Name: Wednesday NBA Matchup Previews and Betting Insights
Uploaded: 2025-12-17T18:27:00-05:00
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Description: Dexter Henry breaks down the top games on the NBA slate, including the Cavaliers vs. Bulls & Grizzlies vs. Timberwolves, focusing on star players and tactics.

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Dexter Henry breaks down the top games on the NBA slate, including the Cavaliers vs. Bulls &amp; Grizzlies vs. Timberwolves, focusing on star players and tactics.

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Now that the cup is in the rearview mirror, let's move forward and take a look at some of the games coming up in the National Basketball Association as we bring back Dexter Henry to preview those. Dexter, once again, thanks for spending some extra time with us here on the show to go over it all. Uh, tonight, let's start off 8 o'clock Eastern. And all eyes will be on a couple of matchups here. We've got the Cavs taking on the Bulls, Cleveland 5.5 point favorites in this one, total of 242.5. Cleveland starting to play better basketball. Tell me why uh the Cavs are bigger favorites than I expect in this game tonight. Well, look, the, the Cavs have struggled. They've dealt with some injuries. Um, they've had a lot, a lot of issues in terms of scoring the basketball. Darrius Garland has not looked as good as we thought he would look. But this is a, this to be a must-win for the Cavs. I think Vegas understands that as well too, and that's why they're huge favorites here. They have not played well. They've lost 6 times in their last 10 games, including a loss to Charlotte. So, this isn't good. The Cavs need to make a move here up in the east. The Bulls. have been, uh, you know, I'd say middling team since their hot start, start, and they're kind of in the range of what most of us expected them to be in the play. So, this to me is a must-win for the Cavs. I, I understand that, you know, they're on the road here, but the Cavs have to get this done. They, they're huge favorites. They just have too much talent there with Donovan Mitchell. I know Evan Mobley is a little bit shaky in, in terms of this and, and playing, and, but they've got enough talent here to get it done. So, I would take them to cover here. I think they know they have to turn it around. This is a game they have to get. And if they're gonna turn around, you have to beat a team like the Bulls. And I think they can cover the 5.5 tonight. All right, let's get to Grizzlies and Timberwolves. This has gotta be a really tough game to bet, not knowing if John Moran is gonna play or not, but that's the scenario tonight. And I guess why, that's why Minnesota's 7.5 point favorites, total of 2:30.5. They'll tip off at 8 o'clock Eastern. They're saying that he is questionable with an ankle issue. Dexter, uh, I don't need to tell you that this line is telling me he ain't playing tonight against Minnesota. But yeah, go ahead. No, no, no, I was gonna say the line absolutely tells you that. I mean, the other thing to watch too is Anthony Edwards has been dealing with a bit of a foot issue. So I, I would keep an eye on that line. If you're very confident in Minnesota, um, you know, I would keep an eye on that line. Maybe that drops a little bit too, if Edwards does not play. But yes, I think that line indicates John Morant will not play. Now, Memphis has been playing better here as of. Late. But I think Minnesota, who's been solid, um, they, they're, you know, around top 67 in the West. They're a team that plays really good defensively. They rebound the ball well. Those actually go against what aren't the strengths of the Grizzlies right now. They're not as good of a rebounding team. So, I would say if you're going to bet this game, look at rebounds, the rebounding numbers 4. You know, Julius Randall, if you want to, Rudy Gobert, if you want to in this one. And I might actually be inclined to fade the under in the rebounding totals for guys like John, excuse me, John, I was gonna say John Morant, not John Morant, but Triple J, Jarrett Jackson Jr. You know, he's only averaging about 5 boards on the game, and then his rebounding line is 5.5. Not really strong there, strong rebounding. He's going up against some good ones, and I didn't even mention Naz Reed, another guy that Minnesota can throw into the front court. So. I look, I would look at props like that. Fade Jarron Jackson Jr. here in the under on his rebounds, go over with Julius Randall and Rudy Gobert. Those are guys like the matchup. And then as far as the line, I would take, I take the Timberwolves in this. 7.5 is a little bit much, but I think that might come down if they don't have Anthony Edwards. So that would be interesting. But even with Anthony Edwards, I like the Timberwolves, especially if they have no John Morant on the other side of Memphis. I like the Timberwolves to win this one easily. Probably doesn't matter if, uh, no offense to them, but if Edwards doesn't play, Minnesota still has a lot of other playmakers there. Uh, all right, so, yeah, so in Las Vegas, very interesting conversation, uh, with Adam Silver, who of course is gonna meet at these big events with the media. He did get asked very specifically about this gambling situation with Terry Rozier and how it currently affects the Miami Heat. Now, naturally, the Heat is more or less handcuffed by the situation because Uh, Dexter, as you know, regardless of what is being reported, because it's legal, Rozier, while he's been accused, has not been convicted of anything at this point. And so the NBA has to allow some due diligence to happen here. Here is Adam Silver discussing the heat situation with Rozier, who's being accused of betting on his props. We don't have ultimately, um, the, you know, the leverage, the authority that federal investigators have, so. You know, we take a backseat to their work so timeline uncertain in terms of Miami, you know this is an unprecedented situation and I think I'm, I'm incredibly sympathetic to the Heat and to their fans, but I think, you know, we're we're gonna try to work something through work this out with them, but there's no, there's no obvious solution here. I would just say that, um, you know, that there's, there's no doubt at the moment they have a player that can perform services for them. And um, you know, and, and as to the draft pick they conveyed, um, you know, obviously he, he, he hasn't been convicted of anything yet either um but this is an unfortunate circumstance, um, but you know sometimes there's these unique events and maybe sometimes you know they require unique solutions so we'll be looking at this with the Heat and the other teams in the league and see if there's any satisfactory relief, but at the moment, um, there is none. Yeah, I, I think they will find something, Dexter, but really, isn't, isn't this more of the story? All of a sudden, the Heat's playing horrible, right? So the Heat is like, wait a second, we lost 5 games in a row. They, you know, they're scratching, clawing for anything that they could have. I mean, 2 weeks ago, I thought, wait a second, the Heat may be the biggest overachiever in the NBA. They have regressed to the mean. They probably wanna make some moves here at the deadline, picks, etc. but there isn't really anything that they could do and it doesn't seem like Adam Silver has any answer, at least yet. Yeah, cause he can't, you know, he's kind of talk, he's kind of, his hands are really tied, and Adam Silver kind of went a long way about to say there's nothing we can do right now, because you don't want to take any action when there has not been any legal action exactly on Terry Rozier, and he hasn't been charged with anything yet. So, you can't do any of that. As far as the heat goes, Craig. You know, their offense, which was playing with a lot of this pace so early in the season, really caught a lot of teams off guard. Uh, no ball screens offense was looking really good. That offense has kind of slowed down since Tyler Hero has returned. And I think that brings up a lot of questions as to whether or not he's actually a good fit long term in Miami. Does he work with what they're trying to do? I think that's something they will explore. The Heat are always aggressive, you know, they always want to try to get a star. They will try to get their name in the Giannis conversation. So we'll see what happens with the Heat, but, uh, there's not gonna be any relief coming with the Terry Rozier situation, I don't think anytime soon. I agree. Dexter, uh, thanks so much for spending some time with us here on Newswire. Happy holidays to you and your family. We'll catch up again soon. Thanks again. Thank you, my friend. Happy holidays to you. Thank you so much.

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