NBA Picks Today: Free Best Bets for Thursday, February 8

Alex Barutha hands out a trio of NBA wagers for the nine-game slate that falls on the league's trade deadline.
NBA Picks Today: Free Best Bets for Thursday, February 8
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Best Bets

Timberwolves to cover +1.5 points at Bucks

PointsBet, 4:21 PM CT

Alex Barutha: These teams have nearly the same record -- the Wolves at 35-16 and the Bucks at 33-18. But Milwaukee will be missing Khris Middleton, while Damian Lillard is questionable with an ankle injury that seems to be bothering him lately. I barely trust Milwaukee to cover to begin with (19-31-1 ATS), but especially not when banged up like this. Minnesota covers at a respectable 51% clip.

Nikola Vucevic over 1.5 steals + blocks (-166) at Grizzlies

DraftKings, 5:00 PM CT

Alex Barutha: Over the past 30 days, Memphis is allowing the most blocks and 2nd-most steals to opposing centers. I hit the over with Isaiah Hartenstein using this same stat when the Knicks faced the Grizzlies two days ago, so I'm going back to the well. Vucevic is a worse defender, but he's on a nice stretch of 1.8 blocks and 0.5 steals over the past six games.

Tre Jones over 6.5 assists (-144) at Magic

FanDuel, 5:06 PM CT

Alex Barutha: Jones has at least six assists in nine straight games, averaging 8.1 during this stretch. Orlando, over the past 30 days, is allowing the third-most assists to point guards. Pass-first point guards don't come any more traditional than Jones, so I'm looking for him to rack up some dimes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.
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