Best Bets for Today - Top Plays Across College Basketball, NBA and NHL for Friday November 28 2025

By: Kim Smith Published 11/28/2025, 05:00 AM ET

The sports world is going to start to have some great games picking up on the action on Friday. To help you make some money, if these picks hit, I have come up with the best Bets for Friday 11/28/25. To catch even more of our best bets make sure you check out our best bets page.

My Best Bets

Illinois vs UConn - Under 155.5 (-115)
Lightning vs Red Wings - Tampa Bay Lighting ML (-125)
Suns vs Thunder - Phoenix Suns +15.5 (-115)

Illinois vs UConn

You would think in a game of this caliber with these two offenses that it would be the offenses that are going to make the game. However, if you look the offensive numbers have been inflated because of the lack of defensive minded opponents these teams have played. In this game, though, this is about to change as both of these teams are facing a defense that does not give up a ton of points. That type of defensive effort means the offenses are going to struggle and not really adapt against a good defense right away and have a lot of misplayed balls and offensive sets. That makes it easier for the under to hit in this game here. Check out the full Illinois vs UConn Pick.

Lightning vs Red Wings

Tampa heads to this game playing some red hot hockey with no losses in their last 5 games. That is a huge step for the Lightning who earlier this season looked like a struggling teams and one that was limping through the season. The Red Wings, though, are falling in the exact opposite path. The Red Wings started off playing some great hockey and looked like a team that was well on their way to a playoff berth, but have lost 3 of their last 5 and one of their wins was an overtime win. Throw in the fact that the Red Wings offense has slumped to only 2.92 goals per game and the defense gives up 3.33 goals a game versus the Lightning who are putting in 3.22 goals per game, but are giving up only 2.65 goals a game and it is very easy to see the Lightning securing the win in this game. Check out the full Lightning vs Red Wings pick.

Suns vs Thunder

The Thunder are playing some amazing basketball on the season with only a lone loss. The Suns for their part have played great as well, but are not nearly at the same level as the Thunder who look like they could be on the pace to beat the Bulls runs in the 90's with the number of wins on the year. Now, the spread is what I am looking at in this game here and the Thunder are 15,5 points favorites and I have to say if they were playing the Pacers I could see that, but the Suns are not a lay down and die team. The Suns are putting in 116 points a game and are giving up only 112 points a game. The Thunder for their part are getting 122 points a game and give up 105 points a game. Now, I do not think the Thunder will keep the Suns offense in check the entire time and that allows the Suns to cover the spread. Check out the full Thunder vs Suns pick.

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