Best NBA Betting Picks and Predictions for Monday April 6th | Deadspin.com Sep 29, 2025; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Nuggets player Nikola Jokic (15) takes questions during media day at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Five years ago, the Atlanta Hawks surprisingly went to the Eastern Conference finals and nobody saw it coming. This season’s recent run might even be more stunning because who saw Atlanta winning 18 of 20 games at any point in the season?The Hawks continue to soar and are in fifth place in the East and close to sewing up a top-six playoff berth. On Monday night, they host the New York Knicks, the No. 3 team in the East.The Philadelphia 76ers are fighting for top-six territory as they visit the torrid San Antonio Spurs. The Denver Nuggets look to stretch their winning streak to nine while hosting the hot Portland Trail Blazers.NEW YORK KNICKS AT ATLANTA HAWKSIt’s easy to forget Atlanta fell to 27-31 on Feb. 20 when it was steamrolled at home 128-97 by the Miami Heat. The Hawks flipped the switch with 11 straight wins and they are going to be that team nobody wants to face in the playoffs.The earlier trade of Trae Young to the Washington Wizards opened the door for Jalen Johnson to operate freely as top dog and he’s recorded 13 triple-doubles this season. The Hawks and Knicks split two games near the holidays with the road team winning each time.New York has won nine of its past 12 games and is coming off a 136-96 home rout of the Chicago Bulls. OG Anunoby has averaged 28 points over the last two games to give Jalen Brunson (29 total the past two contests) some needed support but Atlanta seems destined to record its 14th straight home victory.Hawks minus 1.5-point spread, -110 (DraftKings) Our Current Best Offers1UnderdogClaim your Special Pick via Code + First Time Deposit up to $250 in bonus!T&Cs apply, 18+2ParlayPlay100% up to $100T&Cs apply, 18+3OwnersBox100% up to $500T&Cs apply, 18+4FanDuel Fantasy$65 value with just a $10+ depositT&Cs apply, 18+ PHILADELPHIA 76ERS AT SAN ANTONIO SPURSPhiladelphia is two games behind the Hawks but more interested in holding off the four teams trailing them by two or fewer games to keep the automatic playoff berth. It could be a tough chore for the 76ers as they start a three-game road trip on the heels of being whipped at home 116-93 by the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.Paul George is averaging 25.8 points per game in six contests since returning from suspension and his production will be key if Philadelphia is to make a playoff run. The Spurs will be a good test for the 76ers as they had won 27 of 29 games before Saturday’s 136-134 overtime road loss to the Denver Nuggets.Victor Wembanyama has been making a stellar MVP push and he had 41 points and 16 rebounds and 41 points and 18 boards in back-to-back games last week. San Antonio is three games behind the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference and a real threat to challenge OKC for an NBA Finals berth.Spurs minus 8.5-point spread, -110 (DraftKings) Our Current Best Offers1UnderdogClaim your Special Pick via Code + First Time Deposit up to $250 in bonus!T&Cs apply, 18+2ParlayPlay100% up to $100T&Cs apply, 18+3OwnersBox100% up to $500T&Cs apply, 18+4FanDuel Fantasy$65 value with just a $10+ depositT&Cs apply, 18+ PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS AT DENVER NUGGETSDenver has been streaking down the stretch with a high-octane offense averaging 129.1 points during the winning streak. Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic has clinched averaging a triple-double for the second straight season and is coming off a 40-point outing against the Spurs.Jokic’s passing has been elite over the past seven games as he’s averaging 13.6 assists during the span with six outings of 12 or more. The Nuggets defeated Portland 128-112 in Denver on March 22 when Jokic had 22 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.The Trail Blazers are fighting the Los Angeles Clippers for the pivotal No. 8 spot in the West and have won eight of their past 10 games. Jrue Holiday has knocked down seven 3-pointers in each of the past two games and is averaging 28.5 points during the span.Nikola Jokic to record 12-plus assists, +109 (DraftKings) Our Current Best Offers1UnderdogClaim your Special Pick via Code + First Time Deposit up to $250 in bonus!T&Cs apply, 18+2ParlayPlay100% up to $100T&Cs apply, 18+3OwnersBox100% up to $500T&Cs apply, 18+4FanDuel Fantasy$65 value with just a $10+ depositT&Cs apply, 18+ #NBA #Betting #Picks #Predictions #Monday #April #6th #Deadspin.com

Deadspin | Deep Mets forge ahead without Juan Soto, open series vs. D-backs Mar 28, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens (13) hits an RBI single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the tenth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The New York Mets have scored 23 runs and earned a trio of lopsided wins since Juan Soto exited with a right calf strain in the first inning of Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Now the Mets just need to figure out how to maintain that Soto-less surge for the next two or three weeks. The Mets will play their first game without Soto on the active roster Tuesday afternoon, when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series. Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.35 ERA) is slated to start for the Mets against Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60 ERA) in a battle of right-handers. The first two games of the three-game series were each moved to 4:10 p.m. from 7:10 p.m. due to expected cold and windy conditions in New York. Both teams were off Monday after earning wins Sunday, when the Mets came back to beat the host San Francisco Giants 5-2 and the Diamondbacks edged the visiting Atlanta Braves 6-5 in 10 innings. Soto, who was injured running from first to third on Bo Bichette’s single, was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday, retroactive to Saturday. The Mets said the timetable for his injury is two to three weeks. The stint on the injured list is the first for Soto since April 20 through May 3, 2021, when he was sidelined due to a strained left shoulder as a member of the Washington Nationals. The sight of Soto exiting the field Friday seemed to be another troubling turn of events for the Mets, who started the season 3-4. But New York rolled a 10-3 win Friday before cruising to a 9-0 win Saturday, when Tyrone Taylor hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in place of Jared Young, who started in left instead of Soto. Young went 3-for-3 while patrolling left field Sunday, and pinch hitter Luis Torrens hit the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth to lift the doubly short-handed Mets to a 5-2 victory. Torrens, the Mets’ backup catcher, was pressed into duty as the last player off the bench because Brett Baty was scratched due to a jammed left thumb. “We have got good players up and down,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re dealing with a few guys that have injuries and we’re feeling really good, not only with the guys that are in the lineup who are getting to play more but on the bench as well. There’s a lot of versatility.” The Diamondbacks also exited the weekend feeling better about themselves after recording a pair of wins to salvage a split of the four-game series with the Braves and finish 5-2 on their first homestand of the season. Arizona, which was outscored 19-2 in losses Thursday and Friday, earned a 2-1 win Saturday before Ketel Marte laced the walk-off RBI double leading off the 10th Sunday, after Jonathan Loaisiga blew a ninth-inning save opportunity. Loaisiga’s struggles were a rare blip for Diamondbacks relievers, who allowed two runs (one earned) over 9 1/3 innings Saturday and Sunday. A quartet of pitchers combined to retire the final 12 batters Saturday and preserve the win for Michael Soroka. “Going 5-2 with an offense that’s kind of struggling a little bit … we got pitching-heavy in those wins and that carried us,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. Peralta didn’t factor into the decision last Wednesday, when he allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings as the Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings. Gallen earned the win last Wednesday after tossing six scoreless innings in the Diamondbacks’ 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA in six career games (four starts) against the Diamondbacks. Gallen is 2-2 with a 3.07 ERA in nine starts against the Mets. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Deep #Mets #forge #ahead #Juan #Soto #open #series #Dbacks

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Mar 28, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens (13) hits an RBI single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the tenth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

The New York Mets have scored 23 runs and earned a trio of lopsided wins since Juan Soto exited with a right calf strain in the first inning of Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants.

Now the Mets just need to figure out how to maintain that Soto-less surge for the next two or three weeks.

The Mets will play their first game without Soto on the active roster Tuesday afternoon, when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series.

Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.35 ERA) is slated to start for the Mets against Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60 ERA) in a battle of right-handers.

The first two games of the three-game series were each moved to 4:10 p.m. from 7:10 p.m. due to expected cold and windy conditions in New York.

Both teams were off Monday after earning wins Sunday, when the Mets came back to beat the host San Francisco Giants 5-2 and the Diamondbacks edged the visiting Atlanta Braves 6-5 in 10 innings.

Soto, who was injured running from first to third on Bo Bichette’s single, was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday, retroactive to Saturday. The Mets said the timetable for his injury is two to three weeks. The stint on the injured list is the first for Soto since April 20 through May 3, 2021, when he was sidelined due to a strained left shoulder as a member of the Washington Nationals.

The sight of Soto exiting the field Friday seemed to be another troubling turn of events for the Mets, who started the season 3-4. But New York rolled a 10-3 win Friday before cruising to a 9-0 win Saturday, when Tyrone Taylor hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in place of Jared Young, who started in left instead of Soto.

Young went 3-for-3 while patrolling left field Sunday, and pinch hitter Luis Torrens hit the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth to lift the doubly short-handed Mets to a 5-2 victory.

Torrens, the Mets’ backup catcher, was pressed into duty as the last player off the bench because Brett Baty was scratched due to a jammed left thumb.

“We have got good players up and down,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re dealing with a few guys that have injuries and we’re feeling really good, not only with the guys that are in the lineup who are getting to play more but on the bench as well. There’s a lot of versatility.”

The Diamondbacks also exited the weekend feeling better about themselves after recording a pair of wins to salvage a split of the four-game series with the Braves and finish 5-2 on their first homestand of the season.

Arizona, which was outscored 19-2 in losses Thursday and Friday, earned a 2-1 win Saturday before Ketel Marte laced the walk-off RBI double leading off the 10th Sunday, after Jonathan Loaisiga blew a ninth-inning save opportunity.

Loaisiga’s struggles were a rare blip for Diamondbacks relievers, who allowed two runs (one earned) over 9 1/3 innings Saturday and Sunday. A quartet of pitchers combined to retire the final 12 batters Saturday and preserve the win for Michael Soroka.

“Going 5-2 with an offense that’s kind of struggling a little bit … we got pitching-heavy in those wins and that carried us,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.

Peralta didn’t factor into the decision last Wednesday, when he allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings as the Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings. Gallen earned the win last Wednesday after tossing six scoreless innings in the Diamondbacks’ 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA in six career games (four starts) against the Diamondbacks. Gallen is 2-2 with a 3.07 ERA in nine starts against the Mets.

–Field Level Media

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Mar 28, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens (13) hits an RBI single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the tenth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

The New York Mets have scored 23 runs and earned a trio of lopsided wins since Juan Soto exited with a right calf strain in the first inning of Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants.

Now the Mets just need to figure out how to maintain that Soto-less surge for the next two or three weeks.

The Mets will play their first game without Soto on the active roster Tuesday afternoon, when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series.

Freddy Peralta (1-0, 4.35 ERA) is slated to start for the Mets against Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.60 ERA) in a battle of right-handers.

The first two games of the three-game series were each moved to 4:10 p.m. from 7:10 p.m. due to expected cold and windy conditions in New York.

Both teams were off Monday after earning wins Sunday, when the Mets came back to beat the host San Francisco Giants 5-2 and the Diamondbacks edged the visiting Atlanta Braves 6-5 in 10 innings.

Soto, who was injured running from first to third on Bo Bichette’s single, was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday, retroactive to Saturday. The Mets said the timetable for his injury is two to three weeks. The stint on the injured list is the first for Soto since April 20 through May 3, 2021, when he was sidelined due to a strained left shoulder as a member of the Washington Nationals.

The sight of Soto exiting the field Friday seemed to be another troubling turn of events for the Mets, who started the season 3-4. But New York rolled a 10-3 win Friday before cruising to a 9-0 win Saturday, when Tyrone Taylor hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in place of Jared Young, who started in left instead of Soto.

Young went 3-for-3 while patrolling left field Sunday, and pinch hitter Luis Torrens hit the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth to lift the doubly short-handed Mets to a 5-2 victory.

Torrens, the Mets’ backup catcher, was pressed into duty as the last player off the bench because Brett Baty was scratched due to a jammed left thumb.

“We have got good players up and down,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re dealing with a few guys that have injuries and we’re feeling really good, not only with the guys that are in the lineup who are getting to play more but on the bench as well. There’s a lot of versatility.”

The Diamondbacks also exited the weekend feeling better about themselves after recording a pair of wins to salvage a split of the four-game series with the Braves and finish 5-2 on their first homestand of the season.

Arizona, which was outscored 19-2 in losses Thursday and Friday, earned a 2-1 win Saturday before Ketel Marte laced the walk-off RBI double leading off the 10th Sunday, after Jonathan Loaisiga blew a ninth-inning save opportunity.

Loaisiga’s struggles were a rare blip for Diamondbacks relievers, who allowed two runs (one earned) over 9 1/3 innings Saturday and Sunday. A quartet of pitchers combined to retire the final 12 batters Saturday and preserve the win for Michael Soroka.

“Going 5-2 with an offense that’s kind of struggling a little bit … we got pitching-heavy in those wins and that carried us,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.

Peralta didn’t factor into the decision last Wednesday, when he allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings as the Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings. Gallen earned the win last Wednesday after tossing six scoreless innings in the Diamondbacks’ 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Peralta is 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA in six career games (four starts) against the Diamondbacks. Gallen is 2-2 with a 3.07 ERA in nine starts against the Mets.

–Field Level Media

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