There are 8 games in the NBA Friday night with some good matchups. Several games are expected to be close. Five games have a line of 5 points or fewer and 5 games have a total of at least 233 points with the Jazz-Hawks game the highest at 242 points. Here are my picks for tonight.
Clint Capela over 23.5 points+rebounds (-110)
When Capela plays at least 26 minutes, he tends to go over this line. The Hawks center missed 3 weeks with injury and played 24 minutes or fewer in his first 4 games back. He played 36 minutes on January 23rd and had 16 points and 12 rebounds. The next 3 games he had 18 points and 10 rebounds, 12 points and 13 rebounds and 10 points and 15 rebounds. Capela was limited to 22 minutes in a blowout on Wednesday in a 32-point win and had 9 points and 10 rebounds. The Jazz allow the 5th most points to centers, 2nd most rebounds to centers, rank 26th in defensive efficiency and allow 54.5 points in the paint per game, which is 27th in the NBA. The teams met on November 9th and Capela had 15 points and 19 rebounds. The Hawks are 10th in pace and the Jazz are 14th and the game total is 242 points.