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The Dallas Mavericks head to the Moda Center on Friday, March 27, 2026 for a 10:00 PM matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers. Dallas has had a rough season at 23-50 and comes into this game on a five-game losing streak. The Mavericks have also struggled badly away from home, going just 9-27 on the road. Portland enters at 37-37, has won two straight, and owns a solid 20-16 home record. This is a game where Portland looks like the clearly more stable side, but the betting market has also accounted for that with the Trail Blazers laying 10 points. That creates an interesting handicap. Portland has been the better team and has the better current form, yet Dallas still

The Brooklyn Nets head to Crypto.com Arena on Friday, March 27, 2026 for a 10:30 PM tip against the Los Angeles Lakers. Brooklyn comes into this one at 17-56 under Jordi Fernández, stuck in a nine-game slide and sitting 14th in the Eastern Conference. Los Angeles is in a much different spot. JJ Redick’s team is 47-26, third in the West, first in the Pacific, and coming off a win with a strong 23-12 home record. This matchup looks lopsided on paper, and the market reflects that with the Lakers laying 17 points at home. Still, huge NBA spreads are never simple. The Nets have been losing, but they still do a few things that can keep a number this

Illinois and Houston meet in the Sweet 16 on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Toyota Center in Houston, with tipoff set for 10:05 PM ET on TBS and truTV. Illinois comes in at 26-8 after handling Penn and then beating VCU 76-55, while Houston is 30-6 after dominant tournament wins over Idaho and Texas A&M. This is the kind of matchup bettors usually want in March: two high-level teams, two very different paths to control, and a spread that says the margin should stay tight. Houston also gets a setting that feels a little more comfortable than a standard neutral floor. Toyota Center is not a campus gym, obviously, but playing in Houston is still a real edge in terms

Texas has turned this tournament into a real March run, and now the 11-seeded Longhorns get another shot at a heavyweight when they face the 2-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. Tipoff is set for Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET. Texas comes in after an 18-14 regular season and has pushed its overall record to 21-14 by winning three NCAA tournament games, while Purdue is up to 29-8 after taking care of Queens and Miami to reach another regional semifinal. From a betting angle, this is one of the more interesting Sweet 16 spreads on the board. Purdue is laying 7.5 points, the Boilermakers are priced at -345 on