AccuScore's NBA picks of the day – A side and a total for Thursday's playoff slate

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The NBA Playoffs continue with three games Thursday night. Here are the two top picks for tonight's NBA slate, based on AccuScore’s 10,000-plus simulations.

AccuScore Best Bet No. 1: There's a 59 percent chance the total combined score in the Bulls-Bucks Game 3 stays UNDER 187, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend.

When the simulated total has differed by 4.5 to 6 points from the number posted in Vegas – as it it does in this matchup – AccuScore is on a 5-2 run on total picks (71.4 percent, +280 units).

The average score after AccuScore ran 10,000-plus simulations is 93-89.

The total has stayed UNDER in five of the last six meetings between these teams and four of the Bucks' last six home games overall.

AccuScore Best Bet No. 2: There's a 58 percent chance the Warriors cover a -5 spread on the road in Game 3 against the Pelicans.

The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000 simulations is 105-96.

Golden State is 5-2 ATS in its last seven games on the road. Keep in mind, however, that New Orleans have covered four of its last five games against the Warriors.

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