 7:10 PM ET
LeBron's Philadelphia debut runs into the Cavaliers team that swept the Sixers - Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Clippers prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 10:40 PM ET
Kings open with their frontcourt in pieces against rebuilt Clippers - Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 10:10 PM ET
Ja Morant's Blazers debut runs into Phoenix's turnover-hungry defense - Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 10:00 PM ET
Short-handed Warriors bring Curry, and little else, to Doncic's new Lakers - Dallas Mavericks vs Houston Rockets prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 8:40 PM ET
Rockets' offensive glass tests a Mavericks frontcourt missing Lively and Aldama - Indiana Pacers vs New Orleans Pelicans prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 8:10 PM ET
Haliburton returns, and the market already trusts Indiana in New Orleans - Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 8:10 PM ET
Jaren Jackson Jr. comes home to Memphis as Utah's emergency center - Minnesota Timberwolves vs Miami Heat prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 7:40 PM ET
Giannis debuts in Miami against a Timberwolves frontcourt missing Randle and Reid - Chicago Bulls vs Toronto Raptors prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 7:40 PM ET
Kawhi Leonard's Toronto homecoming opens against a rebuilt, thin Bulls roster - Charlotte Hornets vs Brooklyn Nets prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 7:30 PM ET
Without Knueppel and White, Charlotte's new-look shooters open in Brooklyn - Atlanta Hawks vs Orlando Magic prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 7:10 PM ET
Hawks swept Orlando four times; Magic open as home favorites anyway - Milwaukee Bucks vs Washington Wizards prediction · Wed, Oct 21, 7:00 PM ET
Davis and Ayton give Washington size the Giannis-less Bucks can't match - Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs prediction · Tue, Oct 20, 9:30 PM ET
Thunder open in San Antonio chasing payback for last spring's West final - Philadelphia 76ers vs New York Knicks prediction · Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET
LeBron's Sixers debut crashes the Knicks' championship banner night - Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons prediction · Tue, Oct 20, 3:10 PM ET
Jalen Duren and Detroit's paint attack test Boston's rebuilt interior
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