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The Los Angeles Clippers will be looking to continue their steady climb up the Western Conference standings with a sixth straight victory on Thursday when they visit the Houston Rockets as slim 1-point underdogs on the NBA odds . Los Angeles is coming off a decisive 109-94 win in Oklahoma City on Tuesday to overtake the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference standings, where they now sit alone in second place going into Thursday night’s matchup at the Toyota Center. The Clippers have powered their current run with stingy defense, limiting opponents to 103 or fewer points in four of their five recent victories. That has also helped make Los Angeles a reliable wager in NBA betting , with the team going 4-1 against the spread during their current surge, ending a shaky 3-6 ATS run. While two of the Clippers’ five recent wins have come on the road, they have been far from dominant in dates away from Staples Center this season. The team racked up a middling 5-5 straight-up record in 10 ...

The New Orleans Pelicans opened the current NBA campaign in uninspired fashion. With top draft pick Zion Williamson sidelined by injury, the Pelicans stumbled out of the gate, with their dismal 6-22 straight-up start marked by a 13-game SU losing streak. But with Williamson finally making his debut, and the team playing far more respectable defense, the Pelicans are poised to be one of the surprise stories during the unofficial second half of the NBA season. The Pelicans return from the NBA All-Star Break trailing the Memphis Grizzlies by 5.5 games in the hunt for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, and pegged as a distant +25000 bet on the NBA championship odds . Despite having a mountain to climb, a return to the postseason for the first time in two years is not out of the question. Since putting an end to their epic slide just before Christmas, the Pelicans have gone 17-10 SU in their past 27 games, and look forward to the easiest schedule in the NBA down the stretch...

James Harden has been one of the bright spots on a Houston Rockets squad that is experiencing somewhat of a roller coaster campaign. The 30-year-old returns from last weekend’s NBA All-Star Break leading all scorers by a wide margin with 35.3 points per game, but continues to lag behind the favorites in his bid to claim a second career NBA MVP award as a +1000 wager on the NBA futures . Harden has flourished this season after being reunited with former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook. The two-time defending NBA scoring champion has lifted Houston to second overall in team scoring while topping 40 points in 19 of his 51 appearances. That includes five outings in which he has scored 50 or more points, capped by a season-high 60-point performance in a crushing 158-111 win over Atlanta on November 30. In addition to leading the league in scoring, Harden is also tops on the Rockets in both assists and steals. However, with Houston mired in fifth place in the Western Conf...

The Los Angeles Lakers have already won and covered the spread on the NBA betting odds once against the Houston Rockets so far this season. They’ll get a chance at a repeat performance on Thursday night when the teams square off at the Staples Center. The Lakers will be betting favorites for Thursday night after they’d been listed as 3.5-point road underdogs on the NBA betting lines in their first meeting of the season with the Rockets back on January 18, pulling out a 124-115 victory in that OVER result on the NBA totals. LeBron James led the way with 31 points and 12 assists for the Lakers in that January victory, while Kyle Kuzma was good for 23 points in the contest, and Danny Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 20 points apiece. Anthony Davis sat out that game for Los Angeles. Russell Westbrook and James Harden combined for 69 points in the losing cause for the Rockets that day, with Westbrook scoring a game-high 35 points and grabbing nine boards. That was Los Angeles’ seco...

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The Dallas Mavericks will be looking for a fifth straight victory and a fourth payout on the NBA odds in their past five games when they host the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Dallas is coming off a decisive 120-112 win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers as 7.5-point home chalk on Friday, and remains in the thick of the playoff race in the middle of the Western Conference standings going into Tuesday night’s matchup at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks offense has led the way during the team’s recent resurgence, averaging 120 points per game over their four recent straight-up victories. After failing to top 33 wins in each of the past three NBA seasons, the Mavericks now enjoy a 27-15 record, which puts the team on pace to record their best regular season since their 2010/11 championship campaign. Pegged as a lengthy +6600 bet on the NBA championship odds on opening night, the Mavericks have made substantial gains during their fast start, entering the week...

The Boston Celtics will be looking to halt a three-game straight-up losing streak in which they have covered just once on the NBA odds that has dumped them into fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Boston opened a three-game homestand on Saturday with a 123-119 loss to the Phoenix Suns that marked the club’s sixth SU loss in eight outings going into Monday night’s game at TD Garden. The Celtics have been hit by the injury bug of late, and were without both Kemba Walker and Jaylen Brown for Saturday’s loss to the Suns as 4-point chalk on the NBA lines. Boston’s leading scorer this season with 22.1 points per game, Walker has struggled to stay healthy in recent weeks. A knee injury kept him out of the lineup against Phoenix, while the flu forced him to miss three contests earlier this month. Currently sitting third in scoring on the Celtics, with 20.0 points per game, Brown has missed the past two games with a thumb i...

The Green Bay Packers will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak on Conference Championship Weekend when they visit the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday for this season’s NFC Championship Game as 7.5-point underdogs on the NFL betting odds . After missing the playoffs in each of the past two seasons Green Bay has enjoyed an impressive resurgence, marching to the top of the NFC North standings with a 13-3 record including straight-up wins in six straight contests ahead of Sunday’s game at Levi’s Stadium. The Packers outlasted the Seattle Seahawks to claim a 28-23 victory in last weekend’s NFC Divisional Round action, narrowly paying out as 4.5-point favorites in a Sunday night clash on the frozen tundra at Lambeau Field. Green Bay has now posted against the spread wins in four of its past six outings, but has struggled at times to reward bettors in recent road contests. Green Bay has compiled a 4-2 SU record over its past six road dates, but failed to cover in three of those conte...

The Kansas City Chiefs will be aiming to clinch their first trip to the Super Bowl in 50 years when they host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in this season’s AFC Championship Game as 7.5-point home favorites on the NFL betting odds . Kansas City displayed record-setting form last weekend, overcoming a 24-0 deficit to post a convincing 51-31 victory over the Houston Texans in AFC Divisional Round action, and now rides a seven-game straight-up win streak into Sunday’s matchup at Arrowhead Stadium. With their win over Houston as 10-point chalk the Chiefs became the first team in NFL history to overcome a deficit of 20 or more points to claim victory by 20 or more points in playoff action. More importantly to bettors, with Sunday afternoon’s victory the Chiefs are now undefeated against the NFL spread in each of their past seven games, and improved to 12-1 SU in their past 13 contests while favored by seven or more points. The Chiefs are also on the rise on the Super Bowl odds as they p...

Conor McGregor will be making his first appearance in the octagon in 15 months when he takes on welterweight Donald Cerrone on Saturday in the main event of UFC 246 as a heavy -340 favorite on the UFC betting odds . McGregor has been idle since suffering a fourth-round loss in a controversial clash with Khabib Nurmagomedov in a bid to reclaim the UFC lightweight championship at UFC 229 that leaves him sporting a 21-4 professional MMA record going into Saturday night’s bout at T-Mobile Arena. McGregor stormed onto the UFC scene in April 2013, claiming victory in each of his first seven fights while earning performance bonuses on six occasions. That run culminated with an historic victory over Jose Aldo just 13 seconds into their battle for the UFC featherweight championship at UFC 194, with the verbose Irishman paying out as a slender -105 underdog. The 31-year-old has entered the octagon on just four occasions in the four years since that victory over Aldo. McGregor made his welterw...

The Green Bay Packers will be aiming to extend their current straight-up win streak to six games when they host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in NFC Divisional Playoff action as 4-point favorites on the NFL betting odds. After failing to advance to the NFL playoffs in each of the past two years, Green Bay enjoyed an impressive resurgence this season, marching to a 13-3 SU record to capture the NFC North title, and is perched as the No. 2 seed in the NFC going into Sunday evening’s game at Lambeau Field. The Packers have been rewarded for their recent success on the Super Bowl odds, where they sit just short of the favorites as a +700 wager, and also trail only the San Francisco 49ers with strong +275 odds of claiming their first NFC championship since 2010. Green Bay has also re-established its dominance on home turf this season, posting SU wins in seven of eight dates at Lambeau, ending a middling 6-6-1 SU run that dated back to September 2017. Green Bay’s success has been built o...

The Minnesota Vikings will be aiming to punch their ticket to their second NFC Championship Game in three years when they visit the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday as big 7-point underdogs on the NFL betting odd s. Minnesota pulled off one of two stunning Wild Card Weekend upsets with a 26-20 overtime win over the New Orleans Saints, and has posted straight-up wins in three of four road contests going into Saturday afternoon’s matchup at Levi’s Stadium. Plagued by injuries, the Vikings struggled down the stretch, losing outright to Chicago and Green Bay in their final two home contests. But the Minnesota offense rebounded in the team’s victory over the Saints last weekend as 7.5-point road underdogs on the NFL odds, and has now averaged over 30 points per game over their past seven road dates. The 49ers return to the NFL playoffs following a five-year absence riding a two-game SU win streak, capped by a 26-21 win over Seattle in Week 17 that clinched the NFC West title and top seedi...

The Clemson Tigers will be aiming to claim their third College Football Playoff national championship in four years when they hit the gridiron for Monday’s title game as 6.5-point underdogs on the college football betting odds . Clemson has dominated the college football ranks over the past two years, posting straight-up wins in 29 straight games going into the championship game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Tigers’ last SU loss came in the CFP semi-final two years ago, when they fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide by a 24-6 score in the 2018 Sugar Bowl. The team has been simply dominant ever since, claiming victory by double-digit margins in 25 of their past 29 outings. And while the Tigers needed some fourth-quarter heroics to earn a 29-23 semi-final win over Ohio State in this year’s Fiesta Bowl, they have posted against the spread wins in each of their past five outings. Clemson has remained a reliable wager throughout the 2019 campaign, going 11-3 ATS on the college football odd...

Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are the biggest betting favorites on the board for the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend as they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday as 8-point chalk. The 13-3 Saints fell just short of a first-round bye thanks to tiebreakers, forcing them into a Wild Card Weekend matchup as the No. 3 seed in the NFC field. New Orleans has managed to pick up the win in six of its last seven games heading into the playoffs, including a convincing 42-10 win at the Carolina Panthers in Week 17 as 14-point betting favorites . New Orleans easily covered the spread in that victory over Carolina, and the Saints were one of the most profitable teams against the NFL spread this past season at 11-5. That strong ATS mark was built mostly on the road however, with New Orleans 7-1 ATS in its eight road games this past season compared to just 4-4 ATS at home. The Saints got another solid outing from Brees in that win over the Panthers, as the veteran quarterback completed 19 of 30 pa...

Making an unexpected appearance on Wild Card Weekend, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are listed as the 4.5-point favorites against the Tennessee Titans for Saturday night. New England lost out on a first-round bye with a 27-24 upset defeat at the hands of the Miami Dolphins in Week 17, pushing them into this Wild Card matchup with the Titans. The Patriots were heavy 17-point betting favorites on the NFL odds against the Dolphins, with Brady throwing for 221 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the contest. Overall the Patriots have been middling heading into the postseason, with just two wins in their last five games and four victories over their past eight contests. Totals bettors have watched the OVER pay out in four of the team’s last five games heading into the playoffs. The Titans, meanwhile, put an end to a two-game losing streak in Week 17 with a 35-14 win at the Houston Texans as 10-point betting favorites, punching their ticket to the playoffs. Tennessee...

Like many schools across the country, the Wisconsin Badgers and Oregon Ducks both kicked off this season with dreams of winning a national championship due to several returning NFL-caliber players on their respective rosters. Instead, the consolation prize will be a Rose Bowl matchup between a pair of Top 10 teams in the sixth-ranked Ducks (11-2) and eighth-ranked Badgers (10-3), who are listed as 3-point betting favorites on the college football odds. Two of Wisconsin’s three losses came against the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, with each game very competitive for two quarters before the Big Ten champions ran away with both following halftime. The third loss was actually their first and came right before the first Ohio State meeting after an impressive 6-0 start (5-1 against the spread) on October 19, when the Illinois Fighting Illini stunned the Badgers 24-23 as massive 29.5-point home underdogs on the college football lines in a possible lookahead spot for them. Wisconsin did...

The Memphis Tigers will be looking to end a four-game straight up losing streak in bowl games when they take on the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday in this year’s Cotton Bowl as 7-point underdogs on the college football betting odds. Memphis last earned a postseason berth five years ago, a 55-48 win over BYU in the 2014 Miami Beach Bowl, which marked the team’s only SU and against the spread victory in a bowl game in seven appearances going into Saturday afternoon’s matchup at AT&T Stadium. While the Tigers have historically struggled during the postseason, they have been dominant in regular season play this year. Memphis marched to a 12-1 SU record, capped by a 29-24 win over Cincinnati in the AAC championship game three weeks ago to claim their first undisputed conference title since 1969. Overall, the Tigers have posted seven straight victories, including four wins by double-digit margins, but have struggled to pay dividends at the sportsbooks. The team has failed to cov...

The Clemson Tigers will be looking to return to the College Football Playoff national championship game for the fourth time in five years when they take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday as slim 2-point favorites on the college football betting odds. Clemson is coming off a crushing 62-17 rout of the Virginia Cavaliers to claim a fifth straight ACC conference title and extend their current straight-up win streak to 28 games going into Saturday night’s matchup at State Farm Stadium. The Tigers have been simply spectacular on both sides of the ball this season. Clemson leads the nation on defense this season after surrendering just 10.6 points per game and holding opponents to single-digit point totals in three of its past six outings. The Tigers also rank fourth in the nation in points scored this season, averaging 46.5 points per game. The Clemson offense has been particularly prolific while running up the score in recent weeks, averaging a lofty 54.2 points p...

The Sooners will be making their third straight College Football Playoff appearance when they hit the gridiron on Saturday afternoon. Oklahoma has defeated four nationally-ranked opponents while compiling a 12-1 SU record, capped by a heart-stopping 30-23 win over No. 7 Baylor in this year’s Big 12 championship game that lifted them to No. 4 on the AP Top 25. However, the Sooners have failed to match their success on the field at the sportsbooks, where they have been a massive disappointment in college football betting. Oklahoma has posted against the spread wins in just two of its past nine contests, and is a meagre 2-4 ATS in games away from Owen Field, including a stunning 48-41 loss to Kansas State as heavy 23.5-point chalk back in Week 5. Defense has also been a concern at times for the Sooners, who have surrendered 31 or more points on four occasions this season, and have seen three of their past five victories come by a margin of four or fewer points. And despite trailing only...

The Minnesota Vikings will be hoping to clinch a playoff spot this weekend as they host the division-rival Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football as 5.5-point favorites on the NFL betting odds . Minnesota is coming off its biggest victory of the season, a 39-10 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers that leaves the team poised to join Green Bay atop the NFC North standings with a win in Monday night’s matchup at US Bank Stadium. With last week’s win in Los Angeles as 1-point road favorites, the Vikings have now covered the NFL spread in consecutive outings for the first time since Week 7, while evening their middling straight-up record on the road this season at 4-4. The Vikings have been far more dominant on home turf, racking up an unblemished 6-0 SU record this season. Minnesota also covered in four of those contests, with their only ATS defeats coming while pegged as double-digit home chalk on the NFL lines. Entering the week sporting a two-game lead over the Los Angeles Rams in t...