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Rob Vinciletti
Thursday Card has a TOP PLAYS in The NFL, College Football and College Hoops. NBA Comp play below
The NBA Comp play is on the OVER in the Orlando at LA Lakers game at 10:40 eastern. This game fits a nice Over system that pertains to home favorites on a 6+ game win streak in the first 20 games of the season like the Lakers that are taking on a team like Orlando that has no rest and the posted total is 190 or higher. These games have gone over 13 of 16 times since 1995. The Lakers are ranked 5th in scoring and 24th on defense. The Magic played last night against the Clippers and may not be as good defensively here against an Up Temp Lakers team. Look for this game to go over the total. Rob V-
Jack Jones
Jack's Free Pick Thursday: Los Angeles Lakers -4.5
The Los Angeles Lakers are rested and ready to go tonight. They will be playing just their 2nd game in 5 days. They are a perfect 7-0 SU at home this season with six of their wins by 5 points or more. They'll be motivated to keep that perfect home record intact tonight.
I like their chances against a tired, short-handed Orlando Magic team tonight. The Magic will be playing the 2nd of a back-to-back and their 3rd road game in 4 days. Orlando fell to 2-7 SU on the road this season with their 104-93 loss at the Clippers last night. The Clippers were without Norman Powell (23.3 PPG) to boot, so it was a really poor effort.
The Lakers are 7-1 SU in their last eight meetings with the Magic with five of their last six wins coming by 6 points or more. Bet the Lakers Thursday.
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Hunter Price
1* Free Pick on Pistons
Brandon Lee
Thursday's Free NBA Pick
PLAY ON: Lakers -5
I'll lay the 5-points with the Lakers at home against the Magic. Orlando has been playing well of late. They had won 6 straight prior to last night's 93-104 loss to the Clippers. Now I get there's no travel, but they are still playing in this game on no rest. It's also their 3rd game in 4 nights. All of those wins in their 6-game streak were against either bad teams or teams decimated from injuries. As for LA, they are rolling into this game on a 6-game winning streak of their own. I love the look of this Lakers team since Knecht has been inserted into the starting lineup. He's shown he can be that 3rd guy behind LeBron and AD and has been deadly from outside. This will be just the 2nd game in 5 days for LA. Give me the Lakers -5!
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Dave Price
Dave's Thursday Free Play:
1* on Toronto Raptors +7.5
The Key: I like the price we are getting on the Toronto Raptors at home tonight over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite being one of the most injured teams in the NBA, the Raptors are showing off their depth by going 10-5 ATS in their 15 games this year. Reinforcements are on the way soon too. Their last two games were very impressive as they took the Celtics to OT in a 3-point loss as 16.5-point road dogs and they upset the Pacers by 11 as 3.5-point home dogs last time out. Mike Conley and Donte DiVincenzo are both questionable for the Timberwolves tonight. Minnesota is just 2-3 SU & 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games overall. Take Toronto.
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Rocky Atkinson
Rocketman Sports FREE NBA play Thursday 11-21-24
Utah @ San Antonio (8:10 PM EST)
Play On: Utah +2 1/2
The Utah Jazz travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs on Thursday night. Utah is 3-11 SU overall this year while San Antonio comes in with a 7-8 SU overall record on the season. San Antonio is 0-5 ATS this year after a home win. San Antonio is 7-31 SU and 12-26 ATS last 3 years when playing in November. Utah is 28-12 ATS last 3 years against Southwest Division opponents including 6-1 ATS last 7. Utah is 18-5 ATS last 3 years after a playing 3 consecutive road games. Utah is 3-1 SU and ATS when playing at San Antonio since last year. 90% of the tickets are on the Spurs here but the line is dropping meaning smart money is coming in on the Jazz including mine! No Wemby tonight for the Spurs. We'll recommend a small play on Utah tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky
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Sean Murphy
Thursday NBA Free play. My selection is on Detroit over Charlotte at 7 pm ET on Thursday.
This matchup offers a strong opportunity for Detroit to bounce back after a tough loss to Chicago on Monday, snapping a two-game winning streak. The Pistons are 7-9 on the season and find themselves in a revenge spot after losing to Charlotte on a buzzer-beater earlier this month. Detroit has shown progress on both ends of the court, especially defensively, where they rank significantly better than Charlotte in defensive rating. Charlotte, meanwhile, is 5-9 and enters this contest off back-to-back close losses, including a one-point defeat in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
The Pistons' improved defensive effort should help them control this game, especially against a Hornets team that has struggled to find consistency this season. With added motivation to avenge their prior loss, look for Detroit to set the tone early and cover the spread.
Take Detroit.
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