The Trail Blazers head to Utah off the back of a 53-point win against the Hornets, with the Jazz likely to be resting a number of key players.
Best Bet
Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz (1:10pm)
The Trail Blazers head to Utah off the back of a 53-point win over Charlotte, and although they dropped four games in a row prior to this it was against tough opposition – Denver twice on the road, Minnesota away, and the Lakers.
Prior to this though they won 10 of their last 11, and this match-up against the Jazz is one of those games they really should just win.
It helps that Markkanen and Kessler are high doubtful to suit up joining Sexton and Clarkson on the sidelines, and when the trio of Markkanen, Kessler and Sexton are off the court for Utah this season they have a net rating of -12.5 which is Washington levels.
The Trail Blazers should be way too strong for this Utah second-unit on current form.
SGM – Portland -3.5 / Clingan Over 7.5 Points / Camara 10+ Points = $3.75
Next Best
Chicago Bulls @ Philadelphia 76ers (11:10am)
With LaVine being traded and Dosunmu injured, I think we’ll continue to see Giddey as Chicago’s primary playmaker and even scorer with both Coby White and Nikola Vucevic really battling.
In the last ten games that Chicago has played since the LaVine departure, Giddey is leading the scoring for the Bulls with 17.8 points per game.
In his last eight games Giddey averages 19.1 points covering 15.5 in six of those games, averaging 31.4 minutes per game and 13.3 field goal attempts – all these metrics are well up on his season averages, and with his minutes now pushing 35 per game it’s clear to see that Billy Donovan is going to run more through the Australian.
SGM – Giddey Over 15.5 Points / Vucevic Under 18.5 Points / Yabusele 10+ Points = $4.20
Value Bet
Denver Nuggets @ Indiana Pacers (11:10am)
Started the season really poorly off the back of a bad Olympics campaign for Canada, but like what we generally see with Jamal Murray he gets going in the second-half of the season.
Since January 14 over an 18-game stretch, Murray averages 25.3 points per game which includes some monsters – 45 on the Mavericks, and in more recent time 34 on Charlotte and a whopping 55 on Portland.
The good news for Murray is those three teams are actually some of the more difficult for point guards to score against across the season, all conceding points 3% below average. Indiana is the sixth easiest giving up points 4% above average, and over the last month they’re the easiest team for the one-spot to score points against 15% above average.
When Murray covers, he goes big – I like the price for both 25+ and 30+ ($5.60).
SGM – Murray Over 21.5 Points / Porter 15+ Points / Porter 6+ Rebounds = $3.50
Tuesday NBA Multi
Trail Blazers / Kings / Nets
$3.32
