The Golden State Warriors aim to stay hot on Saturday when they take on the Joel Embiid-less Philadelphia 76ers.
The pregame narrative: Golden State has won five straight and I expect it to cover a teased-down spread as a road favourite. Prop bets on Stephen Curry and Paul George round out this +350 SGP.
Check out my Warriors vs. 76ers same-game parlay predictions for March 1.
Warriors vs. 76ers predictions
Parlay: Warriors -4.5 | Curry 25+ points | George 20+ points (+410)
Warriors -4.5 (-215): Calling Philadelphia’s season a disaster would be an understatement. With Embiid officially out for the year, the organization’s focus is now on the draft lottery instead of the Larry O’Brien.
- The 76ers sit at 20-38, having lost nine straight games entering play on March 1.
- Six of those losses have come by 5+ points.
- They’re a league-worst 20-36-2 ATS this season.
Golden State, meanwhile, has caught a heater following the acquisition of Jimmy Butler at the NBA trade deadline. The Dubs are 7-1 since the deal with a +15.9 net rating (second-best in NBA during that span).
Each of those wins has come by five-plus points — this should be a cinch.
SGP legs
Curry 25+ points (-210): Curry turned in a vintage performance his last time out, dropping 56 points on the Orlando Magic while going 12-for-19 from deep.
Asking for less than half of that production against the 76ers seems reasonable.
Philly has the sixth-worst defensive rating in the NBA and is allowing the second-most PPG to point guards this year, per Fantasy Pros.
Curry is prone to having quiet nights but was dynamite in February, averaging 30.7 points and clearing this line in eight of 12 games.
George 20+ points (-112): This is by far the riskiest leg in our parlay but I have a few reasons to believe George will come through.
First off — and perhaps most importantly — he has hung up the podcast mic for the rest of the season to “focus more on basketball.” Yeah, I think that’s a good call.
The veteran swingman dropped 25 points on Wednesday, which was also his first game since putting “Podcast P” on hiatus.
And analytically, this should be a great matchup to stay hot. Check out these numbers courtesy of Cleaning the Glass:
- Golden State has the second-worst mid-range defence in the NBA (47.0%).
- George takes 39% of his shots from the mid range, which ranks in the 88th percentile of all NBA players.
He scored 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Dubs earlier this year with Embiid playing.
Picks made at 11:18 a.m. ET on 02/21/2025.
Avery joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2022 before stepping into a full-time role soon after. He loves betting on and analyzing golf — mainly because it’s easier than actually playing — but is a fan of all sports, from the NFL to the UFC.