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Best NBA Betting Picks and Parlays: Saturday May 8, 2021
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Written by Ryan Leaver, Senior Sports and Betting Editor
It's the penultimate weekend of the NBA regular season and with teams well and truly jostling for position as we near the play-in tournaments, we're here to sort through it all with our best NBA plays for Saturday.
It's Saturday May 8, and, as always, we've simulated all of tonight's games 10,000 times each determining where the value lies for bettors across the United States.
With NBA betting picks, probabilities, odds and predicted scores featured each and every day, check out our top plays for tonight's games.
Your game not here? Find out who we're betting on in every game via our NBA Bet Hub where we deliver you predictions and suggested bets, based on the edge we've identified against the sportsbooks' odds.
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Here is what the data is telling us for tonight's NBA games ⏬
Wizards @ Pacers
BET: 🔥 Washington Wizards at the spread with Unibet (-105)
📈 51.0% probability
Two teams with near-identical records meet in the Wizards and Pacers, but when it comes to current form, it's hard to look past Washington.
Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal are madmen right now as they close in on their spot in the play-in tournament after an awful start to the season. Our data projections have them making yet another statement on their comeback tour.
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MORE: Wizards @ Pacers predictions
Nets @ Nuggets
BET: 🔥 Brooklyn Nets at the spread with PointsBet (-110)
📈 52.1% probability
As Kyrie Irving said, the Nets are finally being tested. They've dropped their last four games over the past week, but with a team of Brooklyn's quality, we're projecting them to bounce back in a big way tonight against Denver who are on the second night of a back-to-back, playing a tough game against Utah last night where the likes of Jokic and Michael Porter Jr played big minutes.
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MORE: Nets @ Nuggets predictions
Rockets @ Jazz
BET: 🔥 Total points UNDER 227 with BetMGM (-111)
📈 68% probability
At the time of writing, the sportsbook lines have set the total at 227 as the Rockets match up against the Jazz which our DimersBOT says is one of the biggest edges it has ever come across.
Our projections have the game total sitting at 205 total points, giving us a lot of wriggle room. This line may come down, a little closer to our projections, but you can still safely bet it all the way into the 210s.
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MORE: Rockets @ Jazz predictions
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🔥 Wizards ATS
🔥 Nets ATS
🔥 Rockets/Jazz u227 points
💰 Parlay with UniBet (+586)
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Ryan Leaver uses advanced statistical models and simulations to predict outcomes and provide predictions for the NBA, NFL, college football, college basketball, and soccer. He offers detailed game previews, best bets, props, and futures articles.
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