Category: NBA Predictions

Cleveland Cavaliers – Atlanta Hawks: offensive fireworks at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Ohio gets a straight-up barnburner tonight. The home side meets a Georgia outfit coming in flat out. The standings have both teams chasing it hard. The clock’s going to get battered by a flood of quick possessions. This one should be a relentless stat-line…

Orlando Magic – Minnesota Timberwolves: spring pressure at the Kia Center The Kia Center gets a clash from opposite ends of the motivation scale. The home side is playing with no safety net. The visitors are coasting through their post-season prep. Florida’s urgency will set the early pace. The Orlando Magic have no maths, no…

Los Angeles Lakers – Oklahoma City Thunder: clinical execution at Crypto.com Arena Tonight’s clash in California looks badly one-sided. The Lakers are running on fumes, their roster shredded. The Oklahoma City Thunder arrive as the reigning champions. The injury mess in Los Angeles has ripped the suspense out of this one. OKC’s defence should smother…

Golden State Warriors – Sacramento Kings: the fake contest at Chase Center The California arena is set to host a clash stripped of any real bite. San Francisco Bay is lining up the barrage. The state capital is just trying to limp through a disaster of a season. This won’t feel like a proper game…

New Orleans Pelicans – Utah Jazz: stats without the strain at Smoothie King Center The end of the schedule throws up some odd matchups. Louisiana gets a game with nothing on the line. The summer lottery hangs over this one like a cloud. Defenders will be MIA in the paint. Expect points, pace and plenty…

Boston Celtics – Charlotte Hornets: tactical tune-up at TD Garden The old Massachusetts coliseum hosts a clash with very different stakes tonight. The home side is fine-tuning for the spring finish. North Carolina’s outfit is scraping around for a direct playoff berth. The gap in experience will matter on the floor. The tempo should rise…

Brooklyn Nets – Milwaukee Bucks: pure cynicism at Barclays Center This basement scrap pits two teams with absolutely nothing left to play for. With no real stakes on the line, it’s basically an open-air practice session. The Milwaukee Bucks turn up at a New York side already set up to lose. The pace will do…

Toronto Raptors – Miami Heat: a trench war at Scotiabank Arena Scotiabank Arena hosts a huge game in the battle for Eastern Conference seeding. Toronto set a brutally slow pace at home. Miami arrive knowing they’ll need a serious tactical reset. The standings pressure will squeeze the life out of individual flashes. Defence comes first.…

Indiana Pacers – Minnesota Timberwolves: a wild ride in the Midwest With the home side playing for nothing, this one turns into a pure statistical lab. Indianapolis are already looking ahead to the next lottery. The Minnesota Timberwolves are scrambling to get back to anything like their best before the spring push. Defence has gone…