Thursday Night Best Bets: Who Will Rule the Hardwood in the NBA?

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00:00All right, tonight's games in the NBA, several games tonight, including a back-to-back for

00:05both of these teams. The Cleveland Cavaliers now 32-4 after the win over OKC. They are home

00:12for Toronto, who lost in New York to the Knicks last night. Now, no Mitchell tonight. He is out

00:19for the Cavs, so no Donovan Mitchell in this game. It is still, though, 13-1, with a 2-34-1 total.

00:28Yeah, I got it at 15 this morning. I saw it at 14. Even this very minute, I see it at 14,

00:35so I'll take the Raptors and the number. I just do not see, for one second, how Cleveland can

00:41even remotely want to get up for this game. They're going to go through the motions tonight.

00:46Yeah, I think they win, but like you say, there can't be a lot of gas left in the tank. I guess

00:52the one thing that helps them is the Raptors played last night, too. Golden State will be

00:57in Detroit. Man, the Pistons are playing again. Their sixth game in the month of January already.

01:04Six games in nine days. We got that right? Yes, we do. Minus 1-1-1 for the Pistons here tonight

01:12with how well they have been playing. Right now, 2-20-1-1 is the total.

01:17They can't lose, right? They've won every game in January, so they'll lose tonight.

01:22That's usually how it goes, right? When the team's like this, they're on an absolute roll.

01:26That's right. When you pound on them, it's got a betting on them, they'll lose.

01:30Right, right. When you think all of that is going to happen. Minnesota into Orlando

01:37against the Magic this evening. T-Wolves minus 5-1-1, 198-1-1-2. Wow, total under two bills

01:46tonight in Orlando. 198-1-1-2. I believe the Bancaro returns, Scott. He's going to be tomorrow

01:53night. He is available. Actually, Chris Haynes reported two hours ago he is available for

01:58tonight's game against the T-Wolves. I'm going to take him anyway. Give me the Magic and the

02:03Six at the Kia. There you go. A good one between those two. The Trailblazers are in Dallas

02:11against the Mavs. Minus 7-1-1 for the Mavericks. 220-1-1 is the total.

02:18Yeah, I still think this is Dallas here at the American Airlines. I thought

02:22Portland looked great last night because they were playing at the smoothie against

02:24the crappy Pelicans. Tonight, they're going to run into a problem.

02:29Man, the Pelicans, they really suck. They got destroyed by Portland last night.

02:37Absolutely amazing. The Rockets are on Beale Street against the Grizzlies tonight. Really

02:42good game. Grizz minus 1-1-1 at home. 232-1-1 the total. How funny is it that there's not one

02:51NBA game on national television tonight, including this great game in Memphis? They want nothing to

02:58do with competing with Notre Dame and Penn State, but I'm taking the Grizzlies at the FedEx at home.

03:03I like Memphis and Ja. Yeah, you get the one. If you got NBA TV, you got the

03:10T-Wolves and the Magic. Oh yeah, T-Wolves and Magic. My bad. Yeah, but I don't consider when

03:16they put the games on NBA TV. That's not to me. That's not national broadcast. When it's on TNT

03:21or ESPN, those are the national broadcasts, and they're not playing on any of those tonight.

03:28The Hawks into Phoenix against the Suns, who have obviously been struggling big time,

03:33but they're six and a half point favorites tonight. Trey Young's a game-time decision.

03:40Johnson's out, so the Hawks do have some injury concerns here. Suns minus 6-1-1, 238-1-1 the

03:47total. No one's playing at all for Atlanta. Give me the Hawks and six. You got to stick with it.

03:54You got to stick with what works. When the team's missing everybody, you got to jump on board.

04:02And the Heat are in Utah against the Jazz. Heat minus 5-1-2, 222-1-1 the total.

04:10I think the Heat can handle this game tonight in the Delta in Salt Lake Shakers. Give me Miami.