{"id":81644,"date":"2026-01-05T09:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=81644"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:15:58","slug":"nba-tips-monday-january-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2026\/01\/nba-tips-monday-january-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Tips, Tuesday January 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-basketball-nba-icon.svg?v=20260515h#boston-celtics\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Boston Celtics<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">Chicago Bulls<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">Tuesday 6th January 2026<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Jaylen Brown Over 30.5 Points<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-basketball-nba-icon.svg?v=20260515h#chicago-bulls\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p>Alright, we were on Jaylen Brown to clear his PRA late in 2025 and it didn\u2019t land but it\u2019s a new year and he\u2019s coming in off a massive 50-piece.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the recent run: 30, 37, 23, 29 and 50 across his last five. The ceiling is clearly there.Chicago are thin at centre with Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 set to soak up the minutes, and with no Zach Collins or Jalen Smith, the rim protection isn\u2019t exactly intimidating.<\/p>\n<p>That should allow Brown to lean into his strengths, attack downhill and keep the scoring pressure on.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/sports\/basketball\/usa\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\"  \n          >Bet Now<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-basketball-nba-icon.svg?v=20260515h#detroit-pistons\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Detroit Pistons<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">New York Knicks<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">10:10am Tuesday 6th January 2026<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">SGM: KAT Double Double &#038; Brunson 25+ Points<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-basketball-nba-icon.svg?v=20260515h#new-york-knicks\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p>I\u2019ve gone a little off the usual path for this New York\u2013Detroit matchup.We kick off the two-leg same game multi with Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks lean heavily on KAT for both scoring and boards, and he\u2019s coming off a 23-point, 14-rebound outing. He\u2019ll need to be right in the mix again against this Detroit outfit.Jalen Brunson is the engine for New York.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s averaged 30-plus points across his last 10 games against the Pistons, but Detroit will clearly try to throw extra attention his way.That makes a more modest line of 25+ points more appealing here, helping get the multi to just over the $2 mark.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/sports\/basketball\/usa\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\"  \n          >Bet Now<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, we were on Jaylen Brown to clear his PRA late in 2025 and it didn\u2019t land but it\u2019s a new year and he\u2019s coming in off a massive 50-piece. Look at the recent run: 30, 37, 23, 29 and 50 across his last five. The ceiling is clearly there.Chicago are thin at centre with Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 set to soak up the minutes, and with no Zach Collins or Jalen Smith, the rim protection isn\u2019t exactly intimidating. That should allow Brown to lean into his strengths, attack downhill and keep the scoring pressure on. 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