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NBA Pick of the Day (5/8) - Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers

With the series tied at one game apiece, the Los Angeles Clippers host the Houston Rockets Friday night in Game 3. Doc Rivers said Chris Paul worked out at the team's practice facility in Playa Vista, CA Thursday, but the status for Game 3 will remain a game day decision.

AccuScore has the Clippers as solid 73 percent favorites to win Friday night. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 110 - 102.

ATS: There's a 61.4 percent chance the Clippers cover a -4.5 spread in Game 3, a two-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend.

In the past week, AccuScore has gone 8-3 (72.7%, +470 units) when picking on overall point spreads and 4-1 (40%, +290 units) on Western Conference game point spreads.

The Clippers are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games vs the Rockets.

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Projected Leaders
Blake Griffin: 25 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 4 TOs
James Harden: 26 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 TOs