NBA odds, picks, lines, predictions, schedule, best bets for Feb. 26: This three-way parlay pays 6-1

There are only three games on the NBA schedule for Tuesday, but they include two mammoth, nationally-televised conference showdowns. Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors (-4) host Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (-3) hosting Russell Westbrook, Paul George and the Oklahoma City Thunder at 10:30 p.m. ET. Fans everywhere will be playing off NBA odds for these games, but before locking in any NBA picks of your own, check out the top NBA predictions from SportsLine’s proven projection model.

This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, is crushing its NBA picks this season. It entered Week 20 of the 2018-19 NBA season with a sterling 222-169 record on all top-rated picks, returning more than $4,000 to anybody following them. And it has been particularly red-hot on its A-rated NBA picks against the spread, entering Week 20 on a blistering 46-32 run. Anybody who has followed it is way up.

Now the model is dialed in on Tuesday’s NBA schedule, locking in its against-the-spread picks for all three games.

We can tell you the projection model is all over the Nuggets as three-point home favorites against the Thunder in a Western Conference showdown tipping at 10:30 p.m. ET. Denver covers the slim spread in well over 50 percent of the computer simulations.

The Thunder (38-21) have been an underdog just 13 times this season — they covered nine of those times. But the Nuggets (41-18) are the best NBA team at home, with a stellar 26-4 overall record. Against the spread, they’re 21-9 at Pepsi Center. Denver has won four straight and covered in three of them, while OKC is on a 1-2 mini-slide, failing to cover in all three.

Denver has been just fine against OKC in two matchups this season, beating the Thunder by 11 on Dec. 13 (at +2) and by seven on Nov. 23 on the road (at +6). Jokic is averaging 20 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists in two games against OKC while Jamal Murray has produced 20.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 5.0 apg.

Confidently back the Nuggets to cover at home and you could be well on your way to a colossal parlay payoff.

The computer’s spread picks for Magic-Knicks and Celtics-Raptors are also locked in, with one side of the spread hitting in well over 50 percent of simulations in both. Find out everything you need to know to complete your parlay selections over at SportsLine. 

So which Tuesday NBA picks should you back for a huge 6-1 payout? Check out the NBA schedule and odds below, and then visit SportsLine now to get the best bets for the Tuesday NBA schedule, all from the advanced computer model returning more than $4,000 on its top-rated picks this season.

Tuesday’s NBA schedule
(All times Eastern)

Magic at Knicks (+7.5), 7:30 p.m.
Celtics at Raptors (-4), 8 p.m.
Thunder at Nuggets (-3), 10:30 p.m.