{"id":620225,"date":"2026-02-23T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/620225\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:15:17","slug":"nba-picks-victor-wembanyama-part-of-spurs-vs-pistons-sgp-for-monday-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/620225\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA picks: Victor Wembanyama part of Spurs vs. Pistons SGP for Monday, Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a short three-game slate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA<\/a> on Monday, Feb. 23, but fans might potentially be getting a Finals preview with the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/SA\/san-antonio-spurs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> visiting the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/DET\/detroit-pistons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>. The Spurs have won eight in a row and although they are behind the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/OKC\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder<\/a> in the Western Conference, San Antonio has had OKC&#8217;s number during the regular season. The Pistons sit atop the Eastern Conference and are on a five-game winning streak, most recently knocking off the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/CHI\/chicago-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> 126-110.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a three-leg same-game parlay for Spurs vs. Pistons on Monday with odds from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/draftkings-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DraftKings<\/a> and recommendations from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/nba\/game-forecast\/NBA_20260223_SA@DET\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>, which simulates every game 10,000 times. The model entered Week 19 on a sizzling 38-18 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/sportsbook-promos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/best-betting-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=draftkings&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">Bet on Spurs vs. Pistons at DraftKings, where new users can get $200 in bonus bets if their first bet of $5 or more wins:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pistons vs. Knicks same-game parlay picksPistons money line<\/p>\n<p>Detroit wins in 69% of model simulations, which is good for an &#8220;A&#8221; grade. The Pistons are 21-6 at home this season and have won five in a row, so they&#8217;ve got good momentum heading into Monday&#8217;s clash. Even though the Spurs have won eight in a row, they are 18-10 on the road as opposed to 21-6 at home.<\/p>\n<p>Under 232.5<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs are sixth in points per game and the Pistons aren&#8217;t far behind in eighth. San Antonio is also sixth in offensive rating while Detroit ranks ninth. So why is the model backing the Under, which hits in 63% of simulations? These are two of the best defensive teams in the league, with Detroit ranking second in defensive rating and San Antonio coming in third. On the season, the Spurs are 24-33 to the Over and the Pistons are 24-30-1 to the Over.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama Under 34.5 points + rebounds<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough to suggest any sort of Under for Wembanyama, who has shown he can explode offensively at any moment. The Pistons do have some size in the frontcourt to slow him down, even with <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/3142103\/isaiah-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Stewart<\/a> still out due to a suspension. Wembanyama has actually gone Under this particular line in four of his last five games and although he&#8217;s coming off a 28-point, 15-rebound showing against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/SAC\/sacramento-kings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kings<\/a>, the SportsLine props is looking at the bigger trend. It projects him for 30.2 points + rebounds on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Responsible gaming<\/p>\n<p>Responsible gaming is important at all sportsbooks. Users have tools at their disposal like setting betting activity alerts, taking timeouts and using self-exclusion measures in order to game responsibly. DraftKings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/betmgm-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BetMGM<\/a> have live chat support available 24\/7, and all sportsbooks provide contact information for helplines on their platforms for those needing additional assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a short three-game slate in the NBA on Monday, Feb. 23, but fans might potentially be getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,212,329,188,1016,6,55046,24770,56366,9199,11334,4708,191,179,477,969,474,4075,4074,534,81771,81772,81760,81761,693,71281,59942],"class_list":{"0":"post-620225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-chicago-bulls","11":"tag-detroit-pistons","12":"tag-isaiah-stewart","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-bets","15":"tag-nba-odds","16":"tag-nba-parlay","17":"tag-nba-picks","18":"tag-nba-player-props","19":"tag-nba-predictions","20":"tag-new-york-knicks","21":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","22":"tag-sacramento-kings","23":"tag-san-antonio","24":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","25":"tag-sanantonio","26":"tag-sanantoniospurs","27":"tag-spurs","28":"tag-spurs-pistons-bets","29":"tag-spurs-pistons-injury-report","30":"tag-spurs-pistons-odds","31":"tag-spurs-pistons-picks","32":"tag-victor-wembanyama","33":"tag-victor-wembanyama-player-props","34":"tag-wemby-player-props"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620225","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=620225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}