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NBA best bets: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 2/6

By Matt Wiesenfeld | Last updated Feb 6, 2023 4:03 PM ET

We closed the week with another winning day on Friday — see below. I suppose the big news of the weekend in the Association was the trade of Kyrie Irving. I am curious how that works out for Dallas. It is never about talent with Irving. Sadly.

There might be more moves at any moment over the next few days, so when you are making your bets, make sure you have an accurate picture of who is going to be on the court. Sometimes, players are being held out just in case or are in transit (lots of that today).

Tonight we have a slate of eight games, but no matchups really stand out.

Bet Tracking

NBA Sides: 25-16-1

NBA Props: 13-8

Winning Days: 15 (of 21)

Pick Review: Friday, February 3

Sacramento Kings -4 (loss)
Sacramento lost outright at Indiana. Those Kings are tricky sometimes. It has still be better to back them than fade them.

Atlanta Hawks +1.5 (win)
The Hawks got the comfortable win as a small underdog. They seem to be getting better.

Kevin Huerter Over 21.5 Points Rebounds and Assists (win)
A slightly better-than-average game gets the cover.

NBA Picks for Monday, February 6

Cleveland Cavaliers -2 (at Washington Wizards)
Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma are listed as questionable on the injury report for Washington. The line movement tells me they might play, but I still like Cleveland off a win yesterday. Their defensive style can win tonight against Washington and I am ignoring their 0-3 SUATS record when playing with no rest in back-to-back road games. Cleveland is the better, more complete team and that will be obvious tonight.

Los Angeles Clippers -8 (at Brooklyn Nets)
This looks like a bit of a scheduling loss for the Nets. They dealt Irving yesterday but there is no Kevin Durant and no Ben Simmons tonight (or the guys they acquired from Dallas). When this team is healthy they are can compete with the better teams but tonight they just aren't going to have much to work with against L.A. After the play above there are a lot of lines I am only lukewarm on. I went with this one because Brooklyn is in a bad spot tonight.

NBA Prop

Jordan Poole Over 32.5 Points, Rebounds and Assists
With Steph Curry out the Warriors need Poole to give them more and he should have plenty of shots to work with tonight (they are at home too, where the team has played better all season). I also like the emerging duel between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. We probably need most of this production to come via scoring but I like Poole as a lock to get at least 26 points tonight. Once he gets to that level, just a few rebounds and assists each make for an easy cover.

Matt Wiesenfeld

Matt Wiesenfeld has been handicapping games and espousing sports wisdom online for more than a decade, writing thousands of articles to help bettors understand and play the market. Matt loves to bet on, write about, and engage on MLB, the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball

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