Our Clippers at Warriors pick is for Thursday, October 21, 2021 with game time at 10:00 pm ET. Tonight’s contest is the first of the 2021-22 NBA season for the LA Clippers.

Our Sacramento Kings at Portland Trail Blazers pick is for Wednesday, October 20, 2021. This is the first game of the 2021-22 NBA season for both teams.

Our Utah Jazz preview 2021 observes that last season this team went 52-20, finishing first in the division and first in the conference.

Our Portland Trail Blazers preview 2021 finds that for most of this team’s 50-year history they have been playoff bound.

Our Oklahoma City Thunder preview 2021 observes that since 2008 when this team moved from Seattle, they’ve made it into the postseason 10-of-13 seasons.

Our Minnesota Timberwolves preview 2021 finds that this team has been to the playoffs once in the last 17 years.

Our Denver Nuggets preview 2021 finds that for the past three seasons, this team has been on a roll. Each of those three years, the Nuggets have made the playoffs.

Our Sacramento Kings preview 2021 observes that the last time this team won the title, they were known as the Rochester Royals, and in the Semis, they defeated the Minneapolis Lakers.

Our Phoenix Suns preview 2021 observes that for the third time in their 50-plus-year history, this team made it to the NBA Finals.

Our Los Angeles Lakers preview 2021 notes that after a playoff drought of six years and going without an NBA championship for nine, in 2019-2020, this team scored their 18th league title.

Our LA Clippers preview 2021 finds that this team, which has finished second or better in the Pacific Division for a decade and made the playoffs nine times, will struggle this year.

Our Golden State Warriors preview 2021 observes that from 2014-15 through 2018-19, this team made five straight NBA Championship rounds, winning three titles.

Our Astros vs Red pick for Monday, October 18, 2021 is for Game 3 of the ALCS. The series is tied.

Our Bills vs Titans pick for the October 18, 2021 edition of Monday Night Football has Buffalo at -5.5 (-115). The underdog Titans are at +7.0 (-115).

Our San Antonio Spurs preview 2021 notes that this team has always been a powerhouse. In fact, from 1998 through 2014, Spurs went to the NBA Finals six times, winning five titles.

Our New Orleans Pelicans preview 2021 notes that in their first 19 years this team has been to the postseason seven times.

In creating our Memphis Grizzlies preview 2021, we note that last year for the first time in three seasons, this team made the playoffs.

Our Houston Rockets preview 2021 observes that after eight straight seasons of making it into the postseason, the wheels came off the bus last season.

Our Dallas Mavericks preview 2021 observes that the last time this team was competitive in the postseason was 2011.

Our Packers vs Bears pick for Sunday, October 17, 2021 has Green Bay anywhere from -4.0 (-117) to -6.0 (-110).