NBA Playoff Picks – Night 8

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It’s night 8 of the 2017/18 NBA Playoffs, here are our NBA picks for tonight’s games.

*Original betting lines and lineups taken game morning, adjust accordingly.

The original lines for each game are taken a couple of hours prior to the tip-off, so adjust your picks accordingly should a line change.

Tonight’s NBA Playoff Picks

Philadelphia @ Miami

  • Eastern Conference – Game 4
  • Philadelphia Lead Series 2-1

H2H Trends – 

76ers are 1-3-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Miami.

Season Series

GAME 3 Miami Philadelphia 108 : 128
GAME 2 Philadelphia Miami 103 : 113
GAME 1 Philadelphia Miami 130 : 103
09.03.18 Miami Philadelphia 108 : 99
28.02.18 Miami Philadelphia 102 : 101
15.02.18 Philadelphia Miami 104 : 102
03.02.18 Philadelphia Miami 103 : 97

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME AWAY
Miami 44 38 26-15 18-23
Philadelphia 52 30 30-11 22-19

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Miami 103.4 102.9 +0.5
Philadelphia 109.8 105.3 +4.5

Picks against the spread

 Spread O/U Points   Result
 Philadelphia  Over  Philadelphia
 -3.0  215.5  106-102

The 76ers got a little nervous after Game 2 and so did Embiid’s social media. After heading into Game 3 1-1, the all star center miraculously recovered from a fractured face and lead his team to a big road win. Analysing their Game 2 loss, was it really something to worry about or just a ‘wind back the clock’ performance from D-Wade?

Embiid is back and the 76ers will be hard to stop.

Best Bet  = Philadelphia -3.0

Portland @ New Orleans

  • Western Conference – Game 4
  • New Orleans Lead Series 3-0

H2H Trends – 

Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings.

Season Series  –

GAME 3 New Orleans Portland 119 : 102
GAME 2  Portland New Orleans 102 : 111
GAME 1  Portland New Orleans 95 : 97
28.03.18 New Orleans Portland 103 : 107
13.01.18 New Orleans Portland 119 : 113
03.12.17 Portland New Orleans 116 : 123
25.10.17 Portland New Orleans 103 : 93

Win/Loss

TEAM W L HOME AWAY
New Orleans 48 34 24-17 24-17
Portland 49 33 28-13 21-20

Season Points +/-

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
New Orleans 111.7 110.4 +1.3
Portland 105.6 103.0 +2.6

Picks against the spread

 Spread O/U Points   Result
 Portland  Under
 +7.0  216.0

The Pelicans are going for the sweep tonight and with their form heading into the playoffs, it could be their ninth straight win. If it’s not Anthony Davis piling on the points, Holiday or Mirotic are able to put up big numbers.

The Blazers’ Lillard and McCollum combo just can’t compete with 3 players scoring above 20 points in Game 3 and they still were blown away by 17 points. Even though on the Standings the teams were separated, the Pelicans were only one win behind their opponents which doesn’t really surprise us that this demolition is happening. Plus they have AD.

Best Bet  =  New Orleans WIN

Houston @ Minnesota

  • Western Conference – Game 2
  • Houston Lead Series 2-0

H2H Trends – 

Rockets are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
Over is 14-5 in the last 19 meetings.

Season Series  –

GAME 2 Houston Minnesota 102 : 82
GAME 1 Houston Minnesota 104 : 101
19.03.18 Minnesota Houston 120 : 129
24.02.18 Houston Minnesota 120 : 102
14.02.18 Minnesota Houston 108 : 126
19.01.18 Houston Minnesota 116 : 98

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME AWAY
Minnesota 47 35 30-11 17-24
Houston 65.00 17.00 34-7 31-10

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Minnesota 109.5 107.3 +2.2
Houston 112.4 103.9 +8.5

Picks against the spread

 Spread O/U Points   Result
 Houston  Over  Minnesota
 -5.5  214.0  121-105

Houston have won all six contests between these two team this season although the post season games have been surprisingly low scoring. It might have something to do with the Rockets shooting at a below 30% clip from the arc or that KAT has scored 13 points combined.

Expect both sides to get a different result tonight with the Wolves searching for another way to win.

Best Bet = Over 214.0

Oklahoma City @ Utah

  • Western Conference – Game 3
  • Series Tied 1-1

H2H Trends – 

Under is 8-0 in the last 8 meetings in Utah.
Under is 22-8 in the last 30 meetings.

Season Series  –

GAME 2 Oklahoma City Utah 95 : 102
GAME 1 Oklahoma City Utah 116 : 108
24.12.17 Utah Oklahoma City 89 : 103
21.12.17 Oklahoma City Utah 107 : 79
06.12.17 Oklahoma City Utah 100 : 94
22.10.17 Utah Oklahoma City 96 : 87

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME AWAY
Oklahoma City 48 34 27-14 21-20
Utah 48 34 28-13 20-21

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Oklahoma City 107.9 104.4 +3.4
Utah 104.1 99.8 +4.3

Picks against the spread

 Spread O/U Points   Result
 Utah  Under  Utah
 -4.0  207.0  115-102

The Jazz were able to snag a win on the road and head into Game 3 & 4 with the advantage. Donovon Mitchell is breaking records in his rookie year while Gobert is causing trouble in the paint, forcing the Thunder to shoot from the arc.

OKC need at least a big game from 2 of their 3 stars to get a victory which doesn’t happen too often.

Best Bet = Utah WIN