Nets vs. Warriors odds, score prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, March 6 best bets from proven model
With roughly three-quarters of the 2024-25 NBA season gone, the Brooklyn Nets will host the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in an East versus West clash. Brooklyn is 21-40 on the season and ranks 11th in the East, while Golden State is up to sixth in the West at 34-28. The Warriors have won and covered the spread in two of their last three head-to-head matchups with the Nets, but Brooklyn did score a 128-120 win as 13.5-point underdogs at Golden State during their only previous meeting of the season on Nov. 25.
Tipoff from Barclays Center in New York City is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Golden State is favored by 11 points in the latest Nets vs. Warriors odds, per SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is 223 points. Before making any Warriors vs. Nets picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in betting profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past six-plus seasons. The model enters Week 20 of the 2024-25 NBA season on a sizzling 147-107 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $4,000. It’s also an outstanding 18-10 (64%) on top-rated spread picks this season. Anyone following at sportsbooks and on betting apps could have seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Brooklyn vs. Golden State and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Warriors vs. Nets:
Brooklyn had its losing streak extended to five games on Tuesday night when it suffered a 127-113 loss at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. Cam Thomas had 24 points and six assists in the defeat and is now averaging 24.2 points per game this season, but Brooklyn’s defensive struggles couldn’t be overcome.
The Spurs shot 54.7% from the floor and 46.2% from the 3-point line, with Devin Vassell going 14-for-20 from the field and 8-for-11 from beyond the arc on his way to 37 points. However, Thomas did have 23 points in the Nov. 25 win as double-digit underdogs against Golden State, and the Nets will be looking to tap back into that gameplan on Thursday. See which team to pick here.
Meanwhile, the Warriors are coming off a 114-102 win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday and are now holding onto the No. 6 seed in the West via winning percentage. Stephen Curry had 28 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the victory, and Jimmy Butler added 19 points.
Since those two superstars were paired together at the NBA trade deadline, Golden State has won nine of its last 11 games and has also covered the spread in seven of eight. The Warriors have also covered the spread in eight of their last nine games against Eastern Conference opponents and have a 19-13 record ATS away from home this season. See which team to pick here.
The model has simulated Golden State vs. Brooklyn 10,000 times and the results are in. It is leaning Under the total, projecting 215 combined points. It also says one side of the spread hits over 50% of the time. You can only see the NBA picks at SportsLine.
So who wins Warriors vs. Nets, and which side of the spread hits over 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Nets vs. Warriors spread you need to jump on, all from the model that is on a 147-107 roll on top-rated NBA picks, and find out.
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Why Butler vs. Johnson is matchup to watch in Warriors-Nets game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors close their five-game road trip through the Eastern Conference on Thursday by confronting a reminder of past vulnerability.
Remember the Brooklyn Nets? The team that came into Chase Center on Nov. 25 and wiped out an 18-point deficit to slap with Warriors with a loss that sent them on a downward spiral?
Golden State (34-28) has a chance for retaliation when it meets Brooklyn (21-40) at Barclays Center. Coverage on NBC Sports Bay Area begins at 3:30 p.m. with Warriors Pregame Live, with tipoff scheduled for 4:30.
The Warriors, vastly improved since acquiring Jimmy Butler III four weeks ago, can prove they’ve reversed their tendency for gagging against inferior teams.
Butler projects to be primarily responsible for defending Brooklyn small forward Cameron Johnson, one of the NBA best 3-point shooters. He’s second on the Nets in scoring, averaging 18.8 points per game on 47.3-percent shooting from the field, including 39.8 from deep. He has scored at least 20 points in 17 of 46 games, with a season-high of 37.
Though dynamic guard Cam Thomas leads Brooklyn in scoring at 24.2 points per game, Johnson has been a more reliable barometer of team success; the Nets have won five of the last six games in which he topped the 20-point mark.
The Nets, plummeting toward the draft lottery, are 1-6 since the All-Star break and four of the losses were by double digits. They are no better than they were in November, when they administered a harsh lesson.
The Warriors were 12-4 and atop the Western Conference when Brooklyn (7-10, seventh in the East) came to Chase with four rotation players. They had blown a 17-point lead in the final 14 minutes of their previous game at San Antonio and were in position to recover.
Leading 86-68 with seven minutes left in the third quarter, the Warriors were outscored 60-34 over the final 19 minutes. Losing a big second-half lead for the second straight game was the genesis of a 15-game stretch during which they were 3-12 and settled into prolonged sub-mediocrity.
The Warriors have since revamped. The collective self-assurance is appreciably higher than it has been at any time this season. In the glow of their recent surge, they also know another loss to Brooklyn – being swept in the season series – would be disastrous.
Golden State remembers November, even if Butler was in Miami. The approach to this game will be indicate whether that lesson was fully absorbed.
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