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Thursday’s Best NFL, NBA & NHL Bets (1/18)

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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)

Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens

When these two teams met in Week 1 of this season, the Ravens came away with the 25-9 win. What many may forget is the score of that game was just 7-6 at halftime. Considering that it was C.J. Stroud’s first professional game, it’s not wrong to assume he will perform better this week than he did back then. But this will still be a very low-scoring game.

Stroud lit up the Cleveland Browns last week, throwing for 274 yards and three touchdowns. Almost all of that production came in the first half. Perhaps it’s wrong to fade him this week, but the Ravens are the No. 1 scoring defense in the NFL. They have held their opponents to 20 or fewer points in six of their last seven games.

The Texans are no slouch defensively, either. They’ve held three consecutive teams to under 20 points. Since this is their second look at Lamar Jackson, they should have an easier time defending him than they did in their first meeting. All of this adds up to both teams struggling to get into the endzone.

Bet: Alternative Under 31.5 (+427)

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NBA Best Bets

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Indiana Pacers @ Sacramento Kings

The Pacers (23-18) play the fourth contest in a six-game road trip against the Kings (23-17) at the Golden 1 Center in California’s capital city. Indiana won the first two games since PG Tyrese Haliburton, the team’s leading scorer (23.6 PPG), went down with a hamstring injury. However, Indiana fell 117-109 at Denver on Sunday and then collapsed at Utah 132-105 on Monday with the quick turnaround. Since Haliburton’s injury, the Under is 4-0 after the Over went 24-12 in the first 36 games this season.

For the Kings, they’re smarting after a 119-117 loss in Phoenix on Tuesday night. Sacramento led on the road 109-87 with 8:10 to play but was outscored 32-8. While that was a horrific turn of events for anybody holding a moneyline ticket on Sacto, they still ended up covering, and the Under (245) came through.

The Under has cashed in the past three games for the Kings, and the Under is a strong play for the Pacers without Haliburton. It seems that the books are still pumping up the Indiana totals without accounting for the fact it is without its best offensive weapon. Take advantage.

Bet: Under 246 (-110)

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NHL Best Bets

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Colorado Avalanche @ Boston Bruins

We’re being treated to a great matchup in the early window between Colorado and Boston. The Avs recently beat the Bruins 4-3 in a shootout win at home and they have gone 2-1 straight up during their current three-game road trip. Boston will have an extra day of rest in this contest but they’ve gone 2-3 straight up in their last five games, while Colorado has either won outright or lost by one in 14 of their past 15 games.

The Avs have won nine of their last 10 night games against Atlantic Division opponents, but we’re playing it safe and laying the juice at -188 odds to cover the puck line as a slight road underdog. Colorado ranks second in goals per game at 3.73, significantly more than Boston at 3.30, although the Bruins’ defense is its strength, surrendering 2.63 goals per game. Upon closer inspection, Boston has allowed three or more goals in four of their previous six matchups, so this should be a high-scoring affair with Colorado keeping it close, if not seizing an outright win.

Bet: Colorado Avalanche Puck Line +1.5 (-188)

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