The NBA regular season continues with a jam packed 10-game slate this Thursday. So, our staff of basketball betting experts analyzed the latest odds and uncovered all the best value on the board for today.
Our betting experts have looked over the odds and made 5 NBA picks for tonight's contests. Continue below for our NBA best bets and predictions for Tuesday, April 8.
NBA Best Bets: Predictions, Picks, Odds for Tuesday, April 8
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Grizzlies vs. Hornets
By Joe Dellera
The Memphis Grizzlies have a matchup against the tanking Charlotte Hornets tonight, and Zach Edey should excel.
Edey has continued to see extended minutes since Taylor Jenkins was fired, and his props have not fully adjusted. He has hit the 10.5 rebound line in 4 of 5 games without Jenkins, with the one miss due to constant foul trouble against Boston. His minutes are consistently close to 30 per game as well. When playing 25+ minutes, he is averaging 11.3 boards per game this season. Given that, there’s reason to believe he should reach that again against a Hornets team that typically plays a true center at all times.
The Hornets have struggled on the glass in recent weeks, allowing centers to exceed their prop lines in seven straight games.
Pick: Zach Edey Over 10.5 Rebounds
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Bulls vs. Cavaliers
By Matt Moore
The Cavaliers are just about out of reasons to put the peddle down, but their magic number to secure the 1-seed is one.
I’m not interested in the spread, though. The Bulls have been competitive, the Cavaliers are coming off a loss.
I love the over in this spot.
Trends:
- The over is 56% in Bulls road games this season and 59% in Cavaliers home games.
- The Bulls take an above-league-average amount of threes. The over in those teams’ games against the Cavs this year is 19-10.
Chicago can stretch the floor with their bigs against the drop coverage of the Cavaliers, and have big ball-handlers to get downhill against Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell’s recent offensive struggles don’t concern me.
I make this game 244.7.
Pick: Over 240
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Warriors vs. Suns
It’s Stephen Curry bounce-back time.
Before his three-point performance last time out, where he shot an infamous 1-for-10, he went well over in three straight games.
Phoenix is still the fourth-worst defense, fourth-worst at defending the three, and has allowed the fourth-most three-point attempts. Curry should be able to exploit this defense in a prime bounce-back spot for both him and the Warriors.
Pick: Steph Curry Over 25.5 points
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Timberwolves vs. Bucks
By Matt Moore
The site Inpredictable has market ratings for teams; it’s basically power ratings based on betting data. Those power ratings make this Wolves -4 on neutral. But they’re in Milwaukee. How are they laying four?
Yes, Damian Lillard is out. I don’t mind the Bucks being home 'dogs here against a good West playoff team. But this is too many points.
I make this Bucks -1, even with the downgrade for Dame. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been a home 'dog when he’s played four times this season: against the Celtics, Thunder, Cavaliers, and Nuggets. He beat the Nuggets straight up, and failed to cover vs. the other three. Is Minnesota closer to the Nuggets or OKC?
I’m not saying Minnesota’s not great. They are sneaky live to win the West. But they are not “Oklahoma City Thunder/Cleveland Cavaliers/Boston Celtics good.” So this line is wrong.
I’ll take the Bucks to win the game outright, as the Bucks put a firm hold on the 5-seed to avoid a bad matchup vs. the Knicks.
Pick: Bucks +5 and Bucks ML
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Warriors vs. Suns
The Suns have packed it in and are ready for the offseason. Kevin Durant is out with an injury, Bradley Beal is recently returning from injury and still clearly not himself, the role players still haven’t defined their roles, and Booker is scoring but forced to be a heliocentric player, doing more than he is currently capable of. The Suns are also leaning on some defensively-minded players lately, like Collin Gillespie, Ryan Dunn, and Oso Ighodaro. This decreases scoring and strengthens the defense.
On the other side, Draymond Green is on a full campaign for Defensive Player of the Year, and the recent return of GPII, along with Looney and Butler getting minutes for the Warriors, makes them defensive-minded as well. I like the under at 226.5; it opened at 228.5 and has been dropping steadily in one direction.
Pick: Under 227
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