2025 NBA Odds: Black Friday parlay priced at +581
The 2025-26 NBA regular season is barely a month old, and we’ve already seen enough exciting games and jaw-dropping performances to last an entire season. Now, after the entire league taking off U.S. Thanksgiving Day, the NBA is back on Black Friday with a full schedule of NBA Cup action for us to enjoy.
With this massive slate of games getting underway from 7:30 p.m. ET, let’s get into the odds and betting picks, plus my three-leg parlay for the Black Friday slate.
Here’s what I have for a three-leg parlay priced at +581:
- Bulls -2.5 vs. Hornets (-115)
- Cavaliers vs. Hawks Under 236.5 (-110)
- Mavericks vs. Lakers Over 230.5 (-110)
Bulls -2.5 vs. Hornets
The Bulls have not exactly impressed in their road games this season, but this is a good matchup for Chicago to bounce back against a Charlotte Hornets team that is just 4-14 on the season, and has lost seven consecutive games heading into this one. The defence has been a massive issue for Charlotte, and it’s not as if the offence is any better, with the Hornets checking in at 18th in offensive rating on the season.
Charlotte has covered the spread just once in its last five games, and they’ve dropped five straight games to Eastern Conference opponents. Let’s lay the points with Chicago.
Cavaliers vs. Hawks Under 236.5
The final group stage game for both of these teams should be one that features a bit more defence than what the market is expecting. For starters, the Cavaliers are getting big man Jarrett Allen back into the lineup, and he anchors a defence that should be trending up when it comes to halting Atlanta’s effectiveness in the paint.
Cleveland has held four of their last six opponents to 109 points or fewer, and that should continue against a Hawks offence that has been struggling in recent weeks without Trae Young in the lineup. Let’s back Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels to wreak havoc on the perimeter to limit this Cavaliers offence on the road.
Mavericks vs. Lakers Over 230.5
There aren’t a lot of reasons for Dallas to have any optimism heading into this game, but the Mavericks do play at the sixth-fastest pace in the association and they should be able to put forth a bounce-back effort against a Lakers defence that is among the lesser units among Western Conference playoff teams.
Los Angeles is 16th in defensive rating at the moment, but the Lakers offence has been a much different story, with Luka Doncic and company sitting inside the top 10 in offensive rating and having won five consecutive contests. With LeBron James starting to really find his game following his return from injury and the Lakers scoring 135 or more points in each of their last two games, this one should clear this slightly depressed number once again.
