{"id":4011,"date":"2025-03-02T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:03:10","slug":"nba-money-baller-report-sunday-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/2025\/03\/02\/nba-money-baller-report-sunday-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Money Baller Report &#8211; Sunday, March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-09c4ea12-cbc5-42f7-9766-7ab24f1815a8\"><em>Published: Sunday, March 2, 11:30 AM CT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re back with another round of NBA betting insights after going 2-0 on Saturday&#8217;s featured plays. With Sunday&#8217;s slate, we dive into key matchups, betting trends, and our best leans for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><strong>Bulls @ Pacers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4-1024x221.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4-1024x221.png 1024w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4-768x166.png 768w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-4.png 1348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Baller System favoring the Pacers and fading the Bulls off an OT win vs. Raptors<\/strong>  (As shown below, this system has gone 27-15-1 ATS this season).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pacers:<\/strong> Bounce-back spot after losing outright as a favorite vs. Heat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-1024x311.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-1024x311.png 1024w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-768x233.png 768w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-1536x466.png 1536w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-5-2048x622.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TMB Thoughts:<\/strong> The Bulls just emptied the tank in an overtime thriller against Toronto, and now they have to drag themselves into Indiana against a Pacers squad itching to respond after a tough loss.  Expect an up-tempo, attacking approach from Tyrese Haliburton and company, exposing a gassed Chicago defense late. The number is hefty, but we like <strong><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Pacers -10.5<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Pelicans @ Jazz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-3-1024x298.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-3-1024x298.png 1024w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-3-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-3-768x224.png 768w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-3.png 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4 Baller Systems aligned on the Pelicans<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key angles:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fade an opponent on the first leg of a back-to-back<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back road favorites between two bad teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fade teams off a close win by a small margin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back late-season medium road favorites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pelicans:<\/strong> C.J. McCollum and Zion Williamson expected to play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>TMB Thoughts:<\/strong> The Jazz are in full-on \u2018let\u2019s get to the lottery\u2019 mode, and it\u2019s showing in their effort level. Meanwhile, New Orleans is getting healthy, and that\u2019s bad news for a Utah team that\u2019s running out of reasons to compete. The Pelicans should impose their will from the jump, and Zion\u2019s ability to dominate the paint should prove to be the difference. As noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/2025\/03\/02\/%f0%9f%93%8aactive-systems-for-march-2nd\/\" title=\"\">Dominic Tremblay&#8217;s article<\/a>, sharp money is already piling in on New Orleans, and we\u2019re riding the wave with <strong><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Pelicans -7.5<\/mark>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: Sunday, March 2, 11:30 AM CT We&#8217;re back with another round of NBA betting insights after going 2-0 on Saturday&#8217;s featured plays. With Sunday&#8217;s slate, we dive into key matchups, betting trends, and our best leans for the night. Bulls @ Pacers TMB Thoughts: The Bulls just emptied the tank in an overtime thriller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-4011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting","category-commentary","tag-nba"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4011"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}