Every day the Denver Gazette sports staff will publish its best bets:

1. 76ers at Celtics (-10, -110): No Joel Embiid for the Sixers. I see a Boston blowout in Game 1. 

2.  Suns (+4.5, -110) at Nuggets: Denver is going to get Phoenix’s best in this game. It is going to be a close one. 

3. Rangers (ML, +110) at Devils: This has been such a close series. I like the road underdog in the Rangers. 

-Odds from SuperBook Colorado

(Chris Schmaedeke’s Best Bets record ATS: 129-114)