Phil Agius
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Today’s sports action is headed by NFL Week 13, but there are also NBA, NHL, and college basketball games, plus EPL and MLS soccer to enjoy. Let’s get straight to finding the best bets on another great day of sports!
About Last Night
Tide roll over Georgia
It was a huge day of college football with Alabama getting the headlines by ending Georgia’s unbeaten run with a 41-24 win in the SEC Championship game. Both teams should be in the College Football Playoff, with Michigan set to join them after a 42-3 win over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship game. Cincinnati is the only unbeaten team in the nation after beating Houston 35-20 to win the American Athletic Conference. Check out what Connor Grootenhuis made of all Saturday’s action in our College football Week 14 reaction.
NBA handicappers go 5-2 on Saturday
The Pickswise team went 5-2 on the sides for Saturday’s NBA slate, including the Kings (ML) beating the Clippers 104-99 to cash our only Saturday 3-star NBA pick. The Celtics thrashed the Trail Blazers 145-117, while the 19-4 Warriors suffered an upset against the 8-13 Spurs — losing 112-107 as -9.5 favorites.
Pickswise goes 8-2 on NHL
The Pickswise ice hockey team also had a great day, going 8-2 on the sides on Saturday’s games — including our Best Bet of the Predators ML. There were upsets, though, with the 12-7-2 Avalanche losing to the 6-15-1 Senators in overtime.
Today’s Slate
NFL Week 13 tops the bill
Playoff dreams are about to turn into nightmares in the NFL with teams’ seasons now on the line. Check out our great NFL Week 13 betting guide, which acts as a hub to access all our parlays, picks, previews, and prop bets for today’s games. The Chiefs are in the spotlight on Sunday Night Football against the Broncos. Don’t miss our same game parlay for that AFC West showdown.
5-game NBA slate
There’s no lack of quality on today’s 4-game NBA schedule, which starts with Jazz vs Cavaliers at 3:30 pm ET before Hornets vs Hawks and Wizards vs Raptors follow at 6:00 pm ET. You can check out our picks for all today’s NBA action.
NHL saves best for last
They are arguably saving the best for last on today’s 6-game NHL slate, with Flames vs Golden Knights closing the show at 10:00 pm ET. Read our predictions for today’s NHL games.
College basketball and soccer, too!
The college hoops season continues at a fast pace and we have you covered with predictions for today’s top college basketball games. You can also check out our soccer picks for today’s EPL and MLS action.
Best Bet of the Day
Under 47.5 points in Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs
8:20 pm ET, NBC
Kansas City’s once highflying offense has had its wings clipped. The Chiefs have failed to top 20 points in 4 of their past 5 games, which would have been unthinkable not long ago. The way to exploit this Denver defense is by running the ball right at its banged-up linebacker group, but Kansas City doesn’t have the ground game to take advantage. On the flip side, Teddy Bridgewater may not do much on the road in one of the toughest environments to play in the NFL. The Chiefs’ defense has got a lot better in recent weeks, and they completely stifled Dak Prescott in their most recent game. Kansas City has given up 17 or fewer points in 4 straight games. With this being a division rivalry game with massive stakes, expect a relatively slow pace. Check out our full preview of Broncos vs Chiefs.
Must-watch
The Week 13 edition of our weekly NFL show Pickswise Playbook is available now with Chris Rose, Ross Tucker, and Jared Smith breaking down all this week’s games.
And don’t forget to look out for the latest episode of our great new daily betting show Let’s Bet It later today. On today’s show, Andrew Ortenberg will be joining regular hosts Jared Smith and Alex Glaze to discuss all today’s big games, answering viewer questions and revealing their plays of the day!
Check out both shows on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/Pickswise.
Must-read
Our Man vs Machine NFL picks battle goes on with our computer handicapper taking on a human NFL expert, so see which of them you want to tail today! We also have our Week 13 mega parlay, top touchdown scorer picks, NFL Week 13 trends you might like to follow, and don’t miss the Week 13 picks in our Pickswise Pro Football Capper Contest when they are posted at 9:00 am.
You can also check out our NBA same game parlay for Jazz vs Cavaliers. Be sure to head over to the Analysis tab for even more great betting content as it arrives throughout the day.
Stat of the Day
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 1-5 against the spread in their last 6 road games.
Boost of the day
FanDuel Sportsbook has enhanced the odds of 2 NFL underdogs in this simple Sunday parlay, with the odds of Washington (vs Las Vegas) and Seattle (vs San Francisco) both winning boosted from +400 to +500.
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