With a football-free Sunday ahead of us (unless you're some kind of sicko that bets on Pro Bowl), it's time to bet some hoops with our very NBA Best Bets for Sunday, February 5. Tonight's Best Bets feature games including Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors vs. Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks. Read on for our full analysis of our best NBA picks for today, sourced from our NBA projections model, which simulates every game of the NBA season 10,000 times to find the best predictions for you.
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As always, we've simulated all of the night's NBA games 10,000 times each to determine where the value lies for sports bettors across the United States.
Best NBA Bets Today
Two teams coming off stirring wins in their most recent games combine this afternoon when the Pacers host the Cavs in a game that should be fascinating. Indiana are now back on track with their main playmaker Tyrese Haliburton back from injury, and it showed against the Kings on Friday with a calming performance to get his new team over the line against his old one. The Pacers are one of the fastest teams in the league for pace, ranked 4th in the league with an average of 102 possessions per game – at home that number goes up. While they will meet a worthy foe in the Cavaliers, whose defense rank top of the NBA, allowing their opponents, the Pacers have found a way to break down the Cavs in two previous meetings this season, scoring 112 and 135 points respectively. These are two teams that seem to combine well on offense, with the last four games between them all going over the points total set by the sportsbook. We see that continuing today.