Free NBA Basketball Predictions for March 5

Stephen Nover

Event: (573) Toronto Raptors at (574) Minnesota Timberwolves

Sport/League: NBA

Date/Time: March 5, 2026 8:10 PM EST

Free NBA Basketball Pick Today: Toronto Raptors +6 (-114)

The Timberwolves have a tendency to play down to the level of their competition. It is a reason why they have the second-worst point spread mark in the NBA at 26-36 (42 percent). They are 3-9 ATS in their last dozen games.

The Raptors should be highly motivated for this game. Not only are they off an embarrassing blowout loss to the Knicks, but they have revenge for a 128-126 home loss suffered to the Timberwolves on Feb. 4. Toronto blew an 18-point lead in that loss.

Since then, Toronto has gone 5-4 with the defeats coming to the Knicks, Spurs Thunder and Pistons. Those four teams are a combined 108 games above .500.

The Raptors are a scrappy 35-26 and have a top-10 defense. They can hang here, if not pull the outright upset.

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Joe Duffy

Event: (579) New Orleans Pelicans at (580) Sacramento Kings: Spread

Sport/League: NBA

Date/Time: March 5, 2026 10:10 PM EST

Free NBA Basketball Pick Today: New Orleans Pelicans -5.5 (-110)

Wait just a minute. The Pels have a worse road mark than the Kings are home, but are laying 5.5 on the road? Thanks for asking. Anti-splits angle in which we go with away favorites despite a worse away winning percentage than the home team home winning percentage is 1154-911-27. Going back even further, when the road team has more than 16 losses, it’s a whopping 617-433-14.

When the anti-splits angle is also an angry team off a loss it’s up 96.2 units and 13.3 ROI. A horrible team, with at least 20 more losses than wins as a big favorite is 27-10 all-time for 73 percent.

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The numbers continue to speak for themselves:

All Sports: 419-349 (55%) +3648
Basketball: 259-215 (55%) +2249
College Basketball: 179-138 (56%) +2703
NBA: 65-54 (55%) +564

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