Three days left. Tick tock tick tock. Let’s win some more money before the NBA playoffs kick off next week. Here are your NBA predictions and preview for Thursday, April 9th.
NBA Predictions & Preview For Thursday, April 9th
Chicago Bulls vs Washington Wizards
Start Time – 7:00 PM EST
One good thing about tomorrow’s short slate of NBA games is that we have a couple of tanker-vs-tanker matchups, and when two tankers meet up, the tanking is nullified. Or so my theory goes.
The Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards are making liberal use of their injury lists tomorrow, with all their top players stashed on them. All things being equal, my line is Chicago -3.5, so there’s lots of value on the Wizards side of the spread.
Best Bet: Washington +8.5 (-111)
Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets
Start Time – 7:30 PM EST
I’m taking full advantage of the tanker head-to-heads tomorrow night and going in on this one as well, as the Indiana Pacers travel to Brooklyn to meet the Nets. Like the game we just spoke about, there are more legitimate NBA players on the two teams’ respective injury lists than will be on the court tomorrow night at Barclays Center.
After crunching my top secret numbers, my line for this dream matchup is Brooklyn -1.5, so I’ll happily take the Nets as a big home dog on Thursday night.
Best Bet: Brooklyn +4.5 (-116)
2025/6 Overall Record: 176-139 (56%)
Profit (based on $100/bet): $1,937.87
Return on Investment: 6%
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