INSIGHT

The Chicago Bulls (26-37) travel to Golden 1 Center to face the Sacramento Kings (14-50) on Sunday, March 8, tipping off at 9:00 PM ET, with Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis each listed as questionable after sitting out Thursday's game in Phoenix with ankle sprains. Sacramento reached loss number 50 on Friday, dropping 133-123 at home to New Orleans to push their losing streak to three, with Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and Keegan Murray all unavailable for what remains of a season Sacramento would rather fast-forward. Chicago opened as a 2.5-point road favorite, and the total sits at 234, which asks a lot from an offense averaging 110.4 points per game. Collin Sexton just put up 30 in a road upset over Phoenix without the two players listed as questionable tonight, making it three straight 20-plus performances, and the Kings rank last in the Western Conference in three-point shooting at 33.4%.

The Indiana Pacers (15-48) stumble into Moda Center to face the Portland Trail Blazers (30-34) on Sunday, March 8, tipping off at 9:00 PM ET, with Deni Avdija confirmed out for his eighth consecutive game due to lower back injury management and Shaedon Sharpe already ruled out for the rest of the regular season with a fibula stress reaction. Portland opened as a significant home favorite and the spread settled at -8.5 (-115), with the total hovering at 237.0, setting up a matchup where the Blazers are the better team on paper but their cover rate as big favorites is genuinely alarming. Indiana is 0-8 straight up in its last eight, on the road with short rest after a Friday night loss in Los Angeles, and riding a 1-5 ATS record in its last six games against Portland. Those are all the obvious reasons to ignore the Pacers. The less obvious reason to back them at +8.5 is that Portland is 1-5 ATS in games they were favored by 8.5 points or more this season and 0-7 ATS in its last seven March games The line is doing most of the work for Indiana here.

The Orlando Magic (34-28), fresh off a 27-point demolition of Minnesota on Saturday, travel to Fiserv Forum to face the Milwaukee Bucks (27-35) on Sunday, March 8, tipping off at 8:00 PM ET, with Franz Wagner confirmed out with an ankle injury, Anthony Black day-to-day with a quad contusion, and Giannis Antetokounmpo still working through a minutes restriction just three games into his return from a 15-game calf absence. Orlando opened as a 3.5-point road favorite, the total sits at 219.5, and both teams are running on the second night of a back-to-back. The spread tells you the talent gap; the calendar tells you this one stays sloppy.

The Wizards and Pelicans and the Pistons and Heat are squaring off on Sunday, with Dejounte Murray and New Orleans looking for a win in front of their home crowd. Duncan Robinson and the Pistons visit Miami seeking to capture a big win. McBets is targeting both players in his two game parlay.

The Knicks will look to reassert themselves in the East on Sunday afternoon as they take on the Lakers on ABC. Can OG Anunoby help the Knicks stay hot on the road? The Wolf is targeting the star guard in his Knicks vs. Lakers best bet today for Sunday, March 8th.