The red-hot (16-3) Chicago Bulls [-9], winners of four consecutive games welcome the much-improved, NBA odds underdogs, (11-5) Indiana Pacers [+9] tonight to the United Center in a very interesting pro basketball picks.

This game’s opening tipoff is slated for tonight at 8 PM ET and it will be broadcasted live on NBA TV. According to NBA odds specialists, the Pacers and Bulls are projected to combine and score an OVER/UNDER total of 184.5 points this evening.

Two teams still looking to establish an identity this season will meet for the first time, as the (10-5) Los Angeles Lakers invade the American Airlines Arena to take on the (9-4) Miami Heat in this NBA basketball picks. This exciting interconference game will serve as the first of an NBA double-header on TNT, and it scheduled to tipoff tonight at 8 PM ET.

After an embarrassing, 120-98, loss to the Heat Tuesday night, the (9-5) San Antonio Spurs [+5.5] will finish their back-to-back Florida swing with an interesting free NBA basketball picks battle with the (10-3) Orlando Magic [-5.5]. This game’s opening tipoff is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7 PM and it’ll be broadcasted live on FSSW and SunSpO.

The Miami Heat (5-1) suffered their first loss of the season on Monday night and they will look to bounce back in a big way in a free basketball picks matchup against the Indiana Pacers (4-1) on Wednesday at 7:30pm ET at the American Airlines Arena. Miami is still the NBA odds favorite to win it all this season, but there are several issues that they need to work out before anyone crowns them as NBA champions. The ‘Big Three” will continue to be the Big Three, but the Heat must play better collectively.

The second game of a short home-at-home series takes us to the Pepsi Center, the site for an NBA basketball picks matchup between the (3-2) LA Lakers [+4.5] and the (2-2) Denver Nuggets [-4.5]. The return of Andrew Bynum from a 4-game suspension electrified this Lakers team, as the young seven-footer made his presence felt throughout the game, but especially in crunch-time.

The STAPLES Center in Lobcity, California, will be the site for a great NBA basketball picks matchup between the (2-1) Chicago Bulls and CP3’s betting odds underdog (1-1) Los Angeles Clippers. This game has a scheduled opening kickoff slated for 10:30 PM ET and it’ll be broadcasted live on NBA TV. This will be the Clippers first home game of the season, after starting the year with a win at Golden State and a loss at San Antonio.

After a long lockout, the National Basketball Association is finally back in action with a 5-game Christmas Day schedule. All the action begins on TNT at Noon, followed by a two double-headers, one on TNT and the other on ESPN.

The NBA Lockout is finally over, it seems, and for what it’s worth, we will have a 66-game season beginning with a Christmas Day Triple-header. In case you’re wondering how the heck a 66-game schedule is going to e structured, you’re in luck. We’ve got all the information you need from 2011-2012 NBA Schedule, to NBA Championship Odds & NBA Basketball Predictions!

Once again, it's the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat that are the clear 2012 NBA Championship betting picks favorite to win this year’s pro basketball championship in 2012. No one should act surprised though, as the Heat will have their three stars feeling angry and desperate to finally do what they promised South Beach they would do, which is bring home another title. A year removed from losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals, Miami is the NBA Championship picks favorite this season.

With the 2011-12 NBA season still in limbo because of the NBA Lockout, it’s anyone’s guess when and if we are going to see basketball this season. At this point, it seems as though the players and the owners and more than willing to let this thing go as far as possible in order to gain an edge. Not only do the players and owners not care about anything but their own pockets, but it’s clear that greed and ego have taken a priority over the fans.

It is never too early to start studying our 2012 NBA Championship Title odds and forming our basketball predictions while last season is still fresh in our memories. Miami was not able to cash in on their betting odds this season, but the Heat is already listed as a 5-2 NBA picks favorite to win the 2012 NBA Title.

The Dallas Mavericks have won their first NBA Championship in franchise history and after the series when into game 4 with Miami holding a 2-1 lead, the Mavs ran off three straight victories to finally get over the hump. The last two games were won in decisive fashion, sending Miami into an offseason of scrutiny. It is never too early to start looking into the 2011-2012 NBA season, as I’m sure both of these teams will be part of a lot of people's NBA picks next season.

The Miami Heat will find themselves in uncharted waters in game 6 when they face the Dallas Mavericks in their first elimination game of the entire 2011 NBA postseason. The Dallas Mavericks took a 3-2 lead with a crucial game 5 victory that saw Dallas explode offensively. The Mavs hit 13 of 19 from three-point range and shot nearly 60% from the field overall. The struggles continued for LeBron James in the fourth quarter, as his only bucket was conceded by the Mavericks in garbage time in order to kill some more time off the clock.

It almost seems like the NBA Finals picks go in the Dallas Mavericks’ favor when Dirk Nowitzki is nursing some sort of ailment, and with game 5 set for Thursday at 8:00pm ET on ABC, the Mavs will try to take a commanding 3-2 lead in the series. With a fever of over 101 degrees, Dirk Nowitzki dug deep once again and lifted his team to a game 4 victory. That was a must-win game for Dallas, but they must now take advantage of their opportunity to send this series back to Miami with just one more victory to go.

The Miami Heat will try to push the Dallas Mavericks to the brink of elimination in game 4 of this 2011 NBA Finals picks series when these teams collide at the American Airlines Center on Tuesday at 9:00pm ET on ABC. Miami reclaimed home-court advantage with a 2-point victory in game 3, putting the pressure on Dallas to win game 4 in order to stay in this series. If Miami wins this next ball game, Dallas can pretty much say goodbye, as it will be almost impossible to win the final three games of this series, including games 6 and 7 in Miami.

The Miami Heat are heading to Dallas to take on the Mavericks in game 3 of this free basketball picks NBA finals picks series after their epic collapse in game 2 in Miami. The Mavericks were just minutes away from being in a gigantic 0-2 hole, but instead they finished the game on a 22-5 run and ended up beating a Miami team that seems to have relaxed just a little bit. Miami had the Mavericks down by 15 before Dwyane Wade celebrated a bit too early in front of the Mavericks' bench, which fired up Dallas to go on that incredible run.

The Dallas Mavericks face a very important game 2 against the Miami Heat and a Miami victory on Thursday at 9:00pm ET on ABC could seal a lot of people’s 2011 NBA Finals picks. Miami dominated game 1 behind a stellar defensive performance from the big three and the Heat will now look to send this series back to Dallas with a 2-0 lead over Dirk Nowitzki and company. With their game 1 victory, Miami is now being listed as a -360 NBA picks favorite to win this series.

We are just hours away from finding out if our 2011 NBA Finals picks will hit the money as game 1 is set to tip off tonight at 9:00pm ET from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat will open the series with home court advantage over the Dallas Mavericks, who tallied just one less win than Miami during the regular season. This is a huge opportunity to sharpen your sports handicapping skills, because this series is not going to be brief, like the rest of the matchups during this postseason.

The Miami Heat will open up the 2011 NBA Finals as the favorites to beat the Dallas Mavericks and are in line to win their second ever NBA title. The NBA Championship betting odds schedule kicks off on Tuesday at 9:00pm ET on ABC and will open up at the American Airlines Arena as Miami will have home-court advantage for this series. Most sports handicapping experts have Miami winning this series with relative ease and although the series prices are also favoring Miami, the Mavericks have a legitimate shot at wiunning this thing.

The Miami Heat seem to have the slight edge in 2011 NBA Finals picks, but the Dallas Mavericks are going to make it very tough on them as they have stood up to the challenge in all three rounds so far this postseason. Game 1 will be very important for both teams, because this series has the makings of a seven-game battle and a sports handicapping dream.

There are many different opinions and predictions in who deserves their first NBA Championship; Dirk Nowitzki or LeBron James. While Dirk Nowitzki has played an illustrious 12 year career with the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron James had put in seven seasons with the Cavaliers in which he was the only feasible option before heading to Miami to join forces with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Both have made it to the NBA Finals once in their careers, with both instances resulting in grave disappointments.

The Chicago Bulls will be glad to get back to the United Center for game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday at 8:30pm ET on TNT, and they will be looking to stave off elimination as the Miami Heat hold a 3-1 lead over the top team in the conference. The Bulls had a couple of chances to even the series in game 4 in Miami on Tuesday, but Derrick Rose missed a jumper with time running out in regulation before Miami took over defensively in the overtime period.

The Dallas Mavericks have a chance to close out the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday at 9:00 pm ET on ESPN and after their miraculous comeback in game 4; the Mavericks would love to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2006. The Mavericks are now the overwhelming -2000 favorite to finish the job against the Thunder, and their NBA Playoff odds have improved dramatically after every victory in this series.

The Miami Heat will try to cash in on their game 4 NBA Playoff picks as they attempt to sweep the two games at the American Airlines Arena. The Heat lost game 1 in this series, but have since turned it around winning two in a row and they now have the opportunity to put the Bulls in a 3-1 hole before the series moves back to Chicago. Miami’s NBA Playoff odds have moved back to where they were at the start of the series as the Heat is now listed as a -400 favorite to win this series.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will try to steal home-court advantage in game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday at 9:00pm ET on ESPN after falling behind 1-0 in this best-of-seven NBA Playoff picks showdown. It took a record-setting performance from Dirk Nowitzki, but the Dallas Mavericks were able to shake off the rust from their long layoff and get things started off on the right foot. Nowitzki scored 48 points, including a 24-for-24 performance from the free throw line, which completely overshadowed Kevin Durant’s 40 points.