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A new week begins in the NBA with a 7-game slate on a Monday. The biggest game of the night is in Brooklyn where the Pacers and Nets clash for the 2nd time in two days. Our NBA mega parlay includes three of tonight’s games, but you can head over to our NBA Predictions page for spread and total picks for each of today’s matchups.
Indiana Pacers ML (+275)
Washington Wizards ML (+160)
Memphis Grizzlies -3.5 (-110)
Parlay odds: +1761
Indiana Pacers ML over Brooklyn Nets (+275)
When you’re ranked dead last in opponent points per game, allowing 122.2 a night, it’s hard to expect any real results. The Nets are off to a poor start, winning just 1 of their first 6 games, which is similar to what the Lakers are doing out west. They’ve now lost 4 straight games and after the Pacers game on Saturday, a players-only meeting took place as the Nets look to figure things out. This team has just 1 win in their last 10 games dating back to last season.
Indiana, on the other hand, is looking to win a 3rd straight game tonight and they drained 23 threes on 46 attempts in the win over Brooklyn on Saturday. Myles Turner is also expected back in the lineup which should help their interior presence. The Pacers have covered the spread in 9 of 10 against Brooklyn and are more than capable of beating them, as we saw on Saturday.
Be sure to check out our full Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets predictions
Washington Wizards ML over Philadelphia 76ers (+160)
Next up, we have the Washington Wizards beating the Philadelphia 76ers, which is something that’s happened in the last 2 meetings between these teams. The Wizards came out on top by 19 points the last time they played at Capital One Center, despite their leading scorer Bradley Beal scoring just 13 points in that game. The 76ers were at full strength in that game, and whether or not that will be the case in tonight’s game remains to be seen as Joel Embiid has been in and out of the lineup with an illness.
One thing the Wizards can use to their advantage in tonight’s game is Philly’s lack of rebounding – they are 30th in the NBA, averaging just 45.6 boards per game, while the Wizards are at 53 per game which ranks them at 16th. Just 2 meetings ago, Bradley Beal scored a career-high 60 points against Philadelphia, I’m not saying that will happen again tonight, but if he can have at least 30 here the Wizards are in a solid position to win at home.
Be sure to check out our full Philadelphia 76ers vs Washington Wizards predictions
Memphis Grizzlies -3.5 over Utah Jazz (-110)
Finally, we have the Grizzlies covering as 3.5-point favorites on the road in Utah, just a couple of days after the Jazz beat them 124-123 in Salt Lake City. Memphis was without Ja Morant in that game and they were still able to hang around until the very end, losing by a single point. The Jazz are unbeaten in 3 home games this season, and I believe it’s time for that streak to finally come to an end.
Morant loves playing Utah — he’s coming off a 30-10-10 performance in the last game against them, which was the 3rd time in a row (and 4th in the last 5 games) he’s scored at least 30 when taking on the Jazz. I think it’s pretty clear that the Jazz are overachieving early on in the season and this kind of a run can’t last forever. It’s only a matter of time until teams figure them out.
The Jazz are just 2-7 ATS against Southwest Division in their last 9 games, while Memphis has gone 7-1 ATS in their last 8 played on a Monday. With a win, Memphis stays in the top 4 of the loaded Western Conference. I just can’t imagine a team without a superstar like the Jazz can beat them two games in a row.
We’ve got a Pacers vs Nets Same Game Parlay at +1098 odds
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