BetQL Editors' NBA Picks For Monday, Jan. 9

Today's NBA Best Bets

Another day of NBA action means another day of tough decisions for bettors. To help you make the best bets today, the BetQL editors have picked a few of their favorite NBA bets below using key trends, data and picks from the BetQL NBA model.

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Kate Constable: Lakers-Nuggets Over 240.5
Both of these teams come into this game playing some of their best basketball on the offensive end. The Lakers are on a five-game win streak and are averaging 125.8 points during that span. Meanwhile, the Nuggets have won four of their last five and are averaging 120.2. Denver is shooting a league-high 48.1% from deep in its last five games, while the Lakers have the best field-goal percentage at 53.5% in that stretch. In their last 12 games combined, the Nuggets and Lakers are 7-4-1 to the over, which is why I like that trend to continue tonight.

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Dan Karpuc: Bulls +8.5 at Celtics
Here are the results of Boston’s three matchups against Chicago this season: a 14-point loss on Nov. 21; a four-point win Nov. 4; and an 18-point loss on Oct. 24 (with no covered spreads). While the Celtics are obvious home favorites based on their early-season performance compared to the Bulls, I’m squarely on Chicago +8.5. Under Billy Donovan, Chicago has gone 12-1 ATS coming off an upset win as an underdog and they’re riding three consecutive victories as 'dogs against the Jazz, 76ers and Nets. One more important factor: Marcus Smart is likely going to miss this game for Boston due to an injury. Boston allowed the Thunder to drop 150 points on them without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and other starters a couple games ago with Smart, so this is certainly bad timing for him to sit out.

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Matt Horner: Bulls-Celtics over 236.5

The Bulls offense has been cooking lately. Zach LaVine looks worthy of his contract, while DeRozan continues to defy time. In contrast, the Bulls' defense is still really bad. They allow a ton of 3-point shots, which the Celtics certainly can knock down. The line has moved up at some books to 237.5, but 236.5 is still available as of this writing.

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Lucy Burdge: Knicks +1 vs. Bucks
The Bucks are coming off of a blowout loss to the Hornets, while the Knicks have won their last four and covered three of their last four spreads. The Bucks have also lost four of their last five overall and six of their last eight on the road. While Milwaukee did beat New York at the end of November, I think momentum favors the Knicks here and I see them getting the win.

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Here is my play for today, using the strategy of "middling" the game total (can only lose a maximum of one leg there), and taking the most points on both teams (can only lose one leg here too); you can apply this strategy to any NBA game, any night:

NO-WAS Over 217.5
NO-WAS Under 237.5
Pelicans +10.5
Wizards +9.5
OGP odds: +230

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