NBA Basketball Picks & Predictions for March 1st 2010

Handicappers PicksMar 1, 2010

Toronto Raptors vs. Houston Rockets
Free NBA Pick: Over 214 (March 1st 2010 – Doc’s Sports)
Both teams are giving up a ton of points lately. The Rockets have given up an average of 115 per game in their last five games, and not one of those games was an overtime contest! They allowed a whopping 133 last time out on the road at Utah. This has to be considered one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA since the trade deadline. And look who they face tonight, the No. 26 defensive team in the NBA (and the No. 4 offense). Toronto gives up a whopping 109 PPG on the road and they have been pretty bad in that area lately and they are almost always good to put up 100+ a night, even on a decent defense, which is a category that this Houston team just doesn’t fall under right now. The over is 18-9-1 in Toronto’s road games this season and the over is 17-12 in Houston’s home games this season. We think this is going to be a barnburner and this one could get close to 220.

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers
Free NBA Pick: Clippers +6.5 (March 1st 2010 – Black Widow)
We’ll back the Clippers as a big home underdog to the Utah Jazz as Monday’s free pick. The Jazz are just one game over .500 on the road this season and should not be this heavily favored against a Clippers’ team that is actually 17-12 at home this year. L.A. only gives up 96.2 points/game at home against teams who are averaging 100.3 points/game. The Clippers are 3-0 S.U. & 3-0 ATS in their last 3 home games. Utah is just 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) in road games after allowing 100 points or more 2 straight games over the last 3 seasons. The Clippers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record and 11-3-1 ATS in their last 15 home games overall. Take the Clippers and the points.