The NBA regular season rolls on with another excellent slate this Friday, with a total of 7 matchups on the docket scheduled for today. So, our staff of basketball experts dug into the latest odds and identified all the best betting value on the board for tonight.
Our betting experts have looked over the odds and made 5 NBA picks for today's matchups. Continue below for our NBA best bets and predictions for Friday, January 10.
NBA Best Bets Today, Predictions, Picks, Odds: Friday, January 10
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Warriors vs. Pacers
By Joe Dellera
Tyrese Haliburton has improved month-over-month throughout this season after a rough start to his campaign. In January, he’s averaging 24.8 points and 11 assists per game for the Pacers.
Additionally, he’s started to even out his home/road splits, as he’s been far more consistent after that rocky start.
Here, he gets a matchup against a Warriors team playing its second game in as many days. I’ll target his assists prop here, as the Warriors’ injury report is lengthy and they are missing a number of key rotational players.
Couple that with the fact that Steph Curry has missed one end of the Warriors last three back to backs, and this sets up for a good spot for Indiana.
Haliburton has gone Over this 8.5 assists line in only 50% of games this season, but he has cruised against the Warriors over the last two years with 11, 11, and 12 assists.
This is a spot where I expect him to be able to pick apart a Warriors’ defense that is on tired legs and down a few players.
Pick: Tyrese Haliburton Over 8.5 Assists (-115)
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Pelicans vs. 76ers
This was more of an auto-play for me earlier in the year, but still, I like Guerschon Yabusele to go Over this number here.
No Joel Embiid, no Andre Drummond, no Kyle Lowry, no Jared McCain, and no KJ Martin for the 76ers tonight. Yabusele is averaging 10.7 points per game without Embiid this season, going over 11.5 points in two straight, and in four of his last seven.
Brandon Ingram, Trey Murphy and Herb Jones are all out. Dejounte Murray is questionable, and the Pelicans are a bottom-three defense.
Teams are also hitting 37% from three against them this year, seventh worst in the league as of this writing, and Yabusele — coming off a 5-of-7 display from deep — is sneakily 40% from three on four attempts per game, and making 47.6 percent from deep on 4.7 attempts per over his last nine outings.
Pick: Guerschon Yabusele Over 11.5 Points (-135)
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Kings vs. Celtics
The Kings are experiencing much more than a new coach bounce since the ousting of Mike Brown.
Sacramento’s interim head coach, Doug Christie, lost his first game since taking over, but the team now boasts a five-game winning streak heading into Friday’s matchup against the Celtics.
Christie’s message to his players has been straightforward: be positive, play with joy and play for each other. One thing that’s clear from the former 15-year veteran is his desire for a more fluid offense that involves more movement and cutting off the ball.
We’re also seeing the Kings play at a faster pace, which allows them to create better scoring opportunities earlier in the shot clock.
Even before Brown’s firing, the Kings had a +1.6 Net Rating, ranking in the top half of the league in that category. However, their .419 win percentage left them 21st in the overall standings. Unfortunately, the Kings often fell short in clutch games when the score was within five points in the last five minutes of regulation or overtime.
Given the improvement of their offense thanks to a more aggressive approach earlier in the shot clock, the Kings feel somewhat undervalued as 11-point underdogs.
Boston is just 4-6 against the spread at home when laying 10 or more points, and it has yet to cover the spread in back-to-back games in this situational spot.
The last time the Celtics were in this spot was at home on New Year’s Eve against the Raptors, and they covered the double-digit number. Thus, I’m more than willing to take my chances here with the zig-zag approach and fade the Celtics as a heavy favorite against the surging Kings.
Pick: Kings +11 (-110)
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Thunder vs. Knicks
By Bill Marzano
The Thunder travel to the Big Apple to take on a Knicks squad they beat 117-107 just one week ago.
The Thunder have won six of their last seven, and eight of their last 10 overall meetings between the two teams.
The Thunder are coming off a tough loss to the Cavaliers, and seeing their franchise-high 15-game winning streak come to an end.
It was also the Thunder's first loss this year to an Eastern Conference opponent, they were 11-0 before their loss to the Cavs.
The Thunder have been terrific on the road, going 13-4, and have lost back-to-back games only once this year, way back in early November.
The Thunder lead the NBA with a 24-9-3 ATS record and rank second in NBA scoring defense, allowing just 103 points per game, just a tad behind the Magic for the top spot.
The Knicks are allowing 110 points per game and were on a season-high 3-game skid before beating the Raptors the other night.
This is a big game for both teams, but I have to give the edge to the better overall team. I'll take OKC moneyline.
Pick: Thunder Moneyline (-165)
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Wizards vs. Bulls
By Jonny Jorcin
At the risk of being on the completely wrong side and losing this one in embarrassing fashion, I will be taking the points with the Wizards in Friday night.
This spread will tell us by morning if we are on the right side, but I expect the line to move slightly back toward Washington's direction, possibly even under double digits.
The Wizards receiving 11.5 points on the spread is intriguing.
The Wizards beat the Bulls by double digits in their last meeting just a few days ago.
While the location may be different this time around, it doesn't warrant a double-digit spread.
Both sides are banged-up, so keep an eye on the injury report, but I feel pretty comfortable taking the double-digit number with Washington on the road in this one.
Pick: Wizards +11.5 (-110)
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