Monday’s Christmas Day sports slate is insane, but in a good way.
Not only are there three NFL matchups, including Baltimore Ravens versus San Francisco 49ers tonight, but the NBA odds board for Christmas, as is typically the case, is absolutely loaded.
There are five games on today’s schedule, and according to the latest NBA odds, each of these games has a spread of five points or shorter, showing just how competitive these contests are expected to be.
With that said, Christmas can be very busy, especially for those of us with kids or spending time with friends and family, so it may not be all that easy to find time to analyze the board and pick off the smartest NBA predictions.
But that’s exactly why the Action Network’s PRO betting tools were developed — to quickly and efficiently break down key value indicators, all in real-time, to pinpoint the best NBA predictions all in real-time.
And after checking in with these tools, I’ve identified three juicy betting model predictions for today’s NBA Christmas slate of games.
NBA Odds, Predictions for Christmas
*NBA odds as of Saturday afternoon
Bucks vs. Knicks Prediction
12 p.m. ET | ESPN
Right off the bat we have a very worthy edge for Bucks vs. Knicks.
The latest NBA odds for Christmas show New York as a 3.5-point underdog to Milwaukee.
However, our PRO Projections set the Knicks as short favorites — -1.3 to be exact — which results in an 8.6% edge.
PRO Report Prediction: Knicks +3.5
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Warriors vs. Nuggets Prediction
2:30 p.m. ET | ABC
The Warriors are listed at +6.5 against the Nuggets, and similar to the game above, there’s plenty of value with the underdogs.
We project this spread at Golden State +2.9, resulting in a very beefy 10.3% edge.
PRO Report Prediction: Warriors +6.5
Mavericks vs. Suns Prediction
10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
The NBA dogs are barking on Christmas Day, well, at least according to our betting model.
Once again where finding value, and plenty of it, with underdog Dallas.
While available at +5 as of the time of writing, our model projects this line at +1, translating to an 11.6% edge, the biggest of Monday’s NBA slate.
PRO Report Prediction: Mavericks +5
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