The 2020-21 NBA season continues on Friday with five high-profile games on Christmas Day. The full day of action begins with Heat vs. Pelicans at noon ET and is followed by Bucks vs. Warriors at 2:30 p.m. ET, Nets vs. Celtics at 5 p.m. ET, Lakers vs. Mavericks at 8 p.m. ET and Clippers vs. Nuggets at 10:30 p.m. ET. 

Before you make any Christmas Day NBA picks and parlays, you NEED to see what SportsLine's advanced computer model has to say about all the games. 

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and it returned over $5,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks last season. The model is up nearly $8,100 over the past two seasons. Last year, it went a stunning 61-33 on top-rated picks against the spread, returning almost $2,500 on those selections alone. Anybody who has followed it has seen HUGE returns.

Now, it has set its sights on Friday's Christmas Day NBA action and has revealed its best five-line parlay picks. This five-way parlay could lead to a HUGE payout of over 20-1!

One part of the five-way parlay we'll give away: The model is backing the Clippers to cover as 2.5-point favorites on the road against the Nuggets to end Friday night. The model says the Clippers cover in nearly 60 percent of simulations, making it a solid choice for your NBA picks. Confidently lock that in as a key part of your Christmas Day NBA parlays. 

The model also has identified four other extremely strong picks that NEED to be in your five-way parlays, including an underdog that has PLENTY of value, making this team a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any NBA parlays.

So where does the betting value lie for Friday's Christmas Day NBA action? And which team is a MUST-BACK in your NBA parlays? ... Join SportsLine here to see which teams cover the spread, all from the model that has returned nearly $8,100 on its top-rated picks over the past two seasons!