We have a relatively light slate scheduled in the NBA this Sunday, with only 3 games on tonight's docket. However, our crew of basketball betting experts still came through with a total of 10 best bets and betting predictions spanning all three matchups on the slate today.
Continue below for our NBA best bets and our NBA picks for Sunday, November 3.
NBA Best Bets for Sunday, November 3
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Pistons vs. Nets
By Matt Moore
I'm fading the public on a game no one cares about here; the Nets have 84% of tickets, 85% of money on the spread, 94% of tickets, 95% of money on the moneyline via our PRO tools.
I make this line Nets -1.3. Yes, Detroit has one win. Detroit also has the No.1 strength of schedule via DunksAndThrees.com. The Nets are 3-3 with the 16th, their wins have come from the spiraling Bucks, a short-handed Memphis team, and a short-handed Bulls team. The Pistons full-strength might not even be as good as those teams, but it's close.
I have this moneyline projected at +117 for the Nets compared to market at +130. I also just genuinely believe the Pistons have played well and faced a murderer's row. So I'll take Detroit to get the upset.
Pick: Pistons ML (+130)
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Pistons vs. Nets
By Eric Gaston
Through his six games played, Ivey is starting strong from a statistical standpoint. He's averaging 19.3 points per game on 47 percent shooting.
Ivey has scored 20+ points in three out of his six games played, doing against the Cavaliers, Celtics, and 76ers. In his last gane against the Knicks, he only scored 10 points in 19 minutes of action, but the Knicks pretty much had the game to begin with in the first quarter. He made four out his attempted nine shot attempts.
In the matchup against the Nets, Ivey has a good opportunity to score 20+ points, and get back on track, and it's safe to say he'll be shooting more than nine times in this game.
Pick: Jaden Ivey 20+ Points (+120)
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Pistons vs. Nets
By Joe Dellera
Cade has had an extremely high floor this season and consistently put up well rounded stat lines.
Now, he gets a Brooklyn Nets team that is one of the worst in the league with the sixth-worst Adjusted Net Rating while playing at a moderate Pace. The key is the Nets’ defense is abysmal and should be able to be sliced and diced by Cade Cunningham.
Brooklyn has also gotten torched by lead guards with Coby White (21), Jamal Murray (24), Trae Young (30) all getting theirs in this spot.
Additionally, Cade’s floor has been high this season, scoring 21+ in each game and averaging 25 points per game through six games. Last season he played extremely well against Brooklyn too. He scored 22, 41, and 32 points in this head to head matchup.
I’ll back Cade to score in Brooklyn.
Pick: Cade Cunningham Over 23.5 Points (-110)
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Hawks vs. Pelicans
By Chris Baker
Clear #1 option with Paolo injured. He went 8/19 on Friday night against the Cavs but he posted a season high usage rate of 35.7%, which led the team. He finished that game with 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. He ended up only playing 30 minutes due to the game not being close at the end or else he likely clears this number on Friday.
Franz is coming off an illness but there is nothing structurally wrong with your body so we should improve his play to gradually continue as he gets his cardio back into shape over these next few games. He is shooting a career high 119.1 points per shot attempt, career high from 3, and career high on mid-range shots (50%).
Prior to his illness, he started the season with three straight games of 23 points, 29 points, and 23 points on 27/50 (54%) from the field, and 10/22 from three (45%). It was a true leap in offensive impact and efficiency and he wasn’t even playing full games as they blew out the Heat and lost by double digits to the Grizzlies, averaged just 32 MPG in the first three games.
I am expecting him to be closer to 35+ MPG here as they face this Mavericks squad as 7-point underdogs. Dallas doesn’t have a ton of quality perimeter defenders to prevent him from getting to his spots as they are currently starting the trio of Doncic, Kyrie, and Klay. I trust Franz to clear this number and 20.5 and will also be looking at him to score 30+ (+650) and 35+ (+1900).
Pick: Franz Wagner Over 20.5 Points (-115)
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Hawks vs. Pelicans
By Matt Moore
Look, I can handicap a game based on matchups. I can break down pick and roll coverages, transition defense, and rebound rates. I can point to our PRO signals which have picked up four moves on the Pelicans so far in the market.
But sometimes, simpler is better.
The Hawks haven't covered a game yet. Not one. 0-6. This is after being the third-worst ATS team since 2003 (when we have data back to) last season. So you know what? I'm going to just fade this team until they cover a game.
Maybe it's today! It's a great spot, as dogs to a Pelicans team without Trey Murphy, Herb Jones, and Dejounte Murray.
But Willie Green made lineup changes which helped this week. And the Hawks haven't covered a game yet. So I'm going to bet the Hawks keeping on Hawking to another ATS loss.
Pick: Pelicans -4.5 (-110)
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Hawks vs. Pelicans
By Joe Dellera
Trae has been amazing this year without Dejounte Murray. He has not had to share the playmaking responsibilities on the Hawks as they have turned a bit more into a heliocentric offense.
Trae is averaging 5.2 rebounds per game and 11.7 assists per game – both career highs.
The biggest surprise has been the rebounds, but he has 8.7 chances per game which is a stark increase from 5.7 last season and 6.1 the season before, per NBA Advanced Stats.
The Pelicans are not a good rebounding team, especially at the guard position. Where we just saw them give up monster rebound games to Brandin Podziemski and Coby White.
Couple this with them consistently allowing the most assists per game to their opponents in the league (29.7) and this sets up very well for Trae Young. I’ll grab over 14.5 RA, a number he has cleared in 5/6 outings this season.
Pick: Trae Young Over 14.5 REB + AST (-120)
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Magic vs. Mavericks
One of the Orlando Magic breakout candidates as Paolo Banchero sits due to injury is Anthony Black.
Black is the 6-foot-7 point guard the Magic drafted No. 6 overall in 2023, in case you've forgotten, and he is coming off his first start of the season, in which he had seven points, six assists and two rebounds.
This season, he's been more of a fixture in the rotation, but should get an extended look without Banchero against a Mavericks defense that is about league average to this early point of the year.
Even in five games off the bench while logging 25.6 minutes per, Black went over his 13.5 PRA tally in every game but one, and the lone miss — against the Chicago Bulls this past Wednesday — he got to 13.
Pick: Anthony Black Over 13.5 PRA (-115)
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Magic vs. Mavericks
By Chris Baker
The Hawks are playing at the 2nd fastest pace in the NBA averaging 104.5 possessions per game according to dunksandthrees.com. Trae Young has kept this offense afloat despite lacking lots of talent surrounding him due to the Bogdan Bogdanovic injury. They currently rank 14th in offensive rating (114.1).
This bet is mainly fade of this Pelicans defense that has really struggled to get stops this season, ranking 17th in defensive rating and definitely trending down over the last few games after losing Herb Jones to injury.
The crazy thing is that this Pelicans defense really hasn’t played a difficult schedule of opposing offenses at all as they faced the Blazers twice (29th ranked offense), the Warriors without Curry twice, Chicago (26th), and most recently Indiana (17th).
I would love to see Dyson Daniels get ruled out here as he is clearly the best defender on either side of the floor in this game. I am also expecting Jordan Hawkins to be ruled in. The Pelicans have a defensive rating of 120.4 with Hawkins on the floor. I expect this to be an up and down game with stops being rare to come by.
Pick: Over 230.5 (-110)
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Magic vs. Mavericks
By Joe Dellera
I’m a bit surprised with this line, he just had 6 assists last game without Paolo Banchero and he has averaged 4.5 dimes per game this season. He has recorded at least 3 assists in every game and gone over this 3.5 line in 4/6.
Without Banchero he also recorded his second-highest Usage Rate of the season (19.4%).
Here, he should see plenty of run against this Dallas Mavericks team, and they are already allowing the ninth-most assists per game to their opponents.
I’ll back Black to record 4 assists and will sprinkle the alt as well which he has hit in 3/6 games.
Pick: Anthony Black Over 3.5 Assists (+120)
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Magic vs. Mavericks
Orlando’s Jalen Suggs could be amid a breakout campaign, as he’s increased his scoring average from 12.6 points last year to 18.6 this season.
Although it’s a small sample size, given that teams played no more than seven games, Suggs looks like he’s finally ready to form a triumvirate with Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner as undisputed leaders of the Orlando Magic.
And with Banchero set to miss a few weeks due to an oblique injury, Orlando will need Suggs to lead even more by example.
Doing the work on both ends of the floor is certainly one way to get the respect of your peers. Suggs has almost doubled his rebounding from 3.1 to 5.5 per game.
As a result, the bookmakers are adjusting the juice to his rebounding prop of 4.5.
Nonetheless, Sunday’s matchup against Dallas presents an excellent opportunity for Suggs to go over his prop because of the Mavericks’ aggressiveness in perimeter shooting, ranking in the league's top half with 38.6 attempts per game.
That aggressiveness could translate into Suggs being the beneficiary of some long rebounds from his position in the backcourt.
The Gonzaga product has gone over 4.5 rebounds in five straight games, and Banchero’s absence should only heighten Suggs’ role within the team.
Pick: Jalen Suggs Over 4.5 Rebounds (-142)
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