NBA Picks & Predictions for Saturday, December 12, 2009

Last Updated on December 12, 2009 11:00 am by drew

Saturday’s NBA Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Saturday, December 12, in the NBA.

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Portland Trail Blazers at

Milwaukee
Bucks, 8:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PORTLAND is 15-9 against the spread versus

MILWAUKEE
since 1996

PORTLAND is 16-8 straight up against

MILWAUKEE
since 1996

17 of 24 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

PORTLAND is 4-0 against the spread versus

MILWAUKEE
over the last 3 seasons 

PORTLAND is 4-0 straight up against

MILWAUKEE
over the last 3 seasons 

2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

MILWAUKEE
since 1996

PORTLAND is 9-3 against the spread versus

MILWAUKEE
since 1996

PORTLAND is 8-4 straight up against

MILWAUKEE
since 1996

7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

MILWAUKEE
over the last 3 seasons.

PORTLAND is 2-0 against the spread versus

MILWAUKEE
over the last 3 seasons 

PORTLAND is 2-0 straight up against

MILWAUKEE
over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

NBA Free Pick:

Portland
View Matchup | Best Line: +4 SBGGLOBAL.com

Phoenix Suns at

Denver
Nuggets, 9:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PHOENIX is 23-22 against the spread versus

DENVER
since 1996

PHOENIX is 33-16 straight up against

DENVER
since 1996

24 of 46 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

PHOENIX is 4-3 against the spread versus

DENVER
over the last 3 seasons 

PHOENIX is 4-3 straight up against

DENVER
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

DENVER
since 1996

DENVER is 13-11 against the spread versus

PHOENIX
since 1996

PHOENIX is 14-11 straight up against

DENVER
since 1996

13 of 24 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

DENVER
over the last 3 seasons.

DENVER is 2-1 against the spread versus

PHOENIX
over the last 3 seasons 

DENVER is 3-0 straight up against

PHOENIX
over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

NBA Free Pick:

Denver
View Matchup | Best Line: -9 SBGGLOBAL.com

L.A. Lakers at

Utah
Jazz, 9:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996


UTAH
is 37-31 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996

LA LAKERS is 39-32 straight up against

UTAH
since 1996

35 of 67 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

LA LAKERS is 11-7 against the spread versus

UTAH
over the last 3 seasons 

LA LAKERS is 14-5 straight up against

UTAH
over the last 3 seasons 

12 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

UTAH
since 1996


UTAH
is 19-14 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996


UTAH
is 23-12 straight up against LA LAKERS since 1996

19 of 33 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

UTAH
over the last 3 seasons.


UTAH
is 4-3 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons 


UTAH
is 5-3 straight up against LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons 

4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

NBA Free Pick:

Utah
View Matchup | Best Line: +1.5 SBGGLOBAL.com

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Posted: 12/12/09 11:00AM ET