PICKS & PARLAYS

The Brooklyn Nets, 15-43 and locked in lottery mode, travel to TD Garden to face the Boston Celtics on Friday, February 27, tipping off at 7:30 PM ET. With Brooklyn grinding into Boston on the second night of a back-to-back after a 16-point blowout loss to San Antonio on Thursday, and Jayson Tatum (right Achilles) remaining out for the Celtics while Jaylen Brown returns fully healthy from a minor knee contusion, this matchup pits a 38-20 Eastern Conference contender hungry for a bounce-back performance at home against a six-game losing streak Nets squad playing on depleted legs with nothing to lose, as both franchises sit at opposite ends of the standings with Boston chasing the East's top seed and Brooklyn firmly in tank territory, and the Celtics' 12-7 ATS record off losses on the line in what could be one of the most lopsided spreads of the night at 17.5 points.

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 Kings visit the Mavericks tonight with the Kings in disaster mode. Back the Mavericks to cover the spread at -7.5.

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.

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.