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If not for the Orlando Magic waving the white flag at the trade deadline and the Cleveland Cavaliers yet to win 20 games this season, the Los Angeles Lakers would potentially be staring down an ugly six-game losing streak at online sportsbooks heading into Hump Day night’s East/West showdown against the Milwaukee Bucks. Making matters all the more worse heading into this one is that it’s certainly within the realm of possibility that Giannis Antetokounmpo and his mates find themselves in the mid... 

Another big one is set to go down in Tinseltown on Thursday night in the second leg of TNT’s doubleheader when MVP Award frontrunner Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets square off against Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers looking to even up the season rivalry. LA avenged its playoff defeat to the Nuggs by scoring the decisive 121-108 win and cover as 3.5-point favorites in the rival’s first run-in at the end of December. The Clippers were simply on fire from deep with the team draining ... 

Both the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers will be devoid of superstars when the teams collide under the lights of TNT’s nationally televised broadcast on Thursday night. The Sixers have been without the services of Joel Embiid since March 13. Even so, the team hasn’t skipped a beat in the five games he’s missed by going 4-1 SU and 3-1-1 ATS at online sportsbooks. The same can’t be said for the defending champs who struggled mightily with Anthony Davis out of the fold due to a calf injur... 

The Boston Celtics have been flirting with disaster for the entirety of the 2020-21 NBA betting season. So much so that Brad Stevens’ squad currently finds itself on the outside looking into the playoff picture now needing to win a seeding game just to have a shot at returning to the postseason. The Milwaukee Bucks are firmly entrenched within the Eastern Conference playoff picture owners of a 27-14 SU record which has them eight games up in the Central Division. This will be the first of two sc... 

Don’t look now, but the Dallas Mavericks look to have righted the ship. Once in the basement of the NBA Southwest standings ahead of only the wretched Houston Rockets, Luka Doncic and company now sit tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the division lead. The Los Angeles Clippers on the other hand remain in the funk that affected their play heading into the All-Star break having just got their breakfast, lunch and dinner served up by Zion Williamson and the Pelicans in New Orleans on Sunday night. This will be the second of a two-game series and the Clippers will be out to avenge the ugly home defeat suffered at the hands of the Mavericks in late December in a game Kawhi Leonard was forced to miss. Will his presence be enough to change the outcome this time around? I don’t think so! ... 

The Philadelphia 76ers passed their first test without the services of Joel Embiid with flying colors on Sunday when they went out and smashed the San Antonio Spurs to secure the team’s fifth straight win and cover against the closing NBA odds. The challenge will get a wee bit tougher on St. Patty’s Day night when Giannis Antetokounmpo and the white hot Milwaukee Bucks pay the City of Brotherly Love a visit for the team’s first matchup of the 2020-21 season. If the Sixers’ win streak isn’t snapp... 

The Brooklyn Nets returned from the All-Star Break in style on Thursday night handing the division rival Boston Celtics a 121-109 defeat to win for the 12th time in 13 tries. It’s gone on to cover the closing NBA odds all but two times during that stretch. Steve Nash’s troops will be gunning for another big win on Monday night when it welcomes the vastly improved New York Knicks into the Barclays Center for the second meeting of the season between the division rivals. Brooklyn has taken six of t... 

A big one is set to go down in Tinseltown on Thursday night in the second leg of TNT’s doubleheader when Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors square off against Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Pacific rival’s third showdown of the 2020-21 NBA betting season. The team’s split their first two meetings at Golden State with the under cashing in both contests and an average of 214.5 points hitting the scoreboard. Though LA sports the better overall record and has been a better overall investment for NBA bettors at online sportsbooks, it’s the Dubs that’ve made the Staples Center their home away from home in winning eight of their last 10 visits both SU and ATS with the over cashing in six times. Look for the home team to be spotting the Warriors upwards of 7-9 points with the total lined in the mid to upper 220’s for both team’s first game out of the break. ... 

The Brooklyn Nets return from All-Star Weekend with the second best record in the Eastern Conference behind only the division rival Philadelphia 76ers. And they’ll do so still without the services of Kevin Durant though that meant next to nothing with the team logging wins and covers in 10 of its last 11 played games. As great the two NBA Atlantic frontrunners have been to this point of the season, lost in the aftermath has been a Boston Celtics team that’s simply been unable to get into a winning rhythm evidenced by the team’s 19-17 SU record. Brad Stevens’ squad will however have an opportunity to log a season-changing win right out of the break looking to avenge an ugly 28 point pummeling at the hands of the Nets back on Christmas Day. Boston’s failed to win or cover three of the last four meetings and hasn’t won at Barclays in its last three tries. ... 

A number of high-profile stars questioned whether there should even be an NBA All-Star Game this season. In the end none of them opted out and the game will be played. For the fourth straight year the format will have team captains selecting their roster via a schoolyard type draft. LeBron James has had plenty of success as captain picking the winning roster in each of the last three years. As top vote-getters in their respective conferences, LeBron and Kevin Durant picked their teams from a poo... 

Without a single team in the NBA Southeast above .500 heading into All-Star Weekend, the reigning Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat have been able to hold onto the division lead with a 17-17 overall record. They’re one of only two first place teams in the league that’s failed to log winning marks against the pointspread at online sportsbooks. The reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers is the other; go figure! Though the New Orleans Pelicans currently sit in fourth place within the NBA Southwe... 

The Brooklyn Nets head into All-Star week owners of the best record in the Eastern Conference tied with the division rival Philadelphia 76ers for bragging rights. Steve Nash has his team running and gunning even though he’s yet to have all three of his superstars on the hardwood for long stretches. After just having their eight-game win streak snapped at home by Luka Doncic and the Mavs, Brooklyn will undoubtedly look to close the first half of its season out on a high. James Harden could be in ... 

It’s been a rough few weeks for the Los Angeles Lakers, who saw their losing skid reach four games with a pasting from the NBA’s best Jazz on Wednesday. Every team hits a rough patch during the course of a season, but the Lakers are experiencing a big time funk and will have to navigate the remainder of the first half without Anthony Davis. The Lakers look to get back on track when they host the Golden State Warriors on Sunday evening.... 

Division leaders are set to square off Sunday afternoon when Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers pack their bags for the frigid Midwest to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in a premiere cross-conference battle. Adding to the intrigue of this heavyweight bout is the fact that both squads enter the matchup running hot. LA has come out victorious in six of its last eight games and covered the closing NBA odds five times. The Bucks bounced back from their longest losing s... 

The Brooklyn Nets are proving that they are much more than just the big three. Getting contributions up and down the roster, the Nets finished off a perfect 5-0 road trip with wins over the LA clubs and extended their run to seven by taking down Sacramento for the second time in a week. They look to continue their assault on the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a primetime showdown against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.... 

We’re not used to seeing the current version of the Milwaukee Bucks lose five games in a row. They made sure the slide didn’t reach six with a win over OKC and looked a lot like the team that finished with the best overall record in the league the previous two seasons with a dismantling of Sacramento. The Bucks continue their eight-game homestand with a matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans in the first game of a TNT doubleheader on Thursday looking to avenge an earlier loss in the Big Easy.... 

If you still believe the Boston Celtics can win the NBA title now is the time to make a wager on a futures bet. Losers in five of their last seven games, the Celtics saw their odds to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy tumble as they hit the .500 mark. We keep waiting for and expecting them to snap out of their funk and it just hasn’t happened. Maybe it never will. After finishing off their back-to-back set with the Hawks, Boston opens a three-game road trip Sunday in the Big Easy against the New Orleans Pelicans. ... 

HDTV sets around the world will be tuned into ABC on Saturday night when LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers square off against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. This will be the first skirmish between these teams since the Lake Show took the Heat down in six games in the NBA Finals. Since starting this extended seven-game Western Conference road swing out with a dub in Houston, the Heat have gone on to lose against the Jazz, Clippers and Warriors. They’ll also have less tread on the tires with it the third game played over a four day stretch, while the Lakers will have only laced ‘em up twice; the last coming at home against the Brooklyn Nets. LA has however proven to be a bit more susceptible at home than on the road and will be forced to go at Miami without the services of Anthony Davis. Still, you can expect LBJ and the boys to be laying a handful of points come Saturday night. ... 

Any time the Los Angeles Lakers play a team from the Eastern Conference we can say it’s a possible NBA Finals preview. Guess what, with the Brooklyn Nets paying a visit on Thursday we have a possible Finals preview. However, we could be missing some star power in this matchup. LA’s Anthony Davis is nursing a sore Achilles while Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant sat out a few games with a tight hamstring. The Nets are on the backside of a five-game, nine-day road trip and are still trying to incorporate their big three into the lineup, they just haven’t had them all on the court at the same time that often. ... 

The teams have battled it out in the Eastern Conference the last few seasons and they’ll go at it again on Thursday when the Toronto Raptors visit the Milwaukee Bucks in the first game of a TNT doubleheader. Despite losing the final three games on a recent six-game road trip, the Bucks are still second in the Eastern Conference and look to make up ground during an eight-game homestand. The clubs are finishing up a two-game set and playing for the third time this season following Milwaukee’s win and cover last month.... 

Getting the nationally televised treatment on Saturday night will be the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors which will have online sportsbooks on notice with Kevin Durant making his return to the west coast. The Dubs will undoubtedly take to their home hardwood determined to avenge the ugly 26-point defeat it suffered to the Nets way back on opening night. If Stephen Curry is to do his part matching what the Nets’ Big Three brings to the court, he’ll need his teammates to rise to the occasi... 

The Dallas Mavericks currently bring up the rear of the Southwest Division standings with an overall record of 11-14 SU and a losing mark for NBA bettors at 10-15 ATS. That won’t be the case much longer, and I highly suggest you buy the Mavs to win the title, conference and division right now with the odds of doing so the longest they’ll be all season! The roster has gotten healthier in recent weeks, and it’s shown in the win/loss column as a result. The New Orleans Pelicans currently sit a game... 

Climbing out of the hole they put themselves in isn’t going to be easy for the Miami Heat as they open a seven-game Western Conference road swing with a matchup against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. The return of Jimmy Butler should help, but the Heat have dealt with a massive amount of injuries and COVID-related issues leaving them as a longshot to repeat as Eastern Conference champions. Heck, unless they have a big run they might not even make the postseason, that’s how bad the season has been so far. ... 

A good one is set to go down in the Association at online sportsbooks in primetime Saturday night when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors travel to Big D to oppose potential NBA MVP Award winner Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Both teams find themselves situated at the bottom of their respective division standings, so the backend of this two-game series should be highly competitive to say the least. With Dallas finally just putting an end to its horrific six-game winless and cover... 

The Los Angeles Clippers return home from an extended six-game Eastern Conference road swing looking to get back in the good graces of NBA bettors after losing to the trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving last time out. It won’t be easy though with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics looking to take down another Western Conference foe after going into Golden State and ousting the Warriors to kick off a five-game road trip of their own. These teams played to a pair of epic skirmishe...