If you had the Denver Nuggets getting WAXED by like a billion on your Bingo card, you should take my job. Another parlay up in flames for us, and we’re back to eating ice chips for dinner. Lucky for me, it’s basically Siberia outside with a foot-and-a-half of snow on the ground, so I have an infinite supply of ice chips/snow. But, it’s time for our top NBA parlay picks for today, Friday, January 26th, including an NBA player prop pick for Paolo Banchero.
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NBA Parlay Picks Today: +510 Bet for Friday
CJ McCollum o17.5 Points (NBA Player Prop)
A lot of you revolted and gave me a TON of lip the other day when we put CJ McCollum on our betting card. Well, guess what? Y’all were wrong!
We love CJ in these parts, and his points props have been tasty all year. We’re going right back to the well tonight by betting the over on 17.5 points for him against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Tonight’s game has an over/under at 240.5, so there are plenty of points expected. These have been hitting the over on their game totals — OKC over 28 times, New Orleans over 22 times.
McCollum has cashed the over on this number 19 times this season — and once already this season vs OKC. We’re riding with our guy here in Leg 1 of our NBA parlay today.
Paolo Banchero o21.5 Points (NBA Player Prop)
For a while there, we were HAMMERING the UNDERS on Paolo Banchero points props. And, those babies were profitable for us.
However, that was when his points props were nearing the 28-30 point heights.
Well, what goes up, must come down, right? And, this Banchero points prop has definitely come down. If we’re being real, it has probably come down a little TOO much.
Tonight, Paolo gets a matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies, and he’s sitting with a 21.5 points prop. I think this is a spot where we can attack the OVER on his prop.
Yes, I’m well aware he’s only cashed this prop once in his last six games. But, in those six games he’s ended on 20 three times. So, he’s been RIGHT there.
The Grizzlies have been playing way over their heads lately, but they’re still giving it up to SF/PFs. This year, Memphis allows 25 points to PFs, and, if we zoom in on the last 15 games, it’s actually 26 points per game.
We ride with Paolo.
Clippers ML vs Raptors (NBA Betting Pick)
The Raptors are going to be without Jakob Poeltl AND Immanuel Quickley tonight when they welcome the Los Angeles Clippers into town.
Now, they’ll still have Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett in the lineup, but, that ain’t gonna be enough to get it done against the Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and James Harden Clippers.
LA has won 11 of its last 13 games, and have are the No. 1 team in terms of offensive rating the last 15 games. And, in that same 15-game span, the Raptors are a bottom 5 team in defensive rating.
This just feels like a spot where the Clips will overwhelm the Raptors and be able to stymie their offense. Clips win.
Final NBA Picks & Parlay Bet Today
Leg 1: CJ McCollum o17.5 Points
Leg 2: Paolo Banchero o21.5 Points
Leg 3: Clippers ML
= +510 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook
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