NFL Week 17 - CFB Bowls thru 12/22 - 74 Pages!

Today’s Free Picks

The PLAY: Houston Texans -14.5 (-110)

We'll keep this one about as short as the amount of time the Raiders' offense spent on the field on Sunday. Very short. Las Vegas is responsible for two of the worst offensive games in the NFL over the last decade, and they have both occurred in the last two months. On October 19, the Raiders generated 95 total yards with three first downs against Kansas City. Las Vegas' offense was only on the field for 17:52 in that contest and they went 0-for-7 on third down. If you thought it couldn't get worse than that, the silver-and-black gave it their best effort last week against the Eagles. The Raiders finished with 75 total yards on 1.8 yards per play. Houston has won its last six games, covering the spread in five of them. At the end of last season, Las Vegas won two of its final three games to take the Raiders out of pole position for the potential No. 1 draft pick. NFL teams don't throw the "t-word" around very often, but let's just say, Tom Brady and Co. are making sure that the Raiders don't accidentally win a couple games down the stretch.

The PLAY: Total Under 234.0 (-110)

We've reached the finals of the NBA In-Season Tournament as the Knicks and Spurs will battle for a cool trophy, a lot of cash and a fun night at Marquee Nightclub or TAO (we assume) on the Las Vegas Strip. The home team has won each of the last seven meetings in this cross-conference matchup, but that won't matter in this trip to T-Mobile Arena. The Knicks earned a three-point home win over San Antonio on Christmas Day last season, and the Spurs returned the favor with a 15-point home win in March. New York has won-and-covered five-straight games including victories over Toronto and Orlando to reach the title game. The Knicks are 9-1 straight-up and against the spread over their last ten games. San Antonio pulled off back-to-back upset wins over the Lakers and Thunder to reach the finals. Victor Wembanyama returned from a one-month absence against Oklahoma City on Saturday, scoring 22 points with nine rebounds while coming off the bench in a limited role. We are interested in the under in this contest as we expect the intensity to be high. The winning players and coaches are projected to take home a little over $500,000. In the eight semifinal/championship games played at T-Mobile Arena, we've seen an average of 221.3 points per game over the last three seasons. The under is 9-4 in New York's last 13 games. Over the last ten games, the Knicks have played at the second-slowest pace in the league. Wembanyama played in the Christmas Day game last season, but missed the second one. In the game that he played, he recorded four blocks, one steal and 16 defensive rebounds. Miles Bridges was red-hot for the Knicks scoring 41 points in that contest, but outside of him, the rest of the team shot 37.3-percent from the floor and 23.3-percent from three-point range. The Spurs' defense just did the same thing with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder on Saturday. San Antonio let the MVP get his buckets, but outside of him, Oklahoma City shot 37.7-percent from the floor and 26.7-percent from the three-point line. If we can avoid the red-hot night from Bridges, Jalen Brunson or one of the Spurs' key guards, we expect this game to stay under the total.