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TST Best Bets: March 25, 2026

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Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton (5) defends against Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) during an NBA game on March 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. As the NBA regular season heads to a close and the buzz of postseason basketball draws near, key playoff seeding battles hang in the balance. In the Western Conference, seed No.

3 through No. 6 may come down to the final couple weeks of the season, as teams like the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets need to stay perfect against the easier matchups remaining on their schedule to maintain the opportunity to host a first-round playoff series. Meanwhile, this Wednesday night slate of hoops also blesses us with a premier matchup between the two teams with the highest NBA Championship odds going into the postseason, as the Boston Celtics host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a potential NBA Finals preview.

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All new players get a 50% welcome bonus and up to $250 in free bets. First Pick: Denver Nuggets vs. Dallas Mavericks — Over 245 Rundown: The current No.

4 seed in the West, the Nuggets are not peaking heading into the end of the season. Over the last two months, Denver grades out as a league-average team, going 13-13 in their last 26 games. But with forward Peyton Watson’s return from injury on Sunday, March 22, the Nuggets are finally fully healthy again and in prime position to string together a few wins to secure a top-4 playoff seed.