NBA Betting Tips: 19 January

Get your bet slip ready for NBA matches tomorrow morning, with all the important matches to bet on, and as usual Justin Simelane has prepared his best bets for you. Feel free to add his tips to your bet slip.

19 Jan 02:30 New York Knicks vs Washington Wizards

The Knicks are playing back-to-back here, and fatigue will be an issue for them, the Rockets made them work in the first half. These two have already met this year in a game where the Knicks blew out the wizards winning on double digits. The Knicks don’t struggle against the Wizards and should win here but the bet I see with more value is the under. On a second game of back-to-back, they will play at a much slower pace, controlling the ball and the game going under. The line is too high for this game.

Suggested Bet: Under 247

19 Jan 04:00 Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Okc are favourites to win this game, but I favour the underdogs for this game. The Utah Jazz are in good form and it’s not spoken about enough by the media due to their lack of superstars. The Jazz are undefeated in 9 games at home, they have beat the title holders and title contenders at the Delta Center. I think if OKC wins here it will be close, but the amount of scoring options Utah has really is amazing and it won’t be an upset if they were to win here.

Suggested Bet: (+7.5 Utah Jazz)

19 Jan 05:00 Minnesota Timberwolves vs Memphis Grizzlies

The Timberwolves could not cover the spread against the Pistons, they were made to work in that game and gave their starters more minutes than they intended. The Grizzlies have the second-worst offense in the league currently they are only averaging 108.3 ppg and here they are without Desmond Bane. Minnesota is a top-10 defensive side in the league they will contain the Grizzlies, take the under here.

Suggested Bet: Under 225