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First, Karl-Anthony Towns. Then, Kyrie Irving. So the question for tonight is: Who’s got next?

The 60-point club got two new members over the past two days as Towns and Irving posted the highest point totals of the NBA season. If you think the rest of the league was not paying attention, you are mistaken.

Yes, the King was watching, presumably from a hotel room in Minneapolis where the Lakers have returned to their ancestral roots to face the surging Timberwolves tonight. Los Angeles is a nine-point underdog coming off an 11-point defeat against Toronto that was preceded by a 29-point loss to the Phoenix Suns.

The guy who can single-handedly turn the Lakers’ fortunes around, the line of thinking goes, is James. He continues to bide his time while Anthony Davis recuperates from a sprained foot, and his team continues to hang onto the ninth seed in the West, 1.5 games ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Tonight, Betway is offering a special promotion to all customers: 10-1 odds (+1000) on James scoring 40 or more.

The Lakers still have their believers, and what is fueling their belief that the Lakers can flip a switch in the playoffs is the presence of James, the 37-year-old who refuses to age the same way the rest of us do. He has scored 50, 31 and 30 in his last three games, and it should be noted that his most recent 60-point game happened way back on March 3 2014 when he was playing for the Miami Heat and dropped 61 on the Charlotte Hornets the season after they changed their name from “Bobcats”.

That 61-point outing represented LeBron’s career-high, and if you think he is OK with the fact that Devin Booker sits above him on the list of the NBA’s highest scoring games (Booker had 70 on March 24, 2017), then you need a lesson in Competitiveness 101. The cliff notes version: LeBron does not like to be outdone.

So keep that in mind heading into tonight’s Lakers-Timberwolves game with James averaging 29.74 points, second in the league behind Joel Embiid’s 29.85 and just ahead of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 29.68. All three are in action tonight, all playing on the road. And if you think none of them care about who wins the scoring race, you need another remedial lesson in Competitiveness 101. Cliff notes version: They care. A lot.

This is important to keep in mind coming down the stretch of the NBA season because while most teams are not playing for much (the expansion of the playoffs to 30 teams with the play-in tournament has disincentivized winning during the regular season), the leading scorers in the league are playing for bragging rights and realize that just one single basket could make the difference in who claims the scoring title at season’s end. That means picking the “over” on high-scoring players’ point totals is something you can capitalize on while the rest of the basketball-viewing public is distracted by the NCAA tournament and the draft stock of players from Division I schools. 

Not that the draft is unimportant, but winning this year’s championship should be the paramount endeavor for every team that has a chance. The Suns remain the worthy favorites at odds of +380, followed by Golden State (+450), Brooklyn (+500) and Philadelphia (+750). What of the first-place team in the East, the Miami Heat? They are the 10-1 fifth choice, which goes to show that the oddsmakers are devaluing what they are seeing in the regular season.

Busy night in the Association before the college kids take center stage beginning Thursday. Let’s take a gander at what looks especially good tonight:

Atlanta (+2) at Charlotte: This should be an epic battle for ninth place (is there such a thing?) with the Hawks leading the season series 2-1 and looking to clinch the tiebreaker. Trae Young has been especially hot with 47 and 46 in his last two games to move up to fourth in the scoring race, while Terry Rozier has been the go-to guy for the Hornets with 30-point outings in three of his last five games. Charlotte remains defensively challenged, and the over/under is the highest on the 12-game slate at 237.5. The best play is Young going over 29.5 points (-120), and we will also give you a lukewarm “take the points" (-105) tout on the Hawks.

Philadelphia (-4.5) at Cleveland: Life without Jarrett Allen remains difficult for the Cavs, losers of two in a row before they bounced back against the Clippers in overtime Monday night. This is the third meeting of the season between these teams with the Sixers holding a 2-0 lead, and although we expect that number to increase to 3-0 we do not like giving this many points. But we certainly do like Embiid to take apart rookie Evan Mobley, so your pick is Embiid over 30.5 (-110) along with Lauri Markannen over 14.5 (-120) as he logs heavy, heavy minutes for the Cavs.

Denver (-6) at Washington: Nikola Jokic closed the gap in the MVP race two nights ago by winning at Philly, and he gets a lesser opponent tonight against a Wizards team that lost by 6 on the road the last time these teams played. The Nuggets are prone to playing close games, so stay away from the point spread on this one. The tout instead is Jokic over 1.5 3-pointers made (+160) (as part of your parlay card) because the Joker will get his long-range stroke back at some point. If he really and truly wants the MVP award, he needs to put some distance between himself and Embiid on 3s. Jokic is 90-for-258 this season and Embiid is 75-for-208.

Portland (+11) at New York: The Knicks have been double-digit favorites four times this season (twice against Orlando and once each against Houston and Oklahoma City) and have lost three of those games outright. Why? Because the Knicks stink, that’s why. But before you go taking the Blazers on the money line, remember that Portland is in roster disarray to an extreme degree despite being just one game in back of the Pels for 10th place in the West. This game has “turn the channel” written all over it, and that is what we advise you do while checking back periodically to make sure Evan Fournier is going over 2.5 assists (+140).

Dallas (-1.5) at Brooklyn: The Nets that we saw last night will bear little resemblance to the Nets we see tonight on ESPN unless New York City gets rid of its mask mandate for private employers, something Kevin Durant has publicly called upon Mayor Eric Adams to do, going to far as to label Adams as an attention seeker. The Mavs have the rest advantage and are facing a Nets team that has gone 6-11-1 with a rest disadvantage. The only play that makes sense here is Durant going over 29.5 points (-110).

Phoenix (-11) at Houston: The Suns also are on a back-to-back after defeating New Orleans by 16 last night and then making the short trip to Houston. Phoenix is 11-9-0 against the spread with a rest disadvantage, and they have defeated the Rockets by 12, 26 and 3 in their three meetings this season. Nobody on the Suns had a particularly heavy workload last night, but giving 11 points here seems like too much. Stay away.

L.A. Lakers (+9) at Minnesota: As noted above, your play here is LeBron over 40 at +1000, but leave it off your parlay card.

Oklahoma City (+13.5) at San Antonio: The Thunder have been ‘dogs by at least 13 on a dozen occasions and have gone 7-5 ATS in those games, including a 12-point victory over the Nuggets on March 2 that has been followed by six consecutive losses, a streak they take into tonight’s game against the Spurs. San Antonio has been a double-digit favorite a grand total of one time and covered easily that night against Detroit. With the Spurs going under in six of eight, under 230.5 (-110) seems like a safer pick than giving so many points.

Chicago (+6) at Utah: The Bulls have their defensive stopper back as Alex Caruso returned two games ago, and he could make a difference against Utah’s pair of proficient point guards, Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson. Still, it is hard to get past the fact that Chicago is 0-14 against the Heat, Bucks, Sixers, Suns, Warriors and Grizzlies, the top six teams in the NBA. Utah is only 14-20-1 against the spread as a home favorite and Chicago is 5-11-0 as a road underdog, so there is not one single team trend to play here. But individually, Nikola Vucevic has struggled against Rudy Gobert, going 4-for-19 earlier this season, 5-for-14 last season (he sat out one game vs. the Jazz) and 4-for-15 and 9-for-19 the previous season. His over/under point total is 18.5, which seems about right. Sit this one out, y’all.

Boston (+3) at Golden State: The Celtics are 16-3 since late January but are coming off a home loss to Dallas in which they scored just 92. The Dubs have Draymond Green back, which makes Steph Curry a much better player. The over/under is 221.5, and Golden State has gone over in six of its last eight games in which the over/under was 222 or lower. So the play here is over, and we also like Jayson Tatum to have a bounce-back game in which he competes extra hard against Green and goes over his point total over/under of 29.5 (-110) in the second half of ESPN’s doubleheader.

Milwaukee (-8.5) at Sacramento: Beware the Kings? Well, Sacto is coming off a victory over Chicago, but the Kings’ only other wins since mid-January have been over the Nets, Wizards, Thunder, Spurs and T-Wolves, meaning the quality W total since then is a mere 3. These teams met in late January and combined for 260 points, so what we like here is the over of 241 (-110) despite it being tied for the highest total on the board tonight, along with the Bucks giving the points.

Toronto (-2) at L.A. Clippers:  The Raptors are on a four-game winning streak with the latest three wins coming against the Lakers, Suns and Nuggets. And as much as we like what Ty Lue has done with the Clippers as they have played the majority of the season without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, it is tough to see them slowing down an opponent as hot as the one they are facing tonight. Give the points (-105).