NBA Picks for Wednesday, January 7: Best Basketball Bets

The Wednesday NBA card features 12 games, highlighted by an interconference matchup in Boston. The banged-up Nuggets (24-12) travel to TD Garden to face the Celtics (23-12) as Denver concludes a seven-game road trip.

We’ll break down three plays for the Wednesday action. Remember to monitor the odds throughout the day, as the sides and totals market is constantly changing.

Here are the free NBA picks for Wednesday, January 7.

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Raptors (-2.5) at Hornets

Magic (-1.5) at Nets

Suns/Grizzlies Over (232.5)

Raptors (-2.5) at Hornets

The Hornets are coming off their most impressive effort of the season, destroying the defending champion Thunder, 124-97 as 15-point underdogs on Monday. Charlotte has covered four straight games as the Hornets return home to battle the Raptors.

Toronto has won four of its past five games, including a pair of home victories over Atlanta. The Raptors look to avenge a pair of losses to the Hornets, capped off by a 111-86 home defeat on December 5.

Charlotte has lost four consecutive games as a home underdog and is in a major letdown spot here off its most impressive win of the season against Oklahoma City.

Magic (-1.5) at Nets

Orlando looks to rebound off an ugly loss at Washington on Tuesday as the Magic travel to Brooklyn. The Magic are 12-1 off a loss since October 30, including five straight road victories in this spot.

The Nets beat up on a Nuggets’ team without Nikola Jokic on Sunday, 127-115 to snap a three-game slide. Brooklyn won that game as a favorite, but the Nets own a dreadful 3-13 mark in the role of a home underdog.

Orlando has defeated Brooklyn seven straight times since February 24, including a 105-98 win in November. The Nets covered as 14-point underdogs, but with this manageable spread tonight, let’s go with the Magic.

Suns/Grizzlies Over (232.5)

The Grizzlies have a quick turnaround after knocking off the Spurs last night, 106-105 to end a four-game slide. Memphis hosts Phoenix tonight, who came up short in Monday’s 100-97 defeat at Houston to stop a two-game winning streak.

In the first matchup between these Western Conference foes, the Grizzlies edged the Suns, 114-113 in late October. The game easily remained Under the total of 242.5, but tonight’s total has dropped 10 points since that matchup. This is the lowest total between these squads in the past six matchups.

In four of five games against unrested teams, the Suns have combined for at least 231 points. Phoenix is off back-to-back Unders against Houston and Oklahoma City, but the Suns are 5-2 to the Over in their last seven road games on a total of at least 230.