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Got the winner last night. Three picks tonight.

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***CHARLOTTE +1 over Golden State (7:35 Eastern)

Golden State enters into this game off a 113-106 loss to the Atlanta Hawks as a visitor last night and have been a dismal road team losing 16 of their Last 19 away and failing to cover 20 of the L/28 away from home. The Warriors come in a slight 1-point road favorites and look to improve on their 25-35 mark. Charlotte is getting healthier and playing some competitive hoops of late on their home court where they have converted tickets for betting backers in 5 of their L/7 attempts. Charlotte looks to avenge an earlier 107-100 loss at the hands of the Warriors. GS just a bad team to back on the road. Three stars on Charlotte.

***LA Lakers +1.5 over NEW ORLEANS (8:05 Eastern)

The New Orleans Hornets look to bounce back from a 101-88 loss to the Suns Wednesday,while Phil Jackson's team was busy last game losing to the Spurs 103-96 as 4.5 point underdogs. Understandable - it was the Spurs. The prior game, LA beat the Pistons. The Lakers are 15-7 ATS revenging a road loss this season, and are playing well on offense in their last five games scoring 100.4 ppg. New Orleans, on the other hand, has been struggling on offense, scoring 89.4 ppg in their last five games. It gets worse than that as they are averaging just 37 ppg in the second half of their last five games. The Lakers to win and cover here for three stars.

***Indiana +2.5 over HOUSTON (8:35 Eastern)

Will T-Mac play? I don't know. I hope not but even with him in the lineup, he'll be less than 100%. Indiana comes off an disappointing loss to New York but went 3-1 prior to that winning as an underdog at New Jersey, Washington and Philadelphia. They shot just 35.4% from the field in the Knicks game which is WAY out of character. I'm chalking that up to a bit of a letdown and a fluke and I like them to bounce back here as they are now 15-13 ATS on the road. Meanwhile, Houston is terrible at home going 8-22 ATS on the year. Indiana has covered 6 of the last 8 games played here in Houston. Three stars on the Pacers plus the points.