Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Monday, November 17

RotoWire's experts provide their favorite bets for Monday's NBA slate, including leans on the Bucks-Cavaliers game and the Knicks-Heat matchup.
Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Monday, November 17
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Best NBA Bets Today

Miami Heat to cover -1.5 points (-110) vs. New York Knicks

Bet365, 5:03 PM CT

Alex Barutha: The Heat are still without Bam Adebayo, but the bigger impact is the Knicks being without both Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby. Miami continues to be great at home and are 5-1 against the spread and straight up while in their own building. Meanwhile, the Knicks are 0-3 ATS and SU on the road.

Milwaukee Bucks +5.5 at Cleveland Cavaliers (-102)

DraftKings Sportsbook - 5:00 p.m. CT

Kirien Sprecher: The Bucks are coming off a horrendous loss to the Lakers on Friday, which was the second night of a back-to-back set. Giannis has been cleared to play Monday, and I think he'll deliver an MVP-caliber performance as the Bucks look for a major bounce-back performance. The Cavaliers were the best regular-season team in the East last season and are certainly contenders, but I'm not convinced Cleveland (or New York for that matter) is head and shoulders better than teams like the Bucks and Pistons. Bucks ML is +210, but give me the points just to be safe.

Donovan Mitchell over 5.5 assists (-113) vs. Milwaukee Bucks

FanDuel, 4:45pm EST

Ken Crites: Darius Garland is once again out for the Cavaliers, meaning Sam Merrill gets another start and Mitchell moves over to PG.  In his last eight games, Spider has averaged 6.1 dimes per contest. A healthy O/U of 235.5 gives me confidence. I can see Merrill helping Mitchell's cause with a few easy catch-and-shoot threes if Buck AJ Green tries to help on Mitchell.  The K-Train is a modest 54-45, so feel free to fade!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.
An early RotoWire contributor from the 90's, K-Train returns with the grace of Gheorghe Muresan and the wisdom of Joe Gibbs. Ken is a two-time FSWA award winner and a co-host on the RW NBA Podcast. Championships incude: 2016 RW Staff NBA Keeper, 2019 RW Staff NFL Ottoneu Keeper, 2022-23 SiriusXM NBA Experts, 2022-23 SiriusXM NBA Kamla Keeper and 2023-24 FSGA NBA Expert Champions. Ken still owns a RotoNews shirt.
Kirien Sprecher is a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who has covered the NBA, NFL and MLB for RotoWire since early 2021. In his free time, Kirien is probably arguing a foul call during a pickup basketball game at a local rec center.
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