NBA Picks & Predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009

Last Updated on December 17, 2009 3:00 pm by drew

Thursday’s NBA Pick

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Thursday, December 17, 2009 in the NBA.

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Orlando Magic at

Miami
Heat, 8:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

MIAMI is 30-26 against the spread versus

ORLANDO
since 1996

MIAMI is 31-26 straight up against

ORLANDO
since 1996

28 of 55 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

ORLANDO is 5-3 against the spread versus

MIAMI
over the last 3 seasons 

ORLANDO is 7-2 straight up against

MIAMI
over the last 3 seasons 

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

All games played at

MIAMI
since 1996

MIAMI is 16-12 against the spread versus

ORLANDO
since 1996

MIAMI is 17-11 straight up against

ORLANDO
since 1996

14 of 27 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

MIAMI
over the last 3 seasons.

MIAMI is 2-2 against the spread versus

ORLANDO
over the last 3 seasons 

ORLANDO is 3-1 straight up against

MIAMI
over the last 3 seasons 

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

Orlando is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing

Miami

Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against

Miami


Orlando
is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games


Orlando
is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road

The total has gone OVER in 5 of

Miami
‘s last 5 games

The total has gone OVER in 4 of
Miami‘s last 5 games when playing

Orlando

The total has gone OVER in 5 of

Miami
‘s last 7 games at home

The total has gone OVER in 4 of
Miami‘s last 6 games when playing at home against

Orlando

Current streak:


Orlando
has won 2 straight games.

Team records:


Orlando
: 19-6 SU, 14-10-1 ATS


Miami
: 12-11 SU, 11-12 ATS


Orlando
most recently:

When playing on Thursday are 6-4

Before playing

Portland
are 6-4

After playing

Toronto
are 5-5

After a win are 8-2


Miami
most recently:

When playing on Thursday are 6-4

Before playing

Portland
are 3-7

After playing

Toronto
are 6-4

After a win are 4-6

NBA Free Pick:

Miami
View Matchup | Best Line: +4.5 SBGGLOBAL.com

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Posted: 12/17/09 3:00PM ET