2013 NBA Basketball Betting – Next Week Picks For Games On Monday, March 25

No college football betting student could forget that the Miami Hurricanes and the USC Trojans both uncorked 34-game winning streaks in the first several years of the 21st century. In this NBA season, we could be seeing two huge winning streaks unfold at similar points on the calendar. The Miami Heat are currently riding a 24-game win binge, but the Denver Nuggets have won 13 in a row. If the Nuggets can take care of business in upcoming home games against Philadelphia and Sacramento, they should carry a 15-game winning streak into this contest against the New Orleans Hornets.

You know that Denver will want to continue this streak, but you also know that New Orleans is going to be extremely fired up about this contest and will treat it as something of a Super Bowl, since the Hornets are not going to make the playoffs this season. Denver, while on this winning streak, has won some big games on the road, including victories in Chicago and especially Oklahoma City. However, the Nuggets are a little more volatile than the Miami Heat, and one gets the sense that they’re just going to have one of those nights when nothing goes right. Take New Orleans in the upset.

NBA Basketball Betting Pick: New Orleans

Game 2: Philadelphia 76ers @ Utah Jazz – Monday, March 25

When people enjoy betting on sports, they know that they should look at both sides of the equation, not just one. Online football sports betting pundits need to weigh strengths and weaknesses in tandem with each other. What they and other observers will find in this game is that both the 76ers and Jazz are sliding downward. Neither team inspires confidence. Both sides are running out of steam under coaches that are groping for answers, but without any shred of success or hope. Ultimately, if all other factors are relatively equal, the presence of home-court advantage should serve as a tiebreaker. Utah is a team that plays well on its home floor in Salt Lake City. That should be enough to tip the scales in favor of the Jazz.

NBA Basketball Betting Pick: Utah