BetQL Editors' NBA Picks For Friday, Dec. 9

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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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Dan Karpuc: Cavaliers -5.5 vs. Kings
Cleveland has gone 11-1 SU and 9-1-2 ATS at home this season and is now back at full strength. With Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland in the backcourt, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley in the frontcourt and guys like Kevin Love and Caris LeVert who can create and produce on the second unit, it’s very difficult for me not to love the Cavaliers’ potential in this matchup. Cleveland will have the edge on both sides of the ball and the Kings will enter this game having gone 1-3 SU and ATS in their last four road games. This is my favorite bet on today’s slate by a wide margin.

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Brad Pinkerton: Cavs-Kings Under 223

I'm a sucker for trends, and there are a lot of solid ones in this matchup (as Dan pointed out above with the Cavs ATS), including some strong trends to the under for both teams. The under has hit in six straight (and nine of the last 10) for the Cavs, who have also hit the under in six straight home games. What's more, the scores in the Cavs' last six games have gone under by an average of more than 25 points! The Cavs are also just 7-11 O/U as favorites, while the Kings are 2-5 as road 'dogs and 3-5 O/U overall in their last eight games. All this is to say that the under is still firmly in play even though the total has dropped from 225.5 to 223.

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Kate Constable: Timberwolves-Jazz Over 235.5

I don’t typically rely solely on trends, but this is one that caught my attention. For whatever reason, the Jazz like to play fast and efficient on Friday because over their last five Friday night matchups, the totals in those games have been 258 (this one was also against the Timberwolves), 246, 267, 247, and 258. The total for tonight’s game is set at 235.5 and Minnesota has also gone over this number in four of their last five games. Expect lots of scoring tonight in Utah.

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Lucy Burdge: Bucks -1 at Mavericks
The Bucks have covered the spread in two of their last three games and they’re coming off of covering a 6.5-point spread as the favorite. And some trends in the Bucks’ favor to cover here are Jason Kidd is 18-41 ATS after three or more consecutive wins over their career and the Bucks are 23-10 ATS as a favorite while on the road over the last two years. So I have a lot of faith in the Bucks to cover this spread against the Mavericks tonight.

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