NBA Best Bets & Parlays: Hawks vs. Pistons, Rockets vs. T-Wolves, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic, and Victor Wembanyama Lead March 25 Picks

There is a busy day in the NBA in front of us with 12 games on the schedule, starting with a trio at 7 p.m. EST and wrapping up with the Raptors taking on the Clippers in Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m. EST.

With such a busy day, something like our Best NBA Bets & Parlays list could come in handy.

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Let’s get started by reviewing my picks for NBA best bets before moving on to a parlay.

NBA Best Bets: Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons Prediction

Detroit has been the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, is the only team to lock down a playoff spot in the conference, and has a five-game lead on the No. 2 seed Celtics. But their leader and best player, Cade Cunningham, is out with an injury. Surely, they're toast, right? Eh, not so fast.

In the four games since Cunningham’s injury, the Pistons are 4-0, including Monday night’s win over the Lakers. But the Atlanta Hawks come into town red-hot, winners of 13 of their last 14 games. The Pistons seem to have found something that works in Cunningham’s absence, feeding Jalen Duren down low. In the last four games, he has had 36, 24, 23, and 20 points.

As luck would have it, the Hawks struggle to defend the interior.

My Pick: Pistons -2.5 (-110) via bet365

• Of course, the Pistons would rather have Cunningham in the lineup than not, but they are still a good team without him. They just don’t have as much of a margin for error. Atlanta is getting a lot of credit for its win streak, but it has not been playing a challenging schedule. Detroit will rise to the occasion tonight and remind the rest of the NBA that the Hawks aren’t as good as they have looked of late.

NBA Best Bets: Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction

Houston needs to find some offense and some consistency over the next 11 games, or the Rockets could find themselves in the play-in or staring at an early exit in the first round. For the season, they are averaging 114.1 points per game (No. 21 in the NBA), but they’ve been the fourth-worst offense in the league over the last 10 games.

Fortunately for them, their defense is still solid, and they managed to split those games, 2-2.

With Anthony Edwards out, no one would have been surprised if the Timberwolves had crumbled a little. Instead, the rest of the roster has risen to the occasion, and the team has won three of four since Edwards last played.

My Pick: Minnesota ML at +105 (DraftKings)

• Normally, I’d think Houston could take over the T-Wolves minus Anthony Edwards, but I’m not so sure about them after watching that debacle that was their defense vs. the Bulls. Minnesota can play well without its superstar and will have home-court advantage. It will be close, but the T-Wolves can take this one at home.

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NBA Parlay Picks for March 25

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• Nikola Jokic, OVER 10.5 Assists at -108

Jokic is averaging 10.7 assists per game this season and 11.3 in March, during which he has gone OVER this mark in eight of 13 games. Against a Dallas defense that can’t wait for the offseason, Jokic should have little trouble recording assists in this game. In the two previous games he has played against Dallas this season, he recorded 20 and 14,

• Kevin Durant, UNDER 26.5 Points at -114

Durant is coming off a 40-point game against the Bulls, but the Rockets' offense as a whole has been lacking lately (fourth-worst over the last 10 games). KD went OVER this mark in his last two games but went UNDER it in six of his last 10.

Despite not having Anthony Edwards in the lineup, the T-Wolves are playing good basketball on both ends of the court.  Small forwards have been shooting just 40.6% from the floor against Minnesota. With how these Rockets have been playing, I don’t see Houston doing any better.

•  Victor Wembanyama, OVER 3.5 Blocks at +110

Wembanyama has gone OVER this TOTAL in nine of 12 games this month and had five in each of his last two games. Teams have been recording 5.1 blocks per game this season against the Grizzlies. He played in one of San Antonio’s three previous games against the Grizzlies this season but only had one block in 21 minutes.

With his track record this month, it is not hard to imagine him doing much better against the Grizzlies this time around.

NBA Parlay Odds: +659

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