NBA Picks & Predictions for Saturday, May 8, 2010

Last Updated on May 8, 2010 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, May 8, 2010 in the NBA.


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Orlando Magic at Atlanta Hawks, 5:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

ORLANDO is 29-27 against the spread versus ATLANTA since 1996

ORLANDO is 34-22 straight up against ATLANTA since 1996

29 of 53 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

ORLANDO is 10-4 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

ORLANDO is 10-4 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

9 of 14 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

All games played at ATLANTA since 1996

ATLANTA is 14-13 against the spread versus ORLANDO since 1996

ATLANTA is 15-12 straight up against ORLANDO since 1996

14 of 26 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons.

ORLANDO is 4-2 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

ORLANDO is 4-2 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons

4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

NBA Free Pick: Atlanta – View Matchup | Best Line: +2.5 SBGGLOBAL.com

L.A. Lakers at Utah Jazz, 8:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

UTAH is 39-34 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996

LA LAKERS is 43-33 straight up against UTAH since 1996

38 of 72 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

LA LAKERS is 14-9 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons

LA LAKERS is 18-6 straight up against UTAH over the last 3 seasons

14 of 24 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

All games played at UTAH since 1996

UTAH is 20-15 against the spread versus LA LAKERS since 1996

UTAH is 24-13 straight up against LA LAKERS since 1996

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

Games played at UTAH over the last 3 seasons.

UTAH is 5-4 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons

UTAH is 6-4 straight up against LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons

6 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

NBA Free Pick: Utah – View Matchup | Best Line: -4 SBGGLOBAL.com

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Posted: 5/8/10 11:00AM ET