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Here are today’s picks for you:

The Memphis Grizzlies are traveling to New York to challenge the Knicks tonight after a three day long break for the entire team, a preparation period before their visit to East. The latter team lost against Detroit and Toronto both with high scores, and forced the game until the last minutes of play in the fourth quarter. However, defensive weakness of this team becomes visible when they challenge teams with scoring ability. Tonight, that will be harder for the home team to score well against a good defensive team even though they currently do not have their biggest superstar, Pau Gasol. The Grizzlies’ aim is to win this game by stopping easy baskets in the paint. The pick for this game is Under 195 for 4 units.

The San Antonio Spurs are hosting the Golden State Warriors tonight, two days after they beat Sacramento at Arco Arena with excellent defensive play after a poor loss to the Mavericks the previous night. The Spurs, even though lack of Ginobili affects the offensive creativity of the team, are doing very well in the half court when they are defending their basket. The strength of their opponent does not seem to matter as they go for a stable rhythm in their games; get Duncan into the paint and use him effectively. On the other side of the court are the Warriors, and having lost to Milwaukee two nights ago would like to push for a win. They tend to score well, but in defense they cannot be expected to stop the San Antonio crew. The home team does have a huge advantage, but this will probably not result in dramatic difference in the game score. Therefore the pick is Golden State +8.5 for 4 units

The Milwaukee Bucks are off to Utah for their next match, to challenge the Jazz after a victory over Golden State on Saturday night. Having been able to score as many as 115 points, they left no chance for the home team to come back when the final countdown began. Utah Jazz, after a flashing start to the season, seems to be lazier on the court, but this doesn’t mean that they will lose games against opponents that score well. The Jazz ruled out Seattle, a similar team to the Bucks, two nights ago when they managed to score 109 points, two more than their opponent. They can do the same job tonight, if only because of the home crowd advantage. A high scoring game can be expected considering the offensive desire of the Bucks, but their chances of winning this match is really limited. The pick is Over 207.5 for 4 units.