Call the police! We got robbed of a parlay win yesterday! Cade Cunningham missed a wide-open layup with like 2 minutes left in the game yesterday that would’ve cashed us out. I’m still in shambles. Absolutely sick about it. We’re here, though, to get to our NBA parlay picks today!
Meaning, you guessed it, it’s time for our top NBA parlay picks for today, Tuesday, March 12th, including an NBA player prop pick for Tyrese Haliburton. Need more action? Check out our NBA betting tools or our NBA betting promos!
NBA Parlay Picks Today: +298 Bet for Tuesday
Tyrese Haliburton o19.5 Points (NBA Player Prop)
The first of our NBA parlay picks today takes us to a matchup of two elite point guards tonight, and we’re backing Tyrese Haliburton for over 19.5 points.
Many think of the Oklahoma City Thunder as having an incredible defense, and it is very good, but they can be had by guards. Let’s check in on the leading scorers they’ve allowed in their last five games:
- GG Jackson: 30 points
- Jaime Jaquez: 25 points
- Anfernee Simons: 29 points
- D’Angelo Russell: 26 points
- Bradley Beal: 31 points
All five play a lot of time at the guard position, but I’m willing to sacrifice Jackson because he’s technically a forward, he’s just forced to play guard because Memphis is so dead they have no one else.
We’re looking at a projected game total of 233.5 points, and both of these teams play pretty fast. The Pacers are No. 2 in pace this season; the Thunder are No. 10.
Haliburton’s scoring has appeared to be down since the injury he suffered in January, but he’s fully healthy now, has been playing full minutes, he’s just been shooting poorly — especially from 3-point range.
How poorly from 3 exactly? His last five games …
- 1-for-6
- 2-for-7
- 3-for-10
- 0-for-6
- 0-for-6
That’s good for … a balmy 17.1% 3-point shooting percentage. For a dude who is a career 39.8% shooter from 3? Yeah, something has to give here.
Indy is going to need points from somewhere, and it’s reasonable to believe Haliburton will take on some of, if not a majority of that scoring role to keep pace with the Thunder tonight.
After all, he does average 20.7 points per game. So, we’re not asking for too much here.
Deni Avdija o15.5 Points (NBA Player Prop)
I can already see your eyes rolling at this pick. Maybe because you hate the pick. Maybe because you don’t know how to properly pronounce the last name Avdija.
But, either way, for the second leg of our NBA parlay today, we’re firing up Deni Avdija over 15.5 points against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The entire Grizzlies team is basically dead, and they’re rolling out a team of create-a-players tonight against the Wizards.
On the year, Memphis is giving up over 21 points per game to opposing small forwards, and that was WITH their starters for SOME of the year.
Let’s take a look at Avdija’s last five games:
- 16 points
- 18 points
- 14 points
- 16 points
- 14 points
So, he has cashed this in three of his last five games, and is hovering right around this 15.5 line when he doesn’t hit.
There shouldn’t be much risk of Washington getting blown out, and I don’t really know if the Wiz are capable of blowing ANYONE out. Even if it is a depleted Grizzlies team.
So, I’m expecting full run here for Avdija and somewhere in the neighborhood of 17-20 points.
Final NBA Picks & Parlay Bet Today
Leg 1: Tyrese Haliburton o19.5 Points
Leg 2: Deni Avdija o15.5 Points
= +298 odds at BetMGMSportsbook (w/boost)
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