Tonight's NBA Picks: Betting Odds and Game Previews

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - The Pacers are in Miami,

00:07 down to see you tonight with the Heat.

00:09 Minus two and a half for the Heat,

00:11 two thirty eight and a half is the total.

00:14 Now this has gone down a couple of points, Joe,

00:17 in the last couple of hours, really.

00:19 And I gotta tell you, I don't think we've seen

00:21 a Pacer game get under 240 in a while.

00:25 14 of course, of their games so far,

00:28 14 of their 16 games have gone to the over,

00:31 but they were at under last time,

00:33 as you mentioned, against Portland.

00:34 - Yeah, because Portland controlled the pace.

00:39 And that's exactly what Miami can do.

00:42 That's how they thrive here.

00:43 Now the big question was whether Jimmy Butler is gonna go,

00:47 but this is one of these home home, sit, take,

00:49 it's a back to back, it's like a double header here.

00:51 They're gonna play him again in a couple of nights.

00:53 So if Jimmy Butler doesn't go tonight,

00:55 I'm sure he's gonna go in the next game,

00:57 but everybody else is available, it appears,

01:00 to Miami, who can certainly run if they wanted to,

01:04 but I have a feeling they're not going

01:06 to let Indiana control the tempo.

01:08 So I would look towards Miami,

01:11 who's a much more disciplined team in this spot.

01:15 - As of three o'clock East, Butler was questionable.

01:19 That's as of three o'clock East.

01:20 Of course, we'll get another report

01:23 about an hour before the game.

01:24 We'll see if we're gonna actually get him out there tonight.

01:26 The Pistons, who got destroyed at home last night,

01:30 another completely gutless effort by them.

01:32 They are two and 16 now,

01:34 back to back in the garden against the Knicks,

01:36 who are 10 and seven, 14 and a half here,

01:40 two 18 and a half is the total.

01:42 Man, 14 and a half is a lot, Joe.

01:45 That's a lot for the Knicks.

01:47 I even know the Pistons suck, that's a lot.

01:49 - It's, I'm not catching that falling knife with them.

01:54 I thought maybe the Pistons, you know,

01:56 an arrested situation spot might've been able to show up

02:00 against the Lakers last night and they did not.

02:03 I would only look to the Knicks maybe in the first half,

02:05 'cause you have no idea in a blowout

02:07 what you're gonna get in the second half.

02:09 So maybe, you know, if it's less than double digits

02:12 in the first half, expect them to go at the Pistons quickly.

02:16 - Worst team against the spread,

02:18 as we mentioned earlier this hour in the NBA,

02:20 is the Chicago Bulls.

02:22 They have the Bucs in town at the United Center tonight.

02:24 Bucs minus eight and a half road favorites,

02:26 228 and a half is the total.

02:29 The Bucs are tricky in these games, Joe.

02:33 They really are.

02:34 You know, they're pretty good to back

02:36 against the other good teams,

02:38 but when they play some of these teams like the Pistons

02:40 and the Bulls, they'll win the game,

02:43 but sometimes kind of mess around in them.

02:46 So that makes me a little leery here tonight,

02:48 even though the Bulls are bad.

02:49 - So, and the big problem for us is,

02:53 'cause I would normally just look at the Oliver,

02:55 but DeRozan, Caruso, and Levine are still questionable.

02:59 Connington and Crowder are still out for Milwaukee.

03:02 So Giannis is not on there.

03:04 So if those two out of three are not available for this game,

03:08 then there's, the only thing I would look at

03:10 would be the Bucs' team total over.

03:12 - Yeah, that's probably the best way to go,

03:15 because if they don't have all those scoring options

03:17 in there, it's very tough to get involved

03:19 with a very, very tough,

03:21 to try to grab them even with the eight and a half.

03:23 The Jazz are in Minnesota against the Timberwolves tonight.

03:26 Tee Wolves are minus 11 and a half,

03:29 220 and a half is the total.

03:31 Edwards is doubtful for this game for Minnesota.

03:35 - And Marketon is out again now

03:39 for the fourth consecutive game tonight.

03:42 And it's quite obvious that the Jazz,

03:45 they miss him on the offensive side of the ball,

03:49 not to mention they're a different team on the road.

03:51 They were last year as well than they are at home there.

03:55 They played well without him against New Orleans

03:59 at their spot over the weekend,

04:01 but obviously last night against one of the poorer defenses

04:05 in the NBA, Memphis, and look what Memphis did to them.

04:08 What do you think is gonna happen in Minnesota tonight

04:11 with Gobert and Carl Anthony Towns?

04:13 Where are the points coming from?

04:15 - This total has been crashing since this morning,

04:19 and that's the only way I would look here,

04:22 is at the under here,

04:23 'cause I don't know where the offense is coming from Utah.

04:27 - I don't know where it's coming from Utah either.

04:29 And the Timberwolves, pretty good defensive team as well.

04:31 The Lakers are in OKC against the Thunder tonight.

04:35 Now the Lakers played last night,

04:36 they destroyed the Pistons as we know.

04:38 So this was six and a half earlier,

04:40 now it's five and a half for OKC,

04:42 232 and a half's the total.

04:45 - You know, LeBron's questionable,

04:46 it says that AD is probable.

04:49 LeBron hasn't missed these games, Joe, like he hasn't.

04:52 And that's why the number's a little strange to me.

04:54 I know that the Thunder have been pretty good here

04:57 at the start, they did lose in many the other night.

05:00 If LeBron's out there and AD's out there,

05:03 it's probably a little too much for me,

05:05 and I'm sure when it becomes official it might,

05:07 what do you think, Joe?

05:08 It'll tick to three and a half, four and a half,

05:10 it'll probably go down a couple more points.

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