NBA Best Bets Thursday January 2nd
2025 started off with a +4.5u monster night
Last night, the Raptors welcomed Immanuel Quickley back into the lineup and faced off against the Brooklyn Nets.
Can you believe the Nets opened as road favorites!? Raptors +1 was definitely a WHOP bet yesterday. The line closed at Raptors -2, primarily due to the returns of Quickley and Gradey Dick, which quickly (pun intended) showed their impact.
The Raptors went on to win outright, snapping their 11-game losing streak with a 130-113 win. They played spoilers to D'Angelo Russell's 22-points in his BKN debut. Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 33 points and everything seemed to go his way. This crazy highlight might have been an early sign of that tonight, Scottie went to throw an alley oop, but turned a no look pass into a made 3 pointer.
THURSDAY JANUARY 2ND SHARP BETTING LIVE SHOW
I am back for another live show tomorrow morning at 10am ET breaking down the 6 game NBA slate. I also got a GREAT question about how to handle a high equity NFL futures ticket, so I am going to do a segment breaking that down towards the end of the show. If you can’t catch it live, no worries—you can watch later using the link below or listen to the audio version on The Advantage Sports Betting Podcast feed.
One Best Bet for tomorrow is Dame Lillard over 21.5 points (up to -125). Let’s ride a Dame Lillard bounce back spot after a rough 9-point outing vs IND. Despite tough matchups this season vs the Nets, that was when they had Dennis Schroeder. With Russell taking over at PG, the Nets' defense has dramatically changed, and this revenge spot sets up perfectly for Lillard to shine. A limited Immanuel Quickley went bonkers on them in his first game back from a lengthy absence. I also bet the over in the game and what better way to bet another angle within that with a Dame over on his points prop. This line may close 1-2 points higher.
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*This newsletter post was authored by Ian Toria