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Top NBA Betting Picks for Sunday, January 17

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Today promises a full day of basketball — the first game tips off at 1:00 PM, and the action won’t stop until around midnight on the east coast, as the last game tips off at 10:00 PM. If you’re looking to get some skin in the game, here are our recommended picks for Sunday’s matchups.

Here are the top NBA betting plays for Sunday, January 17, provided by BettingPros experts Raju Byfield and Isaiah Sirois (Main game odds courtesy BettingPros Consensus; lock and prop odds sites may vary):

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Betting Lock of the Day

Sirois: Pacers +6.5 (-106 at FD Sportsbook)

The Pacers may no longer have Victor Oladipo, and they won’t have Caris LeVert for some time, but they still throttled the Trail Blazers by a 24-point margin without both of them earlier this week. They’ll play the Clippers tonight, and I think that they’ll cover the spread against them. Both teams play at below-average paces; the Pacers rank 17th in possessions per game (104.2), while the Clippers rank 29th (98.5). This will be a low-scoring game, and the Pacers should be able to keep it close enough to cover. My efficiency-based model is predicting a 2.7-point Pacers loss.

Best Team Prop of the Day

Sirois: Clippers Under 113.5 (-120 at FD Sportsbook)

Wow, what? This total should not be set so high. The Clippers are one of the league’s slowest teams, and they average barely more points per game than this total (113.8). That’s a big deal against a team like the Pacers, as Indiana gives up the 10th-fewest points per game (108.2) and ranks seventh in defensive efficiency. The Clippers may emerge victorious tonight, but it won’t be because they scored 114-plus points.

Best Player Prop of the Day

Sirois: Kawhi Leonard Under 34.5 Points and Rebounds (-116 at FD Sportsbook)

Kawhi Leonard is averaging 29.9 points and rebounds per game, which sits comfortably below this total. Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers give up just 29.4 points and rebounds per game to opposing shooting guards (where Leonard has played 63% of the time this season, per Basketball Reference) and 30.1 per game to opposing small forwards. All figures point to the under here, as does the game’s posted total, which sits at 219.5.

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