(Today’s installment of your faithful reporter’s quest to prognosticate all 1,230 NBA regular-season games this season comes as he has finally hit the .500 mark for the first time in weeks.)

Warriors (5-11) at Knicks (7-8), 4:35 p.m.
Pick: Knicks +1.5
It flies in the face of reason, given the Knicks’ tank job, but I just can’t bring myself to pick a team that seems to be on the edge of a potential meltdown.

Pacers (6-9) at Magic (12-4), 4:05 p.m.
Pick: Pacers +7.5
Mickael Pietrus is one of those guys who just can’t seem to stay healthy, unfortunately.

Hawks (9-6) at Wizards (2-11), 4:05 p.m.
Pick: Hawks +1.5
Andray Blatche is all, “When do we get to play the Warriors again?”

Celtics (15-2) at Bobcats (5-10), 4:05 p.m.
Pick: Bobcats +9
Charlotte still doesn’t have a winning streak this season. Unfortunately, this game is not going to fill that void.

Nuggets (10-6) at Timberwolves (4-10), 5:05 p.m.
Pick: Nuggets -5.5
Hey, J.R. Smith hasn’t done anything truly knuckleheaded for at least a few weeks. That might be Chauncey Billups’ biggest contribution of all.

Thunder (1-16) at Grizzlies (4-12), 5:05 p.m.
Pick: Grizzlies -8
Any team that runs its entire offense off of Chris Wilcox on the left block — as OKC did on Friday against Minnesota — is doomed to failure.

Spurs (9-6) at Rockets (10-6), 5:35 p.m.
Pick: Spurs +2.5
If San Antonio doesn’t ever slip, how will they “luck” into their next great big man?

Cavaliers (13-3) at Bucks (7-11), 6:05 p.m.
Pick: Cavaliers -7
If it comes to this in the spring: I like my crow served medium-rare, with lots of salt and pepper.

Nets (7-7) at Jazz (11-6), 6:05 p.m.
Pick: Jazz -8
I can’t tell which stat is more astounding: That the grinding, take-no-prisoners Jazz are 14th in the league in defensive efficiency, or that the Nets are 29th and still employ Lawrence Frank.

Mavericks (7-8) at Kings (5-13), 7:05 p.m.
Pick: Mavericks -4.5
Do the Kings still get home-court advantage as they play in front of thousands of empty seats?

Heat (8-8) at Clippers (2-13), 7:35 p.m.
Pick: Heat -2.5
Honestly, the Clippers started off as 1.5-point favorites? Can’t believe I missed that.

Yesterday: 7-4
Season record: 116-116-3

– Geoff