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<\/p>\nRotoWire’s experts provide their best NBA bets for Friday’s slate, including predictions on Zion Williamson, Ace Bailey and Bilal Coulibaly.<\/p>\n
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Looking for the best bets for Friday’s slate in the NBA? RotoWire has you covered with several picks for this set of games.<\/p>\n
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Check out our information on\u00a0NBA Betting Apps<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA Betting Sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you play\u00a0fantasy basketball<\/a>, check out RotoWire’s\u00a0NBA Fantasy Advice<\/a>\u00a0and helpful tools like our\u00a0Current Fantasy Basketball Rankings<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NBA DFS Lineup Optimizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n For up-to-the-minute updates on injuries, lineups, roster changes and more, head to\u00a0RotoWire’s NBA News<\/a>\u00a0or follow\u00a0@RotoWireNBA<\/a>\u00a0on X.<\/p>\n Get The RotoWire Picks App:\u00a0Search “RotoWire Picks” on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.<\/p>\n Best NBA Bets Today (Friday, February 20)Zion Williamson<\/a> over 34.5 points + rebounds + assists (-118) vs. Milwaukee Bucks<\/p>\n FanDuel, 4:18 PM CT<\/p>\n Alex Barutha: Over his past 10 games, Williamson has averaged 20.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists (31.8 P+R+A). However, this is an easier-than-usual matchup for him, facing the struggling Bucks, who will be down their best rim protector in Myles Turner<\/a>. Not only that, but Trey Murphy<\/a> is out for the Pelicans, which should afford Williamson even more usage.<\/p>\n Ace Bailey<\/a> over 21.5 points + rebounds at Memphis Grizzlies (-126)<\/p>\n DraftKings Sportsbook, 4:55 PM ET<\/p>\n Nick Whalen: On both sides of this matchup, we’ll have key players sidelined. The Grizzlies are holding out several regulars, while the Jazz have ruled out Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> and Keyonte George<\/a>. Meanwhile, Lauri Markkanen<\/a> is considered doubtful. With Markkanen sidelined, Bailey should be set for increased minutes, as has been the case over the last several weeks. Beyond that, the Grizzlies have devolved into one of the best matchups in the NBA, ranking 29th in defensive rating and dead-last in total rebound percentage over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks +4.5 (-115) at New Orleans Pelicans\u00a0<\/p>\n DraftKings Sportsbook, 12:41 PM ET<\/p>\n Kirien Sprecher: The Bucks won’t have Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> or Myles Turner<\/a>, but that was also the case Feb. 4, when they beat the Pelicans at home in overtime. Trey Murphy<\/a> posted a game-high 44 points (15-28 FG, 12-19 3Pt) during that contest, but he’ll be unavailable for Friday’s rematch due to a shoulder injury. Without Murphy, New Orleans’ offense could sputter against a Milwaukee squad that found a jolt heading into the All-Star break, winning two straight thanks to huge contributions from a pair of trade deadline acquisitions — Cam Thomas<\/a> and Ousmane Dieng<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bilal Coulibaly<\/a> over 10.5 points vs. Indiana Pacers (-110)<\/p>\n DraftKings, 3:30pm ET<\/p>\n Ken Crites: It’s a back-to-back “Tankapalooza” in Washington as the Wizards host the Pacers again Friday night. \u00a0Each team is trying to figure out how to screw up worse while pretending to develop their young talent. \u00a0Coulibaly is a young asset that really needs playing time after missing a ton of games the first half of the season. \u00a0Washington SHOULD play him 30+ minutes, but who knows. The athletic wing played only 23 minutes Thursday night and put up 12 points. He should have plenty in the tank for tonight. \u00a0The Frenchman averaged 10.8 points over his last four games. \u00a0But it’s the absence of Kyshawn George<\/a> that has me optimistic about Coulibaly \u2014 someone has to score, right!?! \u00a0The K-Train is \u00a0a mediocre 11-7 on the season (3-wager slide) and 61-50 overall, so feel free to fade!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RotoWire’s experts provide their best NBA bets for Friday’s slate, including predictions on Zion Williamson, Ace Bailey and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,80042,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-614584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-minor-league-stats","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanspelicans","15":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116105372866389007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}