PICKS & PARLAYS

The Memphis Grizzlies (21-36) travel to American Airlines Center to face the Dallas Mavericks (21-37) on Friday, February 27, tipping off at 8:30 PM ET, with Cooper Flagg ruled out for his sixth straight game due to a left midfoot sprain, Kyrie Irving's season already finished with a knee injury, and Daniel Gafford listed as questionable, putting a Dallas team on the back end of a back-to-back after dropping 130-121 to Sacramento at home Thursday night up against a Grizzlies squad that is just as depleted on paper but arrives with a full day of rest, a 7-of-8 head-to-head edge against this Mavs team, and a net rating essentially identical to Dallas's own, making the 5.5-point home line for a team that has covered just three times in twelve home favorite spots and has dropped six straight at American Airlines Center a very hard sell.

The Grizzlies and Mavericks and the Nuggets and Thunder are squaring off on Friday, with Walter Clayton and Memphis looking for a big away win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder host the Nuggets seeking to capture a big win. McBets is targeting both players in his two game parlay.

In a stacked Thursday NBA slate the Lakers visit the Suns tonight with the Lakers on thin ice. Expect a lower scoring game and back Under 217.5.

In a stacked Thursday NBA slate the Kings visit the Mavericks tonight with the Kings in disaster mode. Back the Mavericks to cover the spread at -7.5.

Washington Wizards, sitting 13th in the Eastern Conference at 16-41, travel to face the 9th-placed Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena on Thursday, February 26, tipping off at 7:30 PM ET. With the Wizards returning to the same building where they got blown out 119-98 just 48 hours earlier, and still without Trae Young (knee MCL/quad), Anthony Davis (hand), and Alex Sarr (hamstring), this matchup pits a skeleton-crew Washington squad against a Hawks team riding a fresh Jonathan Kuminga debut buzz at home, as Atlanta fights to hold its Play-In spot with Miami closing in and the Eastern Conference postseason picture tightening in the final stretch of the 2025-26 campaign.