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<\/p>\nRotoWire’s experts outline their favorite bets for Thursday’s NBA slate, including player props for Anthony Black, Tyrese Maxey and Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n
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Looking for the best NBA bets for Thursday? RotoWire’s experts have you covered with their favorite picks.<\/p>\n
For the latest\u00a0NBA Odds<\/a>, including\u00a0NBA Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA player props<\/a>, visit RotoWire’s\u00a0NBA Betting<\/a>\u00a0page. We also have betting tools like\u00a0Historical NBA Odds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ATS Standings<\/a>. For up-to-date\u00a0NBA player news<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA Injury Report<\/a>\u00a0info, head to RotoWire’s\u00a0NBA Lineups<\/a>\u00a0page. You can find more picks at\u00a0Bookies.com\/picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Not sure where to bet? Check out our information on\u00a0NBA Betting Apps<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA Betting Sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you play\u00a0fantasy basketball<\/a>, check out RotoWire’s\u00a0NBA Fantasy Advice<\/a>\u00a0and helpful tools like our\u00a0Current Fantasy Basketball Rankings<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA DFS Lineup Optimizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n For up-to-the-minute updates on injuries, lineups, roster changes and more, head to RotoWire’s NBA News<\/a> or follow @RotoWireNBA<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n Get The RotoWire Picks App: Search “RotoWire Picks” on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.<\/p>\n Best NBA Bets Today (Thursday, Jan. 22)Kevin Durant<\/a> over 29.5 points + assists at Philadelphia 76ers (-111)<\/p>\n DraftKings, 11:04 AM CT<\/p>\n Nick Whalen: Durant is coming off of a couple of down scoring games, but he’s racked up 22 total assists over his last three outings. This is a pace-up spot, as usual, for the Rockets, so I like Durant to score in the low-to-mid-20s while continuing to facilitate in the half court. Over the last 10 games, the Sixers are allowing 28.5 assists per game \u2014 the fifth-most in the NBA.<\/p>\n Tyrese Maxey<\/a> under 6.5 assists (-120) vs. Houston Rockets<\/p>\n FanDuel, 2:11 PM CT<\/p>\n Alex Barutha: Maxey’s assist rate varies wildly. He’s had four games this season with 10+ assists and four games with two or fewer. It’s led to an average of 6.7 dimes per game, so his prop is spot on. However, this is a tough matchup. Over the past 10 games, the Rockets are allowing the sixth-fewest assists per 48 minutes (24.0), and they’ve only given up three performances in the last 30 days of 8+ assists to a single player — Stephon Castle<\/a> (8), Jalen Williams<\/a> (10) and Russell Westbrook<\/a> (10).<\/p>\n Anthony Black<\/a> over 17.5 points vs. Charlotte Hornets (-140)<\/p>\n BetMGM, 2:45pm ET<\/p>\n Ken Crites: With Franz Wagner<\/a> out (ankle, 22.2 ppg), the Magic need to look elsewhere for points. Enter Black, who has posted 21.8 points per contest over his past four games. Tonight Orlando hosts Charlotte and a questionable LaMelo Ball<\/a> (thumb). I’d prefer a higher O\/U (223.5), but fellow starters Tristan da Silva<\/a> and Wendell Carter<\/a> rarely shoot, leaving plenty of opportunities for Black, Paolo Banchero<\/a> and Desmond Bane<\/a>. Bane has been stumbling lately, with only 16.3 points per game over his last six games. Black is finally emerging as a key cog for Orlando. The K-Train is 11-5 this season and 61-48 overall, so feel free to fade!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RotoWire’s experts outline their favorite bets for Thursday’s NBA slate, including player props for Anthony Black, Tyrese Maxey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-431503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}