Andrew Ortenberg
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A new week is here in the NBA, and there are plenty of opportunities for value. What better way to celebrate than by going for a big payday on Monday? That’s right; we’re back with another mega parlay, NBA edition. We’re going big and bold again, so let’s not waste any more time.
I just hit the NFL Week 13 mega parlay yesterday at +1255 and we also hit our NBA mega parlay at +1320. Let’s make it two days in a row! But before we dive in, don’t forget to check out our free picks on the side and total for every NBA game.
Cleveland Cavaliers ML (+220)
Denver Nuggets ML (+140)
Golden State Warriors -16 (-108)
Parlay odds: +1379
Let’s break down each of the three legs one by one.
Cleveland Cavaliers ML (+220) over Milwaukee Bucks
Starting this mega parlay off with the Cavaliers yet again. I’ve had the Cavs as part of this mega parlay a bunch recently, and they’ve come through seemingly every time. Cleveland keeps on pulling money line upsets, and oddsmakers keep sleeping on them. Nobody is talking about the Cavs for some reason, but they’re 13-6 this season when Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley both play. They have put up pretty incredible results despite playing literally the toughest schedule in the entire NBA.
In addition to all the upsets they’ve pulled recently, they’ve also come extremely close to knocking off the Suns, Warriors and Jazz. In their most recent game they lost to an elite Utah team by just a single point. Darius Garland is a true star. On the flip side, Milwaukee’s recent win streak is fraudulent. They’ve beaten up on some of the weakest teams in the league, and caught other teams without their star players.
Denver Nuggets ML (+140) over Chicago Bulls
We’ve got another money line ‘dog for the second leg of this parlay. The Bulls came out of the gates on fire, then hit a rough patch, and have now won three in a row again. The three-game win streak has been enough to convince most observers that it’s all sunshine and rainbows again, but I’m not so sure. Each of their last two wins came by four points or fewer against teams I think are both a bit overrated.
This is still a Chicago team that recently lost to the Rockets and recently lost to the Pacers by 32. The Nuggets’ recent record looks bad, but that’s because they were without Nikola Jokic for a stretch. Jokic is back in the lineup and the team has gone 2-1 with him, most recently beating the Knicks by 14 in MSG. I don’t see the Bulls having anyone to slow down the reigning MVP.
Golden State Warriors -16 (-108) over Orlando Magic
We started this parlay off with two money line ‘dogs, why not switch to a massive favorite to wrap it up? I think the Warriors are going to dominate here. Golden State is coming off an embarrassing home loss to the Spurs, so they’ll be extra motivated to run up the score here. Nobody wants to face an angry Steph Curry — specially not the lowly Magic, who have lost eight of nine games and are just 5-19 overall.
Orlando has the second-worst point differential in the league while the Warriors have by far the best point differential in the league, so this spread doesn’t seem too high to me. If there was ever a spot to lay this many points, it’d be this one. In fact, eight of the Warriors’ last nine wins have come by at least 15 points — so this really wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for them.
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