5 NBA tips tonight and a parlay

NBA Picks For Tonight

*Original betting lines and lineups taken game morning, adjust accordingly.

Here are tonight’s free NBA picks. The original lines for each game are taken a couple of hours prior to the tip-off, so adjust your picks accordingly should a line change.

Tonight’s NBA Picks

Miami @ Cleveland

H2H Trends –

  • Miami are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Cleveland.
  • Under is 12-4-1 in the last 17 meetings in Cleveland

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME ROAD
Miami 10 9 4-5 6-4
Cleveland 13 7 6-4 7-3

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Miami 100.9 102.0 -1.1
Cleveland 110.9 109.1 +1.8

Picks against the spread[/su_table]

Spread O/U Points Result
Cleveland Over  Cleveland
-4.0  209.0  108-97

LeBron reminded “rookie” Ben Simmons last night who is King,  and with last night’s win over the 76ers came the Cavs 7th straight win.

After three straight W’s the Heat are tied 1st with the Wizards in the South East, but with Cavs now rolling, we can’t look past them at home with that skinny line.

Cleveland rank 3rd in scoring offense at 110.8 points per game.

Miami are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Cleveland.

Best Bet  =  Cleveland ML

Phoenix @ Chicago

H2H Trends –

  • No recent trends.

Win/Loss

TEAM W L HOME ROAD
Phoenix 7 14 4-9 3-5
Chicago 3 15 2-5 1-10

Season Points +/-

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Phoenix 107.0 115.9 -8.9
Chicago 94.3 106.9 -12.6

Picks against the spread

Spread O/U Points Result
 Chicago  Phoenix
 -3.5  TBA  104-99

Chicago own the worst record in the league and rank 29th in scoring at 94.3 points per game. There only saving grace tonight could be an injury to Devin Booker, who remains uncertain to start with a toe injury.

These two teams rank in the bottom three in terms of defensive efficiency and the Suns play at one of the fastest tempos in the league, expect a lot of fast breaks and missed layups.

If Booker sits, take the Bulls ML.

Best Bet = Chicago ML

Washington @ Minnesota

H2H Trends –

  • Washington are 1-6 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Minnesota.
  • Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Minnesota.
  • Over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME ROAD
Washington 10 9 5-5 5-4
Minnesota 12 8 7-3 5-5

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Washington 108.3 104.5 +3.7
Minnesota 108.1 108.3 -0.2

Picks against the spread

Spread O/U Points Result
 Minnesota  Washington
 -5.0  TBA  92-89

The T-Wolves rank 25th in OPP PPG however with Wall still sitting we’ll take them, but only at the ML.

Both let through some points, so we’ll keep our eye on the Overs when they come out.

Best Bet  = Minnesota ML

Milwaukee @ Sacramento

H2H Trends –

  • Over is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings in Sacramento.
  • Over is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings.
  • Milwaukee are 8-3 ATS in the last 11 meetings in Sacramento

Win/Loss 

TEAM W L HOME ROAD
Milwaukee 9 9 5-4 4-5
Sacramento 6 14 4-5 2-9

Season Points +/- 

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Milwaukee 102.4 105.6 -3.2
Sacramento 95.1 105.2 -10.1

Picks against the spread

Spread O/U Points Result
 Sacramento  Over  Milwaukee
 +7.0  195.5  112-87

The Kings shocked the world last night taking down the Warriors at Oracle Arena as -16.0 underdogs. Back at home against the Bucks tonight Sac should be full of confidence.

The Bucks should take this, but after some bonding on the flight back to Sac, the Kings will have enough swagger to hold the +7.0 line.

Best Bet  = Sacramento +7.0 or Over 198.5

Denver @ Utah

H2H Trends –

  • Denver are 1-7 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Utah.
  • Under is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Utah.
  • Denver are 4-12 ATS in the last 16 meetings

Win/Loss

TEAM W L HOME ROAD
Denver 11 8 8-2 3-6
Utah 9 11 8-4 1-7

Season Points +/-

TEAM PPG OPP PPG DIFF
Denver 107.8 106.5 +1.4
Utah 101.3 100.4 +0.9

Picks against the spread

Spread O/U Points Result
 Denver  Over  Utah
 +1.5  206.5  106-77

Denver out-rebounded the Grizzlies by a staggering 61-31 last time out in a 104-92 win. With the Jazz ranking 27th with 40.2 rebounds per game, the Nuggets should bang the boards tonight and get the job done in Utah.

Underdogs get up tonight.

Best Bet = Denver +1.5