NBA Picks & Predictions for Thursday, December 31, 2009

Last Updated on December 31, 2009 11:00 am by drew

Thursday’s NBA Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Thursday, December 31, 2009 in the NBA.

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Chicago Bulls at

Detroit
Pistons, 3:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

DETROIT is 31-25 against the spread versus

CHICAGO
since 1996

DETROIT is 36-22 straight up against

CHICAGO
since 1996

33 of 56 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

CHICAGO is 8-0 against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

CHICAGO is 7-2 straight up against

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

DETROIT
since 1996

CHICAGO is 15-12 against the spread versus

DETROIT
since 1996

DETROIT is 19-9 straight up against

CHICAGO
since 1996

18 of 26 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO is 4-0 against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

DETROIT is 2-2 straight up against

CHICAGO
over the last 3 seasons 

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

NBA Free Pick:

Chicago
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View Matchup | Best Line: +3.5 SBGGLOBAL.com

Dallas Mavericks at

Houston
Rockets, 7:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

DALLAS is 33-25 against the spread versus

HOUSTON
since 1996

DALLAS is 34-28 straight up against

HOUSTON
since 1996

31 of 58 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games over the last 3 seasons

DALLAS is 7-4 against the spread versus

HOUSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 7-4 straight up against

HOUSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at

HOUSTON
since 1996

DALLAS is 19-9 against the spread versus

HOUSTON
since 1996

DALLAS is 17-13 straight up against

HOUSTON
since 1996

15 of 28 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996

Games played at

HOUSTON
over the last 3 seasons.

DALLAS is 4-1 against the spread versus

HOUSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

DALLAS is 4-1 straight up against

HOUSTON
over the last 3 seasons 

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

NBA Free Pick:

Dallas
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View Matchup | Best Line: -1 SBGGLOBAL.com

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Posted: 12/31/09 11:00AM ET