Best NBA Bets and Player Props for Thursday’s TNT Doubleheader

The Dallas Mavericks are 8.0-point home favorites against the San Antonio Spurs in their season opener.
Betting odds for the final leg of the TNT NBA doubleheader favors the Denver Nuggets by 2.0 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The best NBA player props for Thursday night are on Luka Doncic’s points prop and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists prop.

DALLAS – Thursday night’s NBA doubleheader on TNT begins with the Dallas Mavericks as 8.0-point favorites against the San Antonio Spurs at home. There are –115 legal sports betting odds in favor of Dallas covering the 8.0-point spread.

San Antonio Spurs vs Dallas Mavericks Betting Odds

Team	Spread	Moneyline	Total
San Antonio Spurs	+8.0 (-105)	+285	O229.0 (-110)
Dallas Mavericks	-8.0 (-115)	-370	U229.0 (-110)

The best bet in this game is on the Mavericks’ star guard Luka Doncic to go over 29.5 points. His points prop at legal Texas sports betting apps has –125 odds to go over.

Doncic scored 33 points against the Spurs in last year’s season-opener and followed it up with 39 points in their next meeting. Luka is a lock to score 30 or more points on Thursday night after averaging 33.9 points per game in the 2023-2024 NBA season.

Back Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Assists Prop But Nuggets ML

The NBA doubleheader on TNT concludes with the Oklahoma City Thunder as 2.0-point road underdogs against the Denver Nuggets. Bet the Nuggets’ –125 moneyline odds at legal NBA betting sites after going 33-8 at home last season.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggets Betting Odds

Team	Spread	Moneyline	Total
Oklahoma City Thunder	+2.0 (-115)	+105	O227.5 (-105)
Denver Nuggets	-2.0 (-105)	-125	U227.5 (-115)

Playing in “mile high” truly gives the Nuggets an advantage over their opponents, especially at the start of the season. The Nuggets won their first nine home games last season and won 80.5% of games in Denver compared to a 58.5%-win rate on the road.

The best way to bet on the Thunder is with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s assists prop. There are –145 legal Oklahoma sports betting odds favoring Shai to go under 6.5 assists, but there’s good value on the +110 odds for the over.

Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 6.4 assists per game last season but now expects to earn more assists with Josh Giddey (4.8 assists per game) traded to the Chicago Bulls. Shai had over eight or more assists in four of his last six games, which were in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks.

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Zachary Kelley

Zach graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Writing, Editing, and Media. Zach is interested in the legalization aspect of sports betting and enjoys participating in DFS. He has a passion for sports writing and most enjoys writing about football and baseball both professional and collegiate.