NBA Friday Parlay: Heat to Finally Heat up vs Wizards

Take the Heat to Roll…

The Miami Heat might have some legitimate issues, but they’re much better than this. The Washington Wizards? They are legitimately bad. At some point the Heat are going to put a complete night together against a crappy squad and just flat out roll.

This might be it.

Miami attacks the regular season like an old man at a buffet who knows there’s some fresh food coming out soon. He’s in no hurry, sees no need to get in line. He’ll get his and he’ll get it good when the time comes.

But right now there’s some delays, some trouble in the kitchen and his stomach is grumbling. Indeed, this man is feeling the urge to act. And the Heat (remember, this is about the NBA, not the all-you-can-eat…apologies for the duration of that analogy) are starting to feel that urge as well.

Take Bam Adebayo, who said this after the team blew a double-digit lead against Brooklyn the other night: “We don’t want to dig this hole too deep.”

Adebayo is one reason the Heat lead the NBA in field-goal attempts per game between 10 and 14 feet and rank second between 15 and 19 feet. Those are two zones where the Wizards are dead last in opponents’ field-goal percentage (53.6 and 64.7 percent, respectively). Bam and his buddies will eat them alive in the mid-range game, with an overdue Jimmy Butler finally putting up a big game.

Among the best parlays and picks NBA-style on Friday will involve taking the Heat at home to win big.

NBA Parlay Pick: Miami Heat -9

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…And the Nets will Keep it Close in Chi-Town

If you’ve been paying attention early on, we like the Brooklyn Nets to do some pretty good things this season. It’s not a championship squad, but it will compete with what has the potential to be a very good defensive squad now filled with just enough scorers to keep pace in the competitive Atlantic.

The win in Miami on Wednesday saw Brooklyn close the game on a 38-17 surge. It was another showcase for Mikal Bridges, who is growing into his role as “The Man” in Brooklyn.

The Nets remain without star center Nic Claxton (ankle), which gives us some pause in making this bet online. But Brooklyn is 4-0 against the NBA spreads so far and we think it can play a close one against an up-and-down Bulls squad that’s 1-4 against the spread.

NBA Parlay Pick: Nets +3½

…And Lean Heavily on Jalen Williams vs Golden State

Here’s the deal. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is out for this game (knee). In the last six games that Jalen Williams has played with Gilgeous-Alexander on the sidelines, he’s averaged 25 points.

Each of those contests saw Williams score at least 20 points, so taking the over at 19.5 sounds elementary. Add in the fact that the second-year standout is shooting 53% over his last three games and scored 19 twice against the Warriors as a rookie, and we have more reason to take this selection at the sportsbook.

NBA Parlay Pick: Jalen Williams Over 19½ Points

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