NBA December 25, 2025 Best Games

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The Minnesota Timberwolves versus the Denver Nuggets is one of many strong options on Thursday’s NBA schedule.

Here are the betting odds to analyze ahead of Thursday’s NBA action.

Below you’ll find our betting primers for this season, and find all of our betting picks here, too!

Thursday’s Closest Projected NBA Games (by Spread)

Minnesota Timberwolves (20-10) at Denver Nuggets (21-8)

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  • Game Time: 10:30 PM ET | Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Nuggets Last Game: 131-130 L vs Mavericks
  • T-Wolves Last Game: 115-104 W vs Knicks
Spread

Nuggets -1 vs. Timberwolves

Bet $20, Payout $37.86

Houston Rockets (17-10) at Los Angeles Lakers (19-9)

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  • Game Time: 8:00 PM ET | Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Lakers Last Game: 132-108 L vs Suns
  • Rockets Last Game: 128-108 L vs Clippers
Spread

Rockets -2 vs. Lakers

Bet $20, Payout $38.18

Cleveland Cavaliers (17-15) at New York Knicks (21-9)

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  • Game Time: 12:00 PM ET | Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Knicks Last Game: 126-124 W vs Cavaliers
  • Cavs Last Game: 126-124 L vs Knicks
Spread

Knicks -5.5 vs. Cavaliers

Bet $20, Payout $38.18

Dallas Mavericks (12-19) at Golden State Warriors (15-15)

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  • Game Time: 5:00 PM ET | Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Warriors Last Game: 120-97 W vs Magic
  • Mavs Last Game: 131-130 W vs Nuggets
To Cover the Spread

Warriors -8 vs. Mavericks

Bet $20, Payout $38.18

San Antonio Spurs (23-7) at Oklahoma City Thunder (26-5)

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  • Game Time: 2:30 PM ET | Thursday, December 25, 2025
  • Thunder Last Game: 117-102 L vs Spurs
  • Spurs Last Game: 117-102 W vs Thunder
To Cover the Spread

Thunder -9.5 vs. Spurs

Bet $20, Payout $37.54
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Betting Guide

How Money Line Works?

Moneyline betting is by far the easiest way to place a sports wager. There are no point spreads to parse, no garbage-time free throws to ruin your betting day, and no last-minute meaningless touchdowns to take you from a winner to a loser.

How to Bet Odds

When we, as sports fans, learned our multiplication tables, we aced the number 7. Seven, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 were easy because we all watched football on the weekends. Multiplication by sevens, then add a three, a six after a missed PAT.

How to Bet on NFL Games

Baseball is America’s pastime, but football is America’s crazed passion, with its weekly schedule of games, millions of television viewers across the country and the world, and the billion-dollar stadiums that serve as Sunday cathedrals in 32 American cities.

What is the Spread?

If you are a golfer or have ever played on a bowling team, think of a point spread like a handicap. It is a way for two teams of differing abilities to play each other on equal footing.  The better team, and the favorite in the game, gives a certain amount …