Fresh off cashing consecutive huge underdog winners with the Sharks on a free play four days ago and on the Islanders yesterday on his Underdog Game of the Month, Stephen Nover stays hot in the NHL finding one Sunday play worthy of a strong investment.
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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NBA | (513) New Orleans Pelicans at (514) Orlando Magic | 3:10pm EST - Jan 11/2026 |
The PLAY: New Orleans Pelicans +6.5 (-110)
The Pelicans have more talent than what their record shows. They should have their confidence up after halting a nine-game losing streak with a 21-point victory against the Wizards. Prior to their losing streak, the Pelicans had won five in a row.
The Magic have key injuries - Jalen Suggs and Franz Wagner are each out - and are a hard-to-believe 3-16 ATS in their last 19 games. This includes a 1-11 ATS mark when laying more than two points.
Zion Williamson is averaging a team-high 22.8 points for New Orleans and is expected to play as is Trey Murphy III, who during the past three games is leading the NBA in scoring averaging 38.6 points during this span.
(Editor's note: Stephen Nover is 7-0 the past five days on his premium/ free plays. Stephen has won 64 percent of his last 67 NFL Sunday premium plays going 43-24. Stephen has his first NFL playoff play of this season today in addition to this free selection.)
Consultant Bio
Stephen Nover is unique among professional handicappers. A multiple award-winning sportswriter for numerous newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nover has one the best combinations of gambling and media sources in the world.
The author of two sports gambling books, "Las Vegas Sports Beat" and "Sports Gaming Beat", along with a book on fantasy football titled, "Winning Fantasy Football", Nover is a former professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas having taught a football handicapping class there. He also was the co-host of the Sunday night sports betting radio show "The Stardust Line" during the 1990's.
Parlaying nearly 50 years worth of professional gambling experience with tremendous knowledge of the players through elite deep-roster Rotisserie leagues and building on copious gaming and media sources - having worked for newspapers in the Midwest, South and West and also for legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough - Nover is a true Las Vegas wise guy. He helped learn his craft from such masters as Roxborough, Dave Malinsky, Lem Banker and Russ Culver.
Part of what makes Nover so special is the pride he takes in writing his deep-dive analysis, which always is unique, well-researched and sometimes entails out-of-the-box thinking.