Free NBA Best Bets and Betting Picks (3/2/24)

John Brubaker's top NBA betting picks and best bets for today's NBA games on 3/2/24. His free picks against the spread, teasers, parlays, and NBA player props.

Happy Saturday, RotoBallers! Another day, another dollar in the NBA and we have a small, five-game slate worth of NBA action this evening. We have some fun matchups tonight with some surprising storylines to monitor.

We have an interesting back-to-back scenario this evening, as the Blazers and Grizzlies will go to battle for the second consecutive night in Memphis. Let's see how that affects our bets.

In this article, I'll be providing my favorite picks against the spread, game totals, parlays, and teasers for the NBA slate that tips off at 3:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 2. 

NBA Betting Picks: Totals

Utah Jazz (+8.5) at Miami Heat (225 total)

Let's start things off today down in Miami where the Jazz come into town.

While the Jazz rank ninth in the NBA in pace (102.1), expect the Heat to slow the pace down quite a bit in this one. Miami, who ranks 29th in pace (98.3), brings tonight's projected pace total to 99.26. On top of that, Miami's seventh-ranked defense should stimey a middle-of-the-pack Jazz offense. Utah projects to regress in offensive efficiency tonight dropping 2.46 "points" from 112.8 to 110.34.

Another Jaime steal, another quick bucket pic.twitter.com/glzUGmez2j

— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 1, 2024

It is clear that 109.5 is relatively low in terms of a 2024 NBA team total, but with Miami playing as slow as they do and Utah staying under this number in three of their last four games, it's a more than fair number, and price at -105 on FanDuel.

The Pick: Jazz TT u109.5 (-105, FanDuel Sportsbook)

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NBA Betting Picks: ML and Spreads

Portland Trail Blazers (+1.5) at Memphis Grizzlies (209.5 total)

Let's head out to the aforementioned Memphis as the Blazers and Grizzlies will get after it for a second consecutive day.

I did not have any bets on this game Friday night but will look at it here for a myriad of reasons. Between these two teams, they should play a bit slower than their season average in pace. Let's focus on Memphis here, though. The Grizzles, who come into this game ranked dead last in offensive efficiency, do project some positive regression (+2.04). Conversely, their ninth-ranked defense projects to positively regress against Portland's 29th-ranked offense (-7.57).

stay vertical my friends pic.twitter.com/6VTqQih2OU

— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) March 2, 2024

I know Portland took last night's game and scored 122 points in the process. This leads to the belief that a lot of the public will look back to Portland. We'll zig while they zag, and grab the Grizzlies money line at -118 on FanDuel.

The pick: Grizzlies Money Line (-118, FanDuel Sportsbook)

NBA Betting Picks: Parlays and Teasers

Favorite ML Parlay:  Heat ML + Grizzlies ML (+142, FD)

Favorite Teaser: Grizzlies +3.5 / Nuggets +6 (+100, FD)

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