BetQL Editors' NBA Picks For Tuesday, Oct. 18

Today's NBA Best Bets

Welcome to the 2022-23 NBA season! There are two marquee matchups to open the season, starting with 76ers at Celtics followed by Lakers at Warriors. To help you make the best bets today, the BetQL editors have picked a few of their favorite NBA bets below using key trends and the BetQL NBA model's data.

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Dan Karpuc: Warriors -6.5 vs. Lakers
The defending NBA champion Warriors are back and more talented than last season when they won the chip. This team has a great chance to repeat. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Kevon Looney make up the starting five, while Jordan Poole, James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga, Donte DiVencenzo, Moses Moody and JaMychal Green will likely all see time off the pine. They're stacked. Over the last two years, they’ve gone 33-20 ATS in home games and they’ve also gone 43-13 SU (47.7% ROI) in home games in which the total is at least 220. While the Lakers have star power and more depth than they did last year, the defending champs got better now that Wiseman is healthy and have so many ways to exploit their opponents. Give me Golden State all the way up to -9.5 and be sure to read our NBA Playbook for additional insight.

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Lucy Burdge: Celtics -2 vs. 76ers
The NBA season is finally back and I think the Celtics will start this season off strong with a win and cover after all the offseason drama. A big trend in their favor is that, for some reason, the 76ers are 0-10 ATS on Tuesday nights over the last two years. I see the Celtics playing as a cohesive team after everything that happened throughout the offseason because this actually could have bonded the players and made them more focused on winning to spite Ime Udoka. And they have the confidence of still being the favorite to win the NBA title, so I think they can kick off the year with a cover against Philadelphia.

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Brad Pinkerton: 76ers-Celtics Under 216

These were two of the stingiest defenses last season and, as a result, both frequently hit the under. That doesn't figure to change this season with both teams locked and reloaded with their sights set on the NBA Finals. These two met four times last season, going 2-2 O/U, but Boston won the first meeting on Dec. 1, 88-87, to go under 206.5; the second meeting went under 2145.5 before the next two meetings went over 207.5 and 209 after these suffocating defenses had squeezed the totals back down. I think we see a repeat here of that first meeting from last season, plus any early-season rust we might see from both offenses. It also helps that Philly was 9-19 O/U last season as the underdog, including 5-14 O/U as a road 'dog. Give me the under in this potential Eastern Conference Finals preview.

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BetQL subscribers can see more betting trends and all of our best bets, including player props, with star ratings for every game. Take advantage of BetQL's free trial and see all of today's best NBA bets, plus what the model is projecting for this week's MLB, NFL and college football games!