(Today’s installment of your faithful reporter’s quest to prognosticate all 1,230 NBA regular-season games this season.)

Raptors (8-11) at Cavaliers (17-3), 4:05 p.m.
Pick: Cavaliers -12.5
The Cavaliers are just killing it at home this season.

Pistons (11-8) at Wizards (3-15), 4:05 p.m.
Pick: Wizards +5
Hey, what a shock: Antonio McDyess signed with the Pistons!

Jazz (13-9) at Timberwolves (4-15), 5:05 p.m.
Pick: Timberwolves +5
Glen Taylor is a genius: Not only does he get the benefit of a dead coach bounce, but he also gets a dead GM bounce with the same move.

Knicks (9-11) at Bulls (9-11), 5:35 p.m.
Pick: Knicks +7.5
Al Harrington still laughs himself to sleep every night.

Spurs (11-8) at Mavericks (11-8), 5:35 p.m.
Pick: Mavericks +1.5
Tim Duncan’s stats when Manu and Parker are in the starting lineup: 21.3 ppg, 56.1 FG%.

Hawks (12-7) at Rockets (13-8), 5:35 p.m.
Pick: Hawks +4
Is it just me, or are the Rockets of today looking more and more like the Rockets of Olajuwon title years, with Yao in the middle, surrounded by nothing but 3-point shooters?

Bucks (9-13) at Suns (12-9), 6:05 p.m.
Pick: Bucks +7
Milwaukee has dropped 20 straight in Phoenix. If the Bucks manage to win, it’ll leave only Memphis (20 straight L’s in Sacramento) tied with the Warriors’ record of futility in San Antonio.

Magic (16-5) at Trail Blazers (15-7), 7:05 p.m.
Pick: Trail Blazers -5
Dwight Howard’s second consecutive 20-point, 20-rebound, 6-block game made him the first guy to do that in back-to-back contests since Stanford’s own Rich Kelley did it for New Orleans in March 1979.

Lakers (17-2) at Kings (5-16), 7:05 p.m.
Pick: Lakers -12
In media news, the Sacramento Bee announced today that they will no longer cover the Kings. In an unsigned editorial, the paper said, “Our mothers taught us, ‘If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.’ We’re taking that to heart and giving Reggie Theus a break.”

Yesterday: 1-3
Season record: 149-152-3

– Geoff