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Friday’s Best NFL, NBA & NHL Bets (12/22)

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No matter your sport of choice, there's always sports betting action to be had. We'll have you covered each and every day with our daily best bets. Here are all of our best bets across each major sport in action today.

Today's Best Bets

Here are today's best bets.

NFL Best Bets

(Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook)

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Last week, Baker Mayfield exploded for 381 passing yards, and he faces a phenomenal matchup this week. The Jacksonville Jaguars have the fourth-worst pass defense in the NFL, allowing an average of 256.6 yards per game through the air.

Lamar Jackson threw for just 171 yards against the Jaguars last week, but a big part of the reason why he didn't throw for more is because he ran for 97. Even with that performance from Jackson, the Jaguars have still allowed 262.3 passing yards per game over their last three.

The Jaguars' offense looked much better last week than the final score suggests. We expect them to get well into the 20s this week. After they score, Mayfield will easily move the ball against a secondary that can't stop anyone.

Bet: Baker Mayfield Over 295.5 Passing Yards (+500)

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NBA Best Bets

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets

The Mavericks are currently dealing with many injuries, and it's been impacting the team, as they have lost three out of their last four. No injury is more impactful than Luka Doncic's quad injury, and he will miss this game. Dallas has a +0.7 net rating, but when Doncic was off the floor last year, they were nearly -7.

The emergence of the Rockets has been great to watch this year. They are seventh in adjusted defensive rankings, and they've played the seventh-toughest schedule, so they are legit. In the last game against Dallas, Houston had the better field goal percentage, but was -5 in turnover differential and -4 in three-point differential, with Doncic dropping 41 points.

You take him off the court, and that's a lot of points to lose. With the Rockets third in opponents' effective field goal percentage and first in the opponents' three-point shooting, this is big for this matchup.

Pick: Rockets -8.5 (-110)

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NHL Best Bets

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

Philadelphia Flyers @ Detroit Red Wings

Friday's slate opens with a rematch, as the Flyers and Red Wings will square off for the second time in six days, this time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The Flyers came away with a 1-0 shutout in that game on the backs of a 34-save shutout by Samuel Ersson, who has undergone quite the performance turnaround this month.

Looking back at the last matchup between these two teams, it's fair to say the Flyers were a bit fortunate to come out with a 1-0 win. The game was practically a coin flip, with Detroit holding a slight advantage in 5-on-5 expected goals for. Unsurprisingly, the difference maker was Ersson, who stopped 2.17 goals above expected. Essentially, the Flyers played a good game and won another tight one because Ersson stood on his head.

The Flyers enter this rematch in a tough spot, having played Thursday night in Nashville, Tenn. Philly lost that game 4-2 and got the result they deserved, as they were outscored 2.0-1.26 in the expected goals at 5-on-5 battle. The Flyers also likely won't have Ersson going Friday in Detroit after he played Thursday night against the Preds.

We should see Carter Hart between the pipes for Philadelphia. Hart is the better of Philadelphia's goaltending tandem, but he could enter this game rusty since he hasn't played since Dec. 9.

Detroit should come into this game plenty motivated to snap a four-game losing skid. And while Philadelphia has been the better team at 5-on-5 over the last 10 games, the Flyers seem due to come down to earth, a process that might've started Thursday night in Nashville.

Detroit's a tough team to trust as a favorite, and it's hard going against this hard-nosed Philly bunch off a loss. Still, the spot screams Detroit.

Bet: Detroit ML (-135)

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