Today's Best NBA Bets: Odds, lines & picks for Thursday, Feb. 9

There are four games on Thursday's NBA slate, meaning bettors will have plenty of opportunities for action. Some of tonight's most intriguing lines are in the Bucks-Lakers, Bulls-Nets, and Suns-Hawks games, and the betting experts from BetQL have sorted through all the odds to help you find the best wagers.

Today's Best NBA Bets: Odds, lines, & picks for Thursday

By Kate Constable

Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James meet tonight when the Lakers (25-30 SU, 24-28-3 ATS, 31-23 O/U) host the Bucks (37-7 SU, 29-22-3 ATS, 27-27 O/U).

Is LeBron James going to play with the same amount of urgency tonight after breaking the all-time scoring record on Tuesday? Yeah, maybe, because it’s LeBron, but I also think we could see a bit of a hangover effect from The King. Couple that with the fact that Russell Westbrook was traded and won’t be on the floor to manage the Lakers' second unit. Also, what’s up with Anthony Davis? Is there beef between him and LeBron after he didn’t cheer when LeBron broke the record? I have a lot of questions about what this Lakers team might look like tonight. I don’t have any questions about what we’ll get from the Bucks, so I’ll lay the points with them on the road.

PICK: Bucks -6

After trading away Kevin Durant in the middle of the night, the Nets (32-22 SU, 28-25-1 ATS, 25-28 O/U) must now turn their attention to the Bulls (26-28 SU, 29-24-1 ATS, 24-29 O/U).

The Bulls are on my “do-not-bet” list, but I’m going to make an exception tonight because they’re going up against a Nets team that just traded away their two best players over the past three days. Losing Kyrie Irving is one thing, but losing Kevin Durant is a whole other thing. I think that deflates Brooklyn in the short term before it gets Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges in uniform. The Bulls get the win on the road tonight.

PICK: Bulls ML

The Suns (30-26 SU, 29-26-1 ATS, 24-31 O/U) are on the road taking on the Hawks (27-28 SU, 23-31-1 ATS, 30-25 O/U).

The Suns are going to be extremely thin tonight, with Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson traded away and Devin Booker out for injury management. Not to mention Cam Payne and Landry Shamet are still sidelined with injuries. Phoenix will still have Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton available tonight, but against a fully healthy Hawks team, I'm not sure that's going to be enough. The Suns got throttled by the Hawks at the start of the month, losing by 32 on their home floor. A revenge game on the road doesn't seem doable with everything the organization is dealing with right now. If you want to bet on the Suns, I'd look to Ayton's props because he should be able to dominate Atlanta's frontcourt. Other than that, I think this is going to be a bit of a throwaway game for Phoenix while it gets ready to welcome Kevin Durant to town.