NBA picks 12-19-2010: Tepid 3-2 as Atlanta and New Orleans both blow chunks

01  Atlanta  105  NJ    91      82 - 89

How Atlanta loses to New Jersey (NBA: 12-19-2010)

Atlanta   29 - 74     39.2%                      New Jersey  35 - 84   41.7%
Worst 3    7 - 27     25.9%                      Worst 3         6 - 20    30.0%
Rest        22 - 47    46.8%                      rest             29 - 64     45.3%

Atlanta gets out-rebounded  46 - 39
New Jersey shot better, and rebounded better; NJ just outplayed them, pure and simple.

02  IND  87  BOS  105         88 - 99

03  LAL  113  Toronto  94  120 - 110 

04  Hous  102  Sac  88        102 - 93    

05  NO  113  DET  93         108 - 111    

Only damn thing keeps me from going 3-3 is that I didn't see that Oklahoma City was playing Phoenix.