Welcome back from a Thanksgiving break of games. I hope you are stuffed and ready to keep winning some bets. It’s been an awesome week or so, going 9-0 in my last two articles. The NBA Cup group play continues Friday across a 10-game slate.

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The Hornets are shorthanded today, and our NBA expert predictions expect Knicks guard Jalen Brunson to take advantage of an injury-ravaged Hornets group.