Quite a few teams find themselves on the second leg of a back-to-back Wednesday. Finding the right pieces of data on days like this are especially crucial to pinning down the best NBA bets possible.
Below, you’ll find active streaks from each of Wednesday’s NBA games to help you research picks to chase or fade. Once you’ve taken stock of the streaks you deem best, make sure to check on today’s NBA injury report before casting your bets.
Los Angeles Lakers at Miami Heat
- Jimmy Butler has at least five assists in each of the last seven home games he’s played in which the Heat were favored. (Assists O/U is 4.5.) He also scored 21 or more points in each of his last seven home games vs. the Pacific Division. (Points O/U is 18.5.)
- Tyler Herro has at least six rebounds in each of his last seven home games vs. the West. (Rebounds O/U is 5.5.)
- Bam Adebayo logged five or more assists in each of his last six games. (Assists O/U is 4.5.) He’s also hit a 3-pointer in each of his last four home games. (3-pointers O/U is 0.5.)
- LeBron James scored at least 25 points in each of his prior five games vs. the Southeast Division. (Points O/U is 21.5.) He also has eight-plus rebounds in each of his last four games vs. Eastern Conference teams. (Rebounds O/U is 7.5.)
- The Heat have won their last four home games vs. the Lakers.
Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers
- The Magic have won and covered in each of the last nine games that they were favored vs. the East.
- The 76ers have won the first half in each of their last seven games vs. the Magic.
- Wendell Carter Jr. scored 12 points in each of the last four games that his team was a road favorite vs. the Atlantic Division. (Points O/U is 9.5.)
- Jalen Suggs finished with at least 16 points in each of his last four games vs. the Philadelphia 76ers. (Points O/U is 15.5.)
Indiana Pacers at Brooklyn Nets
- The Pacers have not covered the spread in the last nine instances that they were favored while playing on the second leg of a back-to-back. They’ve also lost the last five games in which they were road favorites.
- Obi Toppin made two or more 3-pointers in each of his last six games that the Pacers were road favorites vs. the Atlantic Division. (3-pointers O/U is 0.5.) On the last five occasions he was in this setting, Toppin also scored 11 points or more. (Points O/U is 8.5.)
- The Pacers have won the first half in each of their last five games vs. the Nets.
- Tyrese Haliburton has made at least three 3-pointers in each of the last five games that Indiana was favored. (3-pointers O/U is 2.5.)
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Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics
- Tobias Harris scored at least 12 points in each of his last 11 games that the Pistons were a road underdog vs. the Atlantic Division. (Points O/U is 11.5.)
- The Celtics have won their last 10 games vs. the Pistons.
- Cade Cunningham made at least two 3-pointers in each of his last nine games. (3-pointers O/U is 1.5.) He logged six or more rebounds in each of his seven previous road games. (Rebounds O/U is 5.5.)
- Last note on Cunningham: He has 23 or more points in each of his last four games. (Points O/U is 21.5.)
- Jayson Tatum has nine or more rebounds in his last six games that the Celtics were favored vs. the East. (Rebounds O/U is 8.5.) Tatum also made at least four 3-pointers in each of his last five games vs. the Central Division. (3-pointers O/U is 3.5.)
- In each of the last six instances that Jaden Ivey was playing on the second leg of a back-to-back, he logged at least four assists. (Assists O/U is 3.5.) He also posted at least four rebounds and 16 points in each of his last five games vs. the Celtics. (Rebounds O/U is 3.5 and points O/U is 15.5.)
- The Celtics won the first half in each of their last six home games.
Atlanta Hawks at Milwaukee Bucks
- Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 14-plus points in each of his last 12 road games vs. the Central Division. (Points O/U is 12.5.) He’s also made three or more 3-pointers in each of his last four road games vs. the East. (3-pointers O/U is 2.5.)
- Jalen Johnson made two or more 3-pointers in each of his last eight games that Atlanta was an underdog. (3-pointers O/U is 1.5.) In the last seven games he was in this setting, Johnson also logged nine-plus rebounds. (Rebounds O/U is 8.5.)
- Last note on Johnson: He has five or more assists in each of his last seven games vs. an Eastern Conference opponent. (Assists O/U is 4.5.)
- The Bucks have won the first half in eight consecutive games. They’ve also won the first half in each of their last eight home games. However, in the last five instances Milwaukee was a home favorite on the second leg of a back-to-back, the Bucks did not cover.
- Taurean Prince made two or more 3-pointers in each of his last five games. (3-pointers O/U is 1.5.)
- Dyson Daniels has five-plus rebounds in each of his last six road games (Rebounds O/U is 4.5.)
- Clint Capela scored 10-plus points in each of his prior five trips to Milwaukee. (Points O/U is 9.5.) In his last four visits to Milwaukee, Capela also grabbed at least 10 boards. (Rebounds O/U is 9.5.)
- Damian Lillard scored at least 25 points in each of his last four games. (Points O/U is 24.5.)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Clippers
- Norm Powell has made at least three 3-pointers in each of his last 10 home games. (3-pointers O/U is 2.5.)
- The Clippers have won their last nine home games. In their last six home games, they also managed to cover.
- The Clippers have also been getting after it early, winning the first quarter in each of their last seven at home.
- James Harden has six or more rebounds in each of his last nine games that the Clippers were underdogs. (Rebounds O/U is 5.5.) In the last four instances he was in this setting, Harden logged at least nine assists (Assists over 8.5.)
- Last note on Harden: He’s hit at least three 3-pointers in each of his last six games. (3-pointers O/U is 2.5.)
- Rudy Gobert has at least 12 rebounds in each of the last six instances that his team was favored vs. the Clippers. (Rebounds O/U is 11.5.)
- Anthony Edwards has 26-plus points in each of his last six road games vs. the Pacific Division. (Points O/U is 25.5.) In the last four instances that he was in this setting, Edwards knocked down five or more 3-pointers. (3-pointers O/U is 3.5.)
- Jaden McDaniels grabbed at least five rebounds in each of his last five road games. (Rebounds O/U is 3.5.)
- In the last four games he’s played where the Clippers were the underdog, Powell scored 23 or more points. (Points O/U is 19.5.)
- Last Note on Powell: He has three or more rebounds in each of his last four games that his team was an underdog vs. the Timberwolves. (Rebounds O/U is 2.5.)
- Julius Randle scored 20-plus points in each of his last four road games. (Points O/U is 18.5.)
- Mike Conley has at least three rebounds in each of his last four road games vs. the Clippers. (Rebounds O/U is 2.5.)
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