The NBA regular season continues with a solid 7-game slate today — Tuesday, March 31.
Our staff of betting experts dug into the latest NBA odds and identified best bets for all seven of Tuesday's matchups — including picks for Knicks vs. Rockets, Raptors vs. Pistons, Trail Blazers vs. Clippers and more.
Continue below for our NBA best bets, picks, predictions, and odds for this Tuesday.
NBA Best Bets for Tuesday, March 31
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Suns vs. Magic Moneyline Prediction
By Matt Moore
The Suns are 6-8 SU and ATS on the second night of a back-to-back this season, and they are 2-4 SU but 3-3 ATS in that spot on the road. Notably, Devin Booker has played in 11 of the 14 back-to-backs, and given how much time he’s missed, it basically suggests that he isn't expected to miss time.
The Magic are 22-14 at home this season, but just 16-20 ATS and 11-17 as home favorites. They are 3-4 ATS as favorites vs. West teams, with most of those games coming against lottery squads.
The Magic are 20-26 ATS without Franz Wagner this season. The Suns are 15-10 ATS and have covered the spread in four straight games without Dillon Brooks.
Basketball-wise, there’s not much you can find where the Magic have an edge. They have more perimeter creators, but not as efficient ones. Orlando is 27th in eFG%, the Suns are 18th. That, alone, is a huge edge.
The Magic’s defense, after being so good for so many seasons, has been mediocre this season — and the absence of that identity has really hurt them.
The Suns, meanwhile, know what their identity is: swarming defense that causes turnovers and gets out in transition.
This is also a big math-game problem environment for the Magic. Phoenix creates a lot of threes and makes a top-10 rate of them, while the Magic take almost none and make very few. Orlando is excellent at preventing threes, but this is still a big edge for Phoenix.
I’ll take the Suns to win outright.
Pick: Suns Moneyline (+115)
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Knicks vs. Rockets Prop Bet
By Joe Dellera
The Knicks face off against the Rockets in a showdown between two of the league’s top contenders.
Karl-Anthony Towns' role in the Knicks' offense has been under much scrutiny lately with him failing to record more than one field goal attempt in the first half of their loss to the Thunder.
However, the Thunder were in full ball-denial mode against Towns, and the Knicks had other offensive options. I do not expect that to happen again here against the Rockets. They do not have that same personnel to cause that type of disruption.
Towns just posted two down games in a row, but prior to that, he had been solid — clearing this line in 12 of his last 20 games, while averaging 20.7 points during that span, including a 25-point performance against this same Rockets team.
The Rockets have not performed well against centers either. Bam, Wemby, and even Clingan all exceeded their props against them in the past few weeks. I’ll back KAT on Tuesday night.
Pick: Karl-Anthony Towns Over 17.5 Points (-105)
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Hornets vs. Nets Player Prop Pick
Coby White's usage rate has been excellent since joining the Hornets. When he gets in the game, he sees a ton of usage — and he has been killing second units, which is what he's slated to do again tonight against Brooklyn.
White has scored over 14.5 points in three of his last four games — and if you zoom out a little bit further, he's done it in six of his last eight.
In games where Charlotte wins big, White usually plays around 22-25 minutes and gets plenty of opportunities to score — and the Hornets are huge 16.5-point favorites over the Nets in tonight's contest.
The Hornets have sat him out a couple of times just because of maintenance, or whatever, so there's always a chance that we see him pop up on the injury report at the last minute because they really don't need him to beat the Nets. However, if he does play, I love this spot for White.
Pick: Coby White Over 14.5 Points (-120)
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Raptors vs. Pistons Prop Prediction
Action PRO is projecting 13.1 points for Ja'Kobe Walter in the Raptors' matchup against the Pistons tonight, presenting a massive 27.6% edge against his current prop line of over/under 10.5, which is strong enough to mark the Over with an A+ grade in our database.
Walter has seen a sharp uptick in usage for the Raptors lately. He's only averaging 7.3 points on 19.5 minutes per game this season. However, he enters tonight's contest having played 26+ minutes in four of his last five outings.
As a result, he's also scored 11+ points in four of his last five games — and zooming out even further, he's scored 11+ points in seven of his last nine contests, despite playing less minutes in some of the other games.
Regardless of the difficult matchup against Detroit, Walter should see enough runtime to go over this number tonight.
Pick: Ja'Kobe Walter Over 10.5 Points (-105)
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Mavericks vs. Bucks Moneyline Bet
By Bet Labs
This NBA moneyline betting system identifies road teams positioned for a bounce back after a recent loss, taking advantage of the market’s tendency to undervalue teams following poor performances — such as the Mavericks in this spot.
When a team loses by any margin in its previous game and immediately plays again on the road, it often responds with sharper focus and renewed energy.
Short travel stretches and single road starts help minimize fatigue while maintaining rhythm. Public betting tends to fade these teams, driving value on the moneyline within moderate favorite ranges where the talent gap still favors the road side.
Historically, these teams show resilience and motivation after defeat, translating into profitable rebounds during the regular season as they aim to reestablish momentum and avoid extended losing streaks.
Pick: Mavericks Moneyline (-115)
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Cavaliers vs. Lakers Over/Under Pick
By Matt Moore
The Lakers’ defense has stepped up recently. Los Angeles is is 9-6 to the Under in the month of March; and 12-8 since All-Star Break.
The Cavaliers' offense doesn’t have as much pop — and when the Cavs are road 'dogs, the Under is 6-4.
JJ Redick has consistently shown an ability to craft defensive solutions to slow down elite offenses.
With a playoff spot on the line, I’m expecting the Lakers to utilize a zone scheme to clog up the dribble drive chances for James Harden and Donovan Mitchell, and force stilted shooting from the Cavaliers.
Pick: Under 236.5 (-110)
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Trail Blazers vs. Clippers Player Prop Prediction
By Jim Turvey
This is a big game for the Trail Blazers against the Clippers — one that could determine who gets the 8-seed versus the 9-seed.
As such, I'm projecting high minutes for all of the Portland starters — and thus, lower minutes for the reserves.
Robert Williams hasn't cleared this total in the last four games either, as his minutes have been a bit lower — either via blowout, or a similarly scripted close, important game.
Action PRO is projecting 5.6 rebounds for Williams tonight.
Pick: Robert Williams Under 6.5 Rebounds (-105)
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