NBA Multi bet of the Weekend | November 22-24

The weekend is here, which means it’s NBA multi time. Saturday will see the NBA Cup continue with eight games across the association, kicking off with the Celtics taking on the Wizards in a likely blowout, and concluding with the Kings taking on the Clippers in a California-only contest. Our multi focuses on what we hope will be a couple of blowout wins, while if it’s still alive for the last leg we will be hoping that the solid form of a Bulls’ backcourt member continues when they take on the high-scoring Hawks. Check out all the details of our weekend multi below.

Saturday 23rd of November, 11.05am AEDT, Capital One Arena

There is a limit to how high a line betting sites are going to set in an NBA game, but while realistically they would never set one in the 20s, sometimes they probably should. This could be one such example. The Wizards, to put it bluntly, suck. Their best player is maybe Jordan Poole, if not Kyle Kuzma, and while they at least have some direction with a whole lot of rookies and second year players getting big minutes, it’s unsurprisingly not yet yielding many positive results. They have lost nine games in a row by a whopping averaging of 18.67 points, and have not got closer than nine points to anyone in that time. The line of 13.5 points set for this game is one they have covered just three times in those nine games, once by just 1.5 points, and the other two came against the Spurs and the Hawks. The Celtics, meanwhile, are the best team in the league. They are 12-3 on the season, and while they are coming off a couple of close games, the latter of those was against the then-undefeated Cavaliers. Admittedly the Celtics have not been playing at their absolute best, but the Wizards have been getting completely pumped by nearly everyone who they have played. The championship favourites should have no problems disposing of them pretty easily. For extra value even a bet on them to win by 20+ would be reasonable, but for a bit of security to start off the day, we will stick with the Celtics to cover the line of 14.5 points.

Saturday 23rd of November, 11.35am AEDT, Smoothie King Center

Injuries are the worst thing about sport, and the Pelicans are finding that out in the hardest possible way at the moment. At their best they have the capacity to be an extremely good team, with a starting five of Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson, and with Trey Murphy III coming off the bench. That is six very capable players; unfortunately, every single one of them could miss this game. Certainly most of them will; Murray, Jones and Williamson are still confirmed outs, while McCollum is doubtful. Even backup point guard Jose Alvarado, who they were heavily reliant on (against their will) given all the injuries, will miss. Trey Murphy III should return after missing last game, while Ingram is day to day. Regardless, the vast majority of their team is absent, and it’s no surprise that they have been struggling. They’ve slumped to 4-12 on the back of nine losses in their last ten games, and with the injuries really piling up they have lost their last two games by 41 points to the Mavericks, and 28 points to the Cavaliers. Those are some seriously hefty defeats, and while they were against good teams, the Warriors are not so bad themselves. They somehow sit on top of the Western Conference standings with a record of 11-3, having seemingly managed to once again reinvent themselves and emerge as a championship contender under the tutelage of Steve Kerr and with Steph Curry leading the way on the floor. The Pelicans are a really good team at full health, but the team they are putting out right now is really bad, and the Warriors should be able to take advantage. The line of 9.5 points set by NBA betting sites does not look like enough, and the visitors should be able to cruise past it.

Saturday 23rd of November, 12.05pm AEDT, United Center

Zach LaVine is coming into some form, meaning now is a good time to jump on his overs before betting agencies ramp them up. LaVine has been a 25-point scorer for years on the Bulls, averaging right around that number for five consecutive seasons up until 2023-24. That number dropped down to 19.5 last year, but that wasn’t really reflective of much because he played just 19 games in an injury-ravaged season. What’s more, with DeMar DeRozan gone, LaVine has probably an even bigger role to play on offence for this thoroughly average team. He did not start the season all that well and missed a few games from injury, and since returning has been a little up and down – he went 18, 26, 31, then back down to 8 and 15 points. But a huge final quarter two games ago in which he hit six threes might have lit the fire in his belly. He ended that game against the Pistons with 25 points, and backed it up with 27 against the Bucks in his latest outing. Those are the kind of numbers we should be expecting from LaVine this season, but because of some indifferent form he is well over even money to get there in this game. What’s more, they are playing the Hawks, who are pretty damn easy to score against and who play super fast, meaning there will be more possessions than the average game in this one, and thus more opportunities to score. LaVine is an at times maligned player and the reasons for that are not entirely unjustified, but he is a capable scorer who appears to be gearing up after an injury-interrupted start to the season. At decent odds to hit the number he has averaged for so many years, he looks like good value to round out our weekend multi.