Sparked by 11 straight premium/free play hockey winners, Stephen Nover is having a monster NHL season. Stephen is putting his unbeaten hot streak on the line finding his NHL Total of the Year on Saturday's huge menu. Bank a major profit by taking advantage!
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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| NBA | (505) Portland Trail Blazers at (506) New York Knicks | 7:40pm EST - Jan 30/2026 |
The PLAY: Portland Trail Blazers +7.5 (-110)
Portland is the more motivated and focused team in this spot. The Trail Blazers had won nine of 11 games before losing their last three.
The Knicks may not be taking the Trail Blazers as seriously as they should, having already won an earlier meeting this season in Portland and riding a four-game winning streak after burying the Raptors, 119-92, in Toronto two days ago.
The Knicks have a huge look-ahead game, too, as following this matchup, New York hosts the Lakers in a nationally televised Sunday night game.
Portland is 14-10 (58%) ATS following a loss. The Trail Blazers also have covered four of the last five times when taking more than six points.
(Editor's note: Stephen Nover has his NBA Game of the Month today in addition to this free selection looking to go 123-97-2 on his NBA Game of the Week/Month/Year plays.)
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.