Tonight’s Best NBA Bets from Buckets Podcast (Tuesday, Jan. 23)

There are five NBA games on tonight's slate and our "Buckets" podcast crew has chimed in with tonight's best NBA bets.

So, let's not waste any time and get to the best NBA bets from the "Buckets" podcast.

By Bryan Fonseca

The Knicks have been a reliable road team this season. They are 7-3 against the spread as a road favorite.

I thought the Nets were going to be like the 2018-'19 team that was a lot of fun to cover. I think the Nets will do some reshuffling at the deadline, whereas the Knicks are playing really good basketball right now.

By Matt Moore

The three-point edge to me is significant because the Nets shoot a ton of free throws. Both of these teams play pretty clean games and don't foul often. If Mitchell Robinson was in, I would very much like the Knicks here.

I have this power rated as the Nets at less-than-one-point underdogs, but I'm giving the Knicks a significant bump because I know they are better than their rating.

I understand what Fonseca is saying, and I may be using a November/December cap on a January Nets team, but we will see tonight.

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By Jay Money

The Pelicans are the NBA's third-best team at cashing first-half spreads at home this season. They are 15-6-1 against the spread in this spot this season. It's one of these "taking the full game out of it" approaches because I've cashed first halves with this team where they didn't cover the game spread.

I think the Pelicans come out hot in this one after getting smoked at home in their last game out.

They've shown me that they can come out and smack teams around in the first quarter and half.

By Matt Moore

When the Jazz average more 3-pointers than their opponent, they are 20-11 against the spread (65%). I have this projected pretty close with an edge on Utah as I have them as 4.5-point underdogs. This is going to be an offensive game, so if you like either of these teams, you should take the alternate spreads.

This game will probably be a blowout one way or the other. I'll go ahead and just grab the 6.5.

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