NBA Play-In Tournament Best Bets: Upsets in the Making?
Paul Connor
Host · Writer
The NBA‘s Play-In Tournament concludes tonight with a pair of do-or-die matchups as the Miami Heat host the Chicago Bulls, followed by the Sacramento Kings in the Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Here are SportsGrid’s best bets for an entertaining night of hoops.
Note: All odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.
7:00 p.m. ET Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
Spread: Heat (-2) | Moneyline: Heat (-132) | Total: 206 | Location: Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida | How to Watch: ESPN
- The teams split the four-game season series.
- Miami will be without star forward Jimmy Butler (MCL) and guard Terry Rozier (neck)
- Miami was 13-9 SU without Butler this season, averaging 109.0 PPG.
- Miami had a minus-2.0 net rating this season with Butler off the floor (+5.5 when on the court).
- Chicago is 16-14 ATS as a road underdog.
- Miami is 15-16 ATS as a home favorite.
- The over on tonight’s total hit in three of the four regular-season meetings between the teams.
- The over on tonight’s total has hit in Chicago’s past five games.
- The over on tonight’s total has hit in seven of Miami’s past ten games.
Best Bets: Over 206 (-110), Bulls Moneyline (+112)
9:30 p.m. ET Sacramento Kings vs. New Orleans Pelicans
Spread: Kings (-1.5) | Moneyline: Kings (-118) | Total: 210 | Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana | How to Watch: TNT
- New Orleans has won each of the past five meetings against Sacramento.
- New Orleans will be without star forward Zion Williamson (hamstring).
- New Orleans was 7-5 SU without Williamson this season, including a 133-100 victory over Sacramento on Jan. 7.
- Sacramento is 10-7-1 ATS as a road favorite.
- New Orleans is 6-5 ATS as a home underdog.
- New Orleans was 21-19 SU at home.
- Sacramento was 22-19 SU on the road.
- The over on tonight’s total hit in all five regular-season meetings between the teams.
Best Bets: Over 210 (-110), Pelicans Moneyline (+100)
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