NBA Best Bets Friday January 5th
A +810 Moneyline...
Did you see that Jokic buzzer beater?! WOW!
A bettor will be quick to remind you, numbers matter and CLV ruled the day on that bet! Nuggets opened as a 2.5 point favorite, they were bet out to -4 at close, and it lands on the 3. A spot where getting CLV, or the best number on the board for whatever side you wanted proved to be crucial. There are a lot of people who held Nuggets -3.5 and -4 tickets and hoped the joker didn’t rob the bank in 3.6 seconds.
🏀 NBA Best Bets Friday January 5th 🏀
Thunder @ Nets Under 234.5 (1u)
Line open was 235 and while the Thunder has put together ridiculous offensive efforts, the Nets have been putting together really lackluster offense. The Nets have not cracked 110 in the last 4 games. The Thunder also have an excellent defense. I expect Bridges to be first line of defense on SGA with Claxton providing solid help defense and therefore a slower pace night, despite it being a Friday in Brooklyn.
Jazz +14.5 (112, 0.5u)
Jazz +810 ML (0.25u)
Yup, I’m the asshole thats calling for the end of the Celtics undefeated home season. Not completely, I just think the number holds solid value. We have a battle of coaches who know one another really well here. When the Ime Udoka Boston Celtics drama happened, it was shortly after Hardy had been poached from Udoka’s staff by the Jazz (with former Celtic Danny Ainge as GM). Then the Celtics upgraded Joe Mazz from not even lead bench coach to head coach. The guy with the biggest chops was Hardy, and I remain skeptical of Mazzulla. Now that the Jazz are fully healthy, and have an inside edge of coaching against the Celtics, and have done really well in recent matchups against them, give me the points and the escalated money line.
Kings -4.5 (BetMGM, 0.75u)
Sell high Raptors moment. Despite them coming off of two wins since the trade, they also recently fell to the Celtics by collapsing late and then lost to the Pistons. I am not buying they are fully rejuvinated from bringing in RJ and IQ. Now going up against an offense that is so consistent, and in an environment thats hard to play in, I expect the beam team to be lighting it up on a Friday in Sac.