SAS Saturday Baskets Previews

NBA News
· Lakers use late rally to top 76ers, 93-84
· Kobe misses game with sore shoulder
· Whiteside, Heat roll past Mavs 106-82
· Butler helps Bulls pull away from Knicks
· Wall, Porter lead Wizards over Magic
· DeRozan leads Raptors past Hornets
· Grizzlies’ Barnes expresses frustrations
· Warriors’ Curry out for 2nd straight game
· Spurs’ Duncan will play Saturday

NBA

Hot teams
-- Boston won four of its last five games (5-3 last eight HF).
-- Thunder won 12 of last 14 games (4-5AF).
-- Magic won seven of last ten games (5-1 last six AU). Cavaliers won eight of their last ten games (2-4 last six HF).
-- Dallas won four of last five games (8-2 last 10 HF).
-- Spurs won 10 of last 11 games (9-2 last 11 HF).
-- Grizzlies won four of last six games. Utah won four of its last five home games.
-- Warriors won six of their last seven games (6-2 last 8 HF).
-- Clippers won last five games, covered last four.

Cold teams
-- Nets lost eight of last ten games (10-2 last 12AU).
-- Suns lost their last seven games (2-5 vs spread). Sacramento lost four of its last five games (4-5HF). .
-- Pistons lost three of their last four games (2-5 last seven AU). Indiana lost five of its last seven games (1-3 last four HF).
-- Hornets lost seven of their last ten games (3-2-1HU).
-- Minnesota lost five of its last six games (1-5HF). Bucks lost three of their last four games (4-1 last five AU).
-- Pelicans lost three of their last four games (6-12AU).
-- Rockets lost four of their last five games (2-5AU).
-- Nuggets lost seven of their last eight games (9-7AU).
-- 76ers lost 14 of their last 16 games (3-1 last four AU).

Series records
-- Celtics won three of last four games with Brooklyn.
-- Kings are 6-4 in their last ten games with Phoenix.
-- Pacers won three of last four games with Detroit.
-- Thunder won last nine games (8-1 vs spread) vs Charlotte.
-- Cavaliers won last ten games (9-0-1 vs spread) vs Orlando.
-- Bucks won last two games with Minnesota by 17-14 points.
-- Mavericks won eight of last ten games with New Orleans.
-- Spurs won three of last four games with Houston.
-- Grizzlies won six of last nine games with Utah.
-- Warriors won five of last six games with Denver.
-- Clippers won/covered last seven games with Philly.

Totals
-- Five of last seven Boston home games went over.
-- Under is 4-0-1 in last five Sacramento home games.
-- Six of last seven Indiana home games stayed under.
-- Six of last eight Thunder road games stayed under.
-- Last six Cleveland games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Milwaukee games went over.
-- Last three Dallas games stayed under the total.
-- Five of last six San Antonio games stayed under.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Memphis games.
-- Over is 9-5 in last fourteen Denver games.
-- Five of last seven Clipper games stayed under.

Back/backs
-- Charlotte is 1-3 vs spread if it played night before.
-- Orlando is 4-1 vs spread if it played night before.
-- 76ers are 2-5 vs spread if they played night before.