The 2025-2026 NBA Season is over a month in, and the 3rd Annual NBA Cup is entering the midway point of the Group Play stage.

Here's today's schedule, along with data from our Expert Picks on where most of the Point Spread bets are:

Pacers (+14.5, 54%) @ Cavaliers - 7 p.m. ET
Nets (+14.5, 52%) @ Celtics - 7:30 p.m. ET
Wizards @ Raptors (-14, 78%) - 7:30 p.m. ET
Heat @ Bulls (-2.5, 65%) - 8 p.m. ET
Pelicans @ Mavericks (-4.5, 76%) - 8:30 p.m. ET
Timberwolves @ Suns (+4.5, 57%) - 9 p.m. ET
Nuggets (+2.5, 52%) @ Rockets - 9:30 p.m. ET
Thunder @ Jazz (+16.5, 62%) - 10 p.m. ET
Trail Blazers @ Warriors (-8.5, 67%) - 10 p.m. ET

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Arbitrage Bets

The NBA is one of the best sports to take advantage of guaranteed profit Arbitrage Bets, as there are multiple games almost every day during the regular season.

Our Arbitrage Tracker finds opportunities for guaranteed profit every day across all sports. Today, we're currently seeing 54 Arbitrage opportunities in the NBA, and even more in other sports and leagues.

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Middle Bets

Middle Betting is not a strategy that produced guaranteed profit, but it does create chances for big profits with limited risk. Middle Bets are tough to land, but you only need to win a few to generate profit.

Using our Most Profitable Markets Tool, we're able to find betting markets that are having success over the last 7 Days, 14 Days, 30 Days and the Full Season.

For example, there are 5 NBA Markets with over 100% ROI so far this season.

Total Steals: 418% ROI on 17 Bets
Total Three-Pointers Made: 253% ROI on 48 Bets
Total Blocks & Steals: 213% ROI on 7 Bets
Total Assists: 177% ROI on 349 Bets
Total Rebounds: 100% ROI on 877 Bets

With a BetSmart trial, you can use our Middle Betting Tracker instantly and browse through 239 middle betting opportunities in tonight's NBA Cup action.

Positive EV

Another great long-term strategy is placing wagers with Positive Expected Value (EV).

With our Positive EV Tracker, you can currently find 185 wagers where the true probability is more favorable than the sportsbook odds suggest. The tool shows the best available odds for various markets, and several helpful data points such as Implied Probability, EV Percentage, and recent form with Last 5, 10, 15, and Full Season success rates.

Player Props

Our Prop Finder Tool provides crucial betting data for thousands of player props across all sports and leagues. In fact, you can analyze data on over 3,500 NBA prop bets today alone.

See how players have fared with various prop betting lines over their last 5, 10, and 15 Games, as well as the Full Season.

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