The Colorado Buffaloes are the slight -2.5 point favorites as they face off against the BYU Cougars in this Big 12 matchup. Kick-off is set for 7:30 ET from the Alamodome in San Antonio, with ABC handling the television broadcast. The over/under line is at 54.5 points. This is a neutral-site game, even though Colorado is technically the home team. The game is being played at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The money line odds are +110 for BYU and -130 for Colorado. Both teams come in with 9-3 records this season. BYU enters their Week 1 matchup against Colorado with a 10-2 record. They’ve gone 5-1 on the road and 4-1 at home this season. The Cougars have been

The Atlanta Hawks will try to reverse their losing trend against Chicago on Thursday when they host the Bulls for their third meeting of the season. The Bulls have won the first two meetings against the Hawks this season — 125-113 in Atlanta on Nov. 9 and 136-122 in Chicago on Nov. 22. The Bulls also have a three-game winning streak in games played in Atlanta. Both teams are muddling through the holiday season. Atlanta has won six of its past 10, defeating Minnesota 117-104 on Monday to end a three-game losing streak. Daniels has been one of the team’s pleasant surprises since being acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans in the offseason. The Australian, dubbed “The Great Barrier Thief,”

The Detroit Pistons are riding high on a two-game road win streak as they head to Sacramento to take on the Kings Thursday night. With momentum on their side, the Pistons are looking sharp, while the Kings are stuck in a rut, battling offensive struggles and an increasingly frustrated fan base. Who saw this coming? Detroit, the league’s underdogs, has been tearing it up on their Western road trip. They’ve already taken down the Phoenix Suns (133-125) and Los Angeles Lakers (117-114) and now have a golden opportunity to extend their streak against a slumping Sacramento squad. Here’s what’s working for Detroit: It’s been a rough stretch for Sacramento. The Kings are on a four-game losing streak, including a brutal

Not getting to play on Christmas has the Oklahoma City Thunder feeling like they have something to prove when they head to Indianapolis for a meeting with the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. A 57-25 finish to the 2023-24 campaign that resulted in the No. 1 seed in the West wasn’t enough to get Oklahoma City some extra time on national television. Coming within two wins of the conference finals this past spring apparently didn’t do the trick, either. The Thunder seemingly haven’t been fazed by the holiday snub, though, winning 23 of their first 28 games this season to once again position themselves atop the West. Still, Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander intends to make sure that his team