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Top NBA Odds, Picks & Predictions: Saturday (3/2)

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It’s another light slate in the National Basketball Association on Saturday. We have five total games, with two tips at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET. We’ll focus on the three evening games, including the nationally televised battle between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Let’s get started with today’s best NBA bets.

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Saturday’s Best NBA Bets

Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook | All wagers are for 1 unit

Portland Trail Blazers (+118) @ Memphis Grizzlies (-138) | O/U 209 (-110/-110)

The Trail Blazers (16-42) and Grizzlies (20-40) meet on the banks of the Mississippi River at 8 p.m. ET. This is the second end of a back-to-back in Memphis, with Portland picking up a 122-92 win in a laugher on Friday night as a 1-point underdog with the Over (209.5) cashing.

The Blazers snapped a nine-game losing streak, and an 0-7 against the spread (ATS) skid, in emphatic fashion by curb-stomping the Grizz. Memphis has now dropped four in a row while going 1-2 ATS in the past three after a 4-0 ATS run. We’ll focus on the total here, though. The Over easily cashed in Friday’s game, and the Over is 7-3-1 in the past 11 games for the Grizzlies while hitting in four of the past six outings for the Blazers.

The Over has cashed in the past two for Portland on no rest, too, but is just 4-4 in the past eight. The Under is 0-6-1 in the past seven for the Grizzlies when playing on zero days’ rest. Let’s go low here, but be cautious about it.

Bet: Under 209 (-110)

Denver Nuggets (-112) @ Los Angeles Lakers (-104) | O/U 228 (-110/-110)

The Nuggets (41-19) hook up with the Lakers (34-28) in front of a national television audience in the primetime game on ABC. Denver has won five in a row while covering in four of those outings. Denver failed to pick up a cover in an NBA Finals rematch with the Miami Heat on Thursday, though the team did get the job done 103-97 as a 6.5-point favorite.

The Lakers edged the lowly Washington Wizards 134-131 in OT as a 10.5-point favorite on Thursday, and while they have won three of the past four, they are just 1-4 ATS in the past five outings. They also failed to cover as 3-point underdogs in the most recent battle against the Nuggs at Crypto.com Arena, with Denver coming away with a 114-106 win. Look for Nikola Jokic and company to get the job done against the play-in-ish Lakers again in this one.

Bets: Nuggets Moneyline (-112)

Houston Rockets (+370) @ Phoenix Suns (-480) | O/U 233 (-110/-110)

The Rockets (25-34) meet the Suns (34-24) in Phoenix at the second end of a back-to-back. It’s expected to be the most lopsided game on the NBA slate, but perhaps not. Houston has covered four of the past five in the series, while Houston has won three of those games outright as an underdog. That includes a game last season on Dec. 2, 2022, as an 11.5-point underdog, winning 122-121 in a stunner.

Houston suffered a 110-105 loss on Thursday as an 8.5-point underdog, with the Under (230.5) cashing, while also winning outright on Feb. 23 in H-Town. The Rockets are 2-2 ATS in the past four outings, while the Under is 3-0-1 in the span.

Phoenix is just 1-3 ATS in the past four games, and for whatever reason, it just seems to have trouble with the pesky Rockets. Take Houston with the points in this one, and Same-Game Parlay bettors will want to couple it with the Under.

Bets: Rockets +10 (-110) & Under 233 (-110)

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Cameron Lynch is a featured writer at BettingPros. For more from Cameron, check out his archive and follow him @captron26.

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