Philadelphia are having player only crisis meetings, Minnesota are ignoring each other on the court and now the MVP favourite is M.I.A. It’s only November and things are heating up.
Best Bet
Dallas Mavericks @ Denver Nuggets (2:00pm)
He has been absolutely bonkers to start this season. With averages of 29.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 11.7 assists it’s no wonder he is the bookies favourite for another MVP. A triple double in 6 of his last 7 games he is putting up absolute video game numbers.
Missing the last 3 games for Denver has been unusual for the big man, especially due to personal reasons. The rumour mill has been wild with anything from ‘has he welcomed a child’ into ‘he is considering retirement!’ I expect to know pretty early if he is in or out and he won’t be a game time decision like players returning from injury. Jokic should enjoy the smaller Dallas front court and he will look to mirror his last game before this mini break. In that game, conveniently against Dallas, he finished with 18 rebounds and 15 assists. Clearing this line 5 out of his last 5 starts it’s just business as usual for the big Serbian.
SGM – Jokic 8+ Assists/ Irving 6+ Assists/ Lively Over 7.5 Points = $3.00
Next Best
Atlanta Hawks @ Chicago Bulls (12:00pm)
Zach is back, after an interrupted start to his 2025 campaign he looks to have located his regular shooting numbers. An adductor strain kept Lavine off the court for 3 games but he now is showing no ill effects.
Both Lavine and Vucevic look to be enjoying the new found freedom after Demar Derozan was shipped to Sacramento in the off season. Averaging 22 over his last six games, which include a low minute’s blowout and an off night where he went 4/16 and missed all his threes. He is a better player than that and I’d be shocked at a repeat performance.
The Bulls take on Atlanta at home and Zach will have a favourable matchup. Small forwards have enjoyed a 22% increase in ease rankings against Atlanta. 18 points against Atlanta earlier this season but it was the return game from injury. Zach has cleared this line in his last two starts and he will need to stay aggressive here if they want to challenge the Hawks.
SGM – Lavine 20+ Points/Vucevic 15+ Points/ Daniels 10+ Points = $2.75
Value Bet
Indiana Pacers @ Milwaukee Bucks (12:00pm)
Tyrese has been struggling shooting the ball this season. He’s currently only shooting 37% and is normally a career 47.2% shooter. He definitely would be hearing the rumblings about his inefficient start and I think he is every chance to break the shackles off this game.
A nice match up against Milwaukee will see Haliburton enjoy an 11% uptick in ease rankings. We will know pretty early if this has a chance at hitting because if he sees a few of the early attempts go down, his FG attempts remain high throughout the game. The games where he has put the cue back in the rack usually occur after 4-5 attempts without a make. Last season Tyrese averaged 20.1PPG, we aren’t asking him to exceed, just shoot an average night.
SGM – Haliburton 15+ Points/ Antetokounmpo 10+ Rebounds/ Lillard 6+ Assists = $4.20
Saturday NBA Multi
76ers / Bucks / Nuggets / Kings
$5.31