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There's another full night of NBA action on Wednesday with a dozen games on the schedule, highlighted by spotlight matchups such as Knicks (-4.5) vs. Magic at 7 p.m. ET and Thunder (-7.5) vs. Lakers at 9:30 p.m. ET. Other NBA odds of note include Spurs (-4.5) vs. Warriors and Nuggets (-3.5) vs. Clippers. What are the NBA best bets for Wednesday, and which combination of picks should you target in a Wednesday NBA parlay? Before locking in any NBA picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven computer model.New users can target the DraftKings promo code, which offers $300 in bonus bets if your bet wins + 3 months of NBA League Pass:The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in betting pr...

The Athletic has live coverage of Crystal Palace vs Liverpool in the Community ShieldCrystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has arrived in Lausanne to present the club’s case for reinstatement to the Europa League.Parish and Palace’s lawyers have headed to Switzerland for their appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which will be heard on Friday, after they were demoted to the Conference League for breaching European football governing body UEFA’s multi-club ownership (MCO) rules.UEFA deemed the 43 per cent stake that Eagle Football, via its chairman John Textor, owned in Palace to be in conflict with Eagle’s majority stake in French side Lyon after both clubs qualified for the Europa League. “I’m always positive,” said Palace boss Oliver Glasner at a press conference on ...

The post-Nico Harrison era is finally upon the Dallas Mavericks. It took about nine months too long to reach that decision, but better late than never? The result of Harrison being the GM and trading away a megastar like Luka Doncic is Anthony Davis now being on the team because he had a weird fascination with him. Davis has played in just 14 of a possible 44 games since he was traded to Dallas, which was entirely predictable given his entire NBA career. Davis has missed the last six games with a low-grade calf strain suffered against the Indiana Pacers at the end of October. Davis has wanted to return in the last few games, but the Mavs are showing caution and not playing him until they're confident he's ready to go. Dallas is playing against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, and both ...

The Athletic has live coverage of Crystal Palace vs Liverpool in the Community ShieldCommon sense would suggest that confirmation of John Textor’s exit from Crystal Palace should resolve the issues around the Premier League club’s connection to French side Lyon. After all, the American investor has now both sold his Palace stake and left all positions of authority at Lyon.Unfortunately, one person’s common sense is another’s opinion — fun to debate, but not the best foundations for a cross-border sports competition involving huge prizes.To do that, you are better off with a set of written rules which are fair, proportionate, transparent and well-drafted. If they are not, well, that’s why we invented lawyers.This is where Palace find themselves: denied entrance to the Europa League, the com...

The Houston Rockets' 2025-26 campaign has been pretty good, considering their warts and weaknesses. Although coach Ime Udoka isn't an offensive mind (far from it, actually), the Rockets rank first in offensive efficiency. They've fared far better than anticipated, even though they struggle to get the ball to Kevin Durant more often than one would like. For reference, Durant is taking just 16.3 shots per contest, which is a career low, even for Durant, who has been scrutinized for not taking enough shots.Yet and still, he's averaging 24.8 points on 62.6 percent true shooting. In other words, yet and still, he's Kevin Durant nonetheless.Like he infamously said, we know who he is.The Rockets have absolutely been lighting it up from the outside -- to the tune of 42.8 percent, which ranks first...

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner says he would not swap their Community Shield victory for a spot in next season's Europa League.The FA Cup holders claimed their second trophy in three months - and first Community Shield - by overcoming Premier League champions Liverpool on penalties after the match ended 2-2 at Wembley.Palace will find out on Monday whether they will be allowed to play in Europe's second-tier cup competition in 2025-26.The Eagles were demoted to the Uefa Conference League as punishment for breaching multi-club ownership rules, as American businessman John Textor owns a stake in the club and is the majority owner of Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa League.An appeal was submitted against their demotion with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).The appeal is ...

The biggest story about NBA transactions over the past 25 years is how much we’ve come to care about transactions. A quarter-century ago, we talked a lot about Shaq and Kobe, but it was about how they operated on the basketball court or in the locker room, not in relation to their cap numbers and impact on the second apron.Contrast that with my experience on a Saturday night in San Antonio this past February. I saw a fantastic game between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat that ended on a Bam Adebayo buzzer-beater … and all that was totally forgotten by the time I got back to my hotel and saw that (gasp!) Luka Dončić had been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.This was the biggest story of the year, and the words I wrote that night are my most-viewed story at The Athletic. (To be clear, I...

Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski has been seen stepping up his recovery from a long-term knee injury.The Swede has been on the sidelines since May after picking up the issue against Crystal Palace that ruled him out of the Europa League final ten days later.AdvertisementAnge Postecoglou initially said at the time it "looked like a knock", but Kulusevski instead underwent surgery and has not played a single minute under Thomas Frank.The Spurs boss said at the end of October that Kulusevski was not yet on the grass, though progress appears to have been made.The 25-year-old has been enjoying some warm-weather training in Dubai during the international break and has been joined by Destiny Udogie, who shared footage of Kulusevski's training session on social media.AdvertisementWorking with a Spu...

Don’t know which section will start it off tonight. But you’d think that within a few minutes during the Mavericks’ home game tonight against Phoenix, all of American Airlines Center will be united in a full-throated chant of “Sell The Team.” And that chant will continue throughout the game, and during Friday’s NBA Cup game with the Clippers, and so on, and so on.Everyone’s still mad about the Luka Dončić trade, right?Or did the pound of desired flesh by the Mavs’ fan base end, along with its months-long siren song of “Fire Nico” during home games, with the sacking of the now-former general manager who recommended trading Dončić to the Lakers, rather than the ownership group that okayed it? Is everyone good just watching Cooper Flagg do work from now on?Nico Harrison is gone, his place in ...

Watch: Rodriguez scores ‘incredible’ bicycle kick in blizzard in Canadian Premier League finalVideo credit: SNTVForest want £100m for AndersonThe Sun believes that Nottingham Forest want to get £100 million should they sell Manchester United target Elliot Anderson.United have been linked with the 22-year-old for much of the last year, with Adam Wharton another option.The paper states: "Forest are eyeing an unlikely £100 million for Anderson which would break United’s current transfer record, £89m for Paul Pogba in 2016."The 22-year-old midfielder is one of the Premier League’s most exciting young talents and firmly on Ruben Amorim’s radar after impressing in Forest’s clash with United at the City Ground."Anderson dominated against United, showing the control, energy and maturity that Amori...