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NBA Championship Odds, Futures: Can anyone stop the Oklahoma City Thunder?

• Zach Lutz

• Last Updated: April 16, 2026

The defending NBA champs will look to build on an NBA-best 64-18 regular season.

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2025 NBA Odds: Black Friday parlay priced at +581

• Caleb Wilfinger

• Last Updated: November 28, 2025

The NBA's Black Friday schedule features a full slate of NBA Cup games.

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NBA Odds: Will Pascal Siakam be signed or moved ahead of the trade deadline?

• Jordan Ramsay

• Last Updated: January 8, 2024

Are the Toronto Raptors ready to move on from Pascal Siakam and fully turn the franchise reins over to Scottie Barnes?

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How Does Dennis Schroder Help the Toronto Raptors?

• Edgar Chaput

• Last Updated: July 1, 2023

One veteran leaves and another arrives. With Fred VanVleet gone to Houston, the Raptors signed former Laker Dennis Schroder on Friday.

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2023 NBA First-Round Playoff Series Previews: Odds, Predictions

• Payton Matthews

• Last Updated: April 13, 2023

The NBA’s postseason tips off this weekend with 16 teams, sans the Toronto Raptors, playing Game 1 of their first-round series either Saturday or Sunday.

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NBA Best Bets: Joel Embiid’s Blistering Point Streak

• Edgar Chaput

• Last Updated: January 18, 2023

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to the NBA version of our Best Bets column. This is where SIA takes a few moments to highlight five upcoming, intriguing bets from around the league. Let’s commence.

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Toronto Raptors vs. Atlanta Hawks Spread: Odds, Prediction

• Charlie Grant

• Last Updated: November 25, 2017

Would Serge Ibaka be a better fit at centre? The Raps head to Atlanta as 7-point favourites.

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NBA Recap: Bucks Knock Off Hawks in Big Eastern Conference Clash

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Another huge night in the National Basketball Association as the jockeying for postseason positions continues. The biggest game of the night went down at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, where the white-hot Bucks took care of the Atlanta Hawks by a score of 98-95. Let’s break down that one and the rest of the action...

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Hey LeBron, Clear Your Schedule; it's Playoff Time in the NBA

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

After taking the last two games of the season off on holiday it’s time for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to shine in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Chalk up the first round Even a bumbling Rasheed Wallace can’t stop the inevitable, the top four seeds will progress from the Conference Quarter Finals in the...

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Los Suns Find a Cause, Orlando Looks Magical and the Lakers Sail Serenely On

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle looks at the stories behind the NBA playoff teams, and that one team that’s avoiding drama to serenely continue its way to another NBA title. Do you believe in Magic? Orlando had something of a post NBA Finals hangover at the start of the season but the Magic have found their game now,...

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NBA Preview: Celtics and Spurs to Continue Streaks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Hawks travel to Boston in a bid to break the Celtics’ 11-game winning streak while the Spurs defend their own 6-game streak at Denver. Tired Celtics can keep winning This has been a strange double-digit streak for the Celtics. Sure it’s getting talked about but Boston haven’t played like a team obsessed with setting...

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NBA: Big Road Games for Bulls and Lakers

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The LA Lakers are stuck in a 2-0 hole with a daunting road trip to Dallas tonight. The Chicago Bulls have continued to flounder in the post-season, entering their trip to Atlanta tied 1-1 with the Hawks. Al Dannity looks at what Chicago and Los Angeles need to do to get back on track. Stop...

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Pacers Hunting for Hawks – Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 8, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Indiana at Atlanta The first thing that you notice about the line for Indiana’s visit to Atlanta tonight is the total. It’s set at 189, which is as low as NBA totals are inclined to go. There have been 507 games played in...

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Raptors at Wizards – Friday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 3, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Toronto at Washington The Leafs getting to the NHL playoffs last year was shocking enough for the long-suffering people of Toronto, but the Raptors making shapes now in the NBA as well? These are heady times in the Queen City. Astonishingly, a four...

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Tuesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 19, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Atlanta at Miami The best chance Atlanta has tonight at Miami is if the Hawks were to sprout actual wings and fly to the baskets. It’s hard to see them getting any change out of Miami otherwise. Miami has dominated Atlanta in recent...

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Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 13, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Having lost at Dallas 105-95 last night, Washington travels 300 miles south today to take on San Antonio. The wizards will need a whole lot of magic to cover the number in this one. San Antonio is on a five-game winning streak currently,...

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NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs: Dominance, Resilience

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 18, 2013

One sweep and one upset are forecasted for the opening round of the four series in the East. The Heat will continue to demonstrate their dominance, and the Celtics, like the city of Boston, will display their resilience. (1) Miami Heat vs. (8) Milwaukee Bucks There’s no reasonable expectation of the Bucks making it past...

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What's the Matter with the Miami Heat?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 18, 2011

Frank Doyle makes his picks from a full menu of NBA action tonight. One of the highest profile teams in the NBA takes on one of the lowest tonight when Miami travels to Atlanta to take on the Hawks. Veteran Mike Bibby’s return to the Hawks is the story of the game, but the real...