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San Antonio heads to the American Airlines Center on Thursday night for an 8:30 PM tip on KFAA, and the matchup is a classic “contender vs retooling” spot. The Spurs are 33-16 and sitting near the top of the West, playing balanced basketball with a real defensive floor and enough half-court creation to win on the road. Dallas is 19-31, sliding hard with a five-game losing streak, and they’re still adjusting after major roster movement. That kind of transition can show up in the margins: rotation roles, late-game execution, and defensive communication. Laying points on the road is never free, but this is a spot where the better team also has the cleaner identity. These are current betting lines, but

Chicago heads north for a Thursday night spot at Scotiabank Arena, with tip set for 7:30 PM on Amaz. The Bulls are 24-27 and stuck in a short skid, but their offense is still live because they play fast and generate a lot of clean looks when the pace gets loose. Toronto is 30-22 and sitting in a better tier of the East race, but they just dropped a tight one and they’re still tinkering with lineups as the deadline approaches. The betting market has Toronto laying a full nine at home with a mid-220s total. That tells you the expectation is Raptors control, Bulls offense comes back to earth, and Toronto’s defense wins enough possessions to create separation. The

The Tampa Bay Lightning play host to the Florida Panthers tonight at Benchmark International Arena for a high-stakes installment of the Sunshine State rivalry. Tampa Bay currently sits atop the Eastern Conference with an elite 36-14-4 record, recently extending their dominant run with a gritty 4-3 overtime win against Buffalo. The Lightning have been nearly untouchable over the last few weeks, winning nine of their last ten games. With a chance to widen their lead in the Atlantic Division before the Olympic break, the Bolts enter this 7:30 PM ET matchup on ESPN+ with the wind at their backs. Florida heads north to Tampa with a 29-24-3 record, desperately needing to stabilize their season after slipping to 12th in the

Washington heads to Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night for a 7:00 PM tip, and the gap between these teams is obvious in the standings and in how they’ve been playing. Detroit is 37-12, top of the East, and rolling into the break with one of the league’s best two-way profiles. Washington is 13-36, still in transition mode, and coming off a rough loss that exposed how thin the margin can be when the offense stalls. The market is asking Detroit to win big again, laying 14.5 with a total of 227. That’s a pretty clean read: Pistons defense controls the game, Wizards struggle to score efficiently, and the favorite pulls away. The only real question for bettors is whether