Filip Tomic
A total of 14 teams hit the NBA hardwood on Monday as a new week begins in the association and we inch closer to the home straight of the season. You can find out our NBA picks on the side and total for today’s biggest matchups, but I’ve picked out my 3 best bets and combined them into an NBA parlay at HUGE +911 odds! Let’s dive in.
Rockets +10.5 (-108)
Heat ML (-405)
Jazz ML (+320)
NBA parlay odds: +911
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Houston Rockets +10.5 over Oklahoma City Thunder (-108)
Jalen Williams had a career night with 41 and SGA added 31 as the Thunder beat the Spurs 146-132 on the road. Less than 24 hours later, the Thunder will battle the Rockets at home, a team that’ll put up way more resistance than San Antonio did last night. Houston needs a win badly here to get back into the thick of things in the Western Conference. The high-flying Lakers have now taken over the 2nd seed, but with just 1.5 games between the 2 teams, Houston is still in the running to move up the standings.
The road form of the Rockets is nothing to get excited about. They’ve covered in 17 of 30 such games but they’ll look to exploit the Thunder’s fatigue levels here. OKC has just 1 win in their last 5 games in a back-to-back scenario and that’s what the Rockets are counting on here. March has traditionally been Houston’s month – they’ve recorded 11 of 13 wins in this month dating back to last season, so they should be more than capable of at least keeping this one in single digits to kickstart our NBA parlay.
Read our full Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder prediction
Miami Heat ML over Washington Wizards (-400)
The Heat are massive favorites here and for good reason – they’ve beaten the Wizards 6 times in the last 7 home games. Washington is pretty much done for this season and they’ve been in tank mode for months now. As a result, they’re just 11-48, which is the worst record in the Eastern Conference. They’ve not done themselves any favors by winning 2 of their last 3 games against the Nets and Hornets, as the goal for this team is to finish bottom of the standings in order to give themselves a chance at landing the #1 pick in the draft.
Meanwhile, the Heat haven’t been very convincing over their last 10 games, winning just 3 of them, but there is still hope that they can turn things around and make it into the postseason without the play-in tournament. The Pistons are 5 games ahead of them, so the Heat cannot afford to lose games against lesser opponents. Tonight’s game is certainly one of those. With 7 wins in 10 meetings, I am confident the Heat can secure the win here.
Utah Jazz ML over Detroit Pistons (+320)
Despite winning 9 of 10 games I am still not sold on the Detroit Pistons. Yes, it is a fun story on how they’ve exceeded expectations and completely turned things around compared to last season, but most of the teams they beat during their 8-game win streak were sub .500 opponents. Playing the Jazz has been am unpleasant experience for Detroit to say the least. Utah holds a 15-2 record over the last 17 meetings, completely dominating this matchup dating back to the 2015-16 season. Since then, they’ve wrapped up 6 regular-season series and are currently on a 4-game win streak in head-to-head meetings. This also includes a 126-119 win in the first meeting of the year back in December at Little Caesars Arena.
Utah did play last night and lost to the Pelicans at home, but it is worth noting that none of their core players participated in that game. Collin Sexton, Walker Kessler, John Collins, Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen are all expected back in the lineup tonight. With that player boost along with a packed Delta Center, we should see the Jazz lifted to an upset win here. In home games, Utah has gone 9-2 ATS over their past 11 outings, plus they’ve won 7 of 8 meetings there against Detroit. Let’s go for the big underdog on the money line to wrap up today’s NBA parlay picks.
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