It's the first weekend of the new NBA season and a total of 14 teams are in action around the association. NBA TV is showing 2 games tonight, one of them is inside our NBA Mega Parlay which you can see below.
Check our NBA predictions page for picks on the Spread and Total for tonight's 7-game slate, but let's not waste any more time and jump straight into it.
Over 217.5 Total Points in Bulls @ Pistons (-110)
Both the Bulls and Pistons played last night, so it's only natural to assume defense won't be a priority in tonight's game. Last season these two teams had defensive allowed an average of 110.3 and 116.2 points per game when playing on 2nd nights of a back-to-back. Chicago also played an extra period in their game against the Raptors last night, so there could be some tired legs out there on defense. Only 1 of the 4 meetings between the two teams was a low scoring game, with the other 3 producing 232, 234 and 250 points respectively. By today's NBA standards scoring 218 points doesn't sound like a whole lot, so let's target the over here.
New Orleans Pelicans -3.5 vs NY Knicks (-108)
New York is playing on a 2nd night of a back-to-back, while the Pelicans had a couple of days of rest before this game. New Orleans had one of the best records when playing with no rest going 7-2 SU last season. C.J. McCollum, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are finally playing together, they just beat the Grizzlies by 7 points on the road. This will be their season opener at home, so you have to figure they'll come out firing in this one. Zion will be a match-up problem for the Knicks here, they don't exactly have anyone on their roster that could slow him down. New Orleans is 2-1 SU in the last 3 meetings, so I'll take them to cover the spread here.