The San Francisco 49ers have not misplaced since Brock Purdy returned from a toe harm that sidelined him for six video games, profitable all 5 of their contests with the 26-year-old again beneath middle. The profitable streak has given them an opportunity to safe the NFC West title for the third time in 4 years.
With the intention to accomplish that feat, San Francisco (11-4) first should report its sixth consecutive victory when it hosts the NFC North champions Chicago Bears (11-4) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Cal. at 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday Evening Soccer. The 49ers, who have already got clinched a playoff berth, path the Seahawks (12-3) by one sport however opened the season with a 17-13 highway conquer Seattle and concludes the marketing campaign towards the Mike Macdonald’s squad at dwelling subsequent week.
Every of San Francisco’s final seven wins have been by double digits. together with a 48-27 victory versus the Indianapolis Colts in Week 16. The 49ers are ninth within the NFL in scoring with a median of 26.1 factors however have produced not less than 34 in 4 of their previous six triumphs.
Chicago clinched its fifth NFC North title and first since 2018 with the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ 41-24 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. The Bears, who posted an exhilarating 22-16 additional time victory over the Packers final week, and the 49ers each nonetheless have an opportunity to overhaul the Seahawks for the No. 1 seed within the convention.
Six video games are on Sunday’s NBA schedule, together with a matchup between the Detroit Pistons (24-7) and Los Angeles Clippers (9-21) at 9 p.m. ET on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Cal. The Pistons fell to 2-1 on their five-game highway journey with Friday’s 131-129 setback towards the Utah Jazz whereas the Clippers are coming off their third straight victory, a 119-103 conquer the Portland Path Blazers.
The NHL has 5 video games on its slate, considered one of which is an Atlantic Division battle between the last-place Toronto Maple Leafs (17-15-5) and first-place Detroit Crimson Wings (22-14-3) at 7 p.m. ET at Little Caesars Enviornment. It’s the third assembly of the season between the Unique Six rivals and first for the reason that Crimson Wings swept a home-and-home collection in October.
There are also quite a few faculty basketball video games going down on Sunday, together with a West Coast Convention conflict between San Francisco (8-5) and Seattle (11-2) at 8 p.m. ET on the Redhawk Middle. The Dons have been idle since final Sunday, after they trounced Morgan State by 30 factors, whereas the Redhawks edged UTSA 71-68 the next day for his or her sixth consecutive victory.
The 49ers are 3.5-point favorites towards the Bears within the newest consensus NFL odds. The Pistons are 3-point favorites towards the Clippers, the Crimson Wings are -127 favorites on the cash line towards the Maple Leafs and Seattle is an 2.5-point favourite towards San Francisco.
Beneath is a snapshot of what to observe and wager for Sunday, Dec. 28. All occasions Japanese
NFL finest bets, the place to observe
Bears at 49ers
Time: 8:20 p.m. | Location: Santa Clara, Cal. | TV: NBC | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without spending a dime)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Bears +3.5 (-116) | Skilled: Colston Loveland Over 3.5 receptions (-123, PropBetGuy)
The 49ers have been profitable comfortably of late and rolled previous the Bears 38-13 final season with out Christian McCaffrey, who’s tied for third within the NFL this 12 months with 16 whole touchdowns. However Chicago has misplaced only one sport since Week 8, and that was a 28-21 setback at Inexperienced Bay by which the Packers snapped a tie with 3:32 remaining within the fourth quarter. Despite the fact that they’ve already gained the NFC North, the Bears will not be coasting as they nonetheless have a shot on the high seed within the convention. They’re 8-2 towards the unfold of their final 10 video games and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin has them masking towards San Francisco in 52% of simulations. SportsLine NFL props skilled PropBetGuy (+1267 on his final 73 NFL participant prop picks) thinks Chicago’s Colston Loveland can be concerned within the staff’s aerial assault towards a 49ers protection that has struggled to comprise opposing tight ends currently.
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Pistons at Clippers
Time: 9 p.m. | Location: Inglewood, Cal. | TV: NBA League Go | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without spending a dime)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Over 224.5 (-109) | Skilled: Clippers +3.5 (-111, Bruce Marshall)
The Pistons are tied for eighth within the NBA with a median of 119.5 factors per sport. And after solely 212 mixed factors have been scored within the opener of their highway journey, not less than 260 have been produced of their final two contests. Detroit’s Cade Cunningham (26.5) and Los Angeles’ James Harden (26.3) each are averaging greater than 26 factors, and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees them coming near these numbers and making this sport a high-scoring one as its simulations say the Over hits 56% of the time. The Clippers have gained every contest throughout their three-game streak by double digits, and SportsLine skilled Bruce Marshall (48-41-1 on his final 90 NBA picks) believes they will not less than cowl the unfold because the Pistons are starting to look drained on their highway journey.
NHL finest bets, the place to observe
Maple Leafs at Crimson Wings
Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Detroit | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without spending a dime)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Maple Leafs +1.5 (-220) | Skilled: Crimson Wings -139 (Matt Severance)
The Maple Leafs have adopted a three-game dropping streak throughout which they scored a complete of 4 objectives by tallying a mixed 13 occasions in back-to-back victories. Detroit posted a pair of additional time victories earlier than struggling a 5-2 highway loss towards the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Toronto additionally was in motion final evening and might be with out main scorer William Nylander, who tallied within the staff’s 7-5 conquer the Ottawa Senators however exited with an obvious knee harm. However the Maple Leafs could have loads of motivation for this matchup after dropping 6-3 and 3-2 selections to the Crimson Wings within the first week of the season. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin likes the Leafs to maintain this assembly shut, at worst, as they cowl the unfold in 69% of its simulations. SportsLine skilled Matt Severance (6-2, +385 on his final eight NHL money-line picks) feels Detroit will come away with the win, nonetheless, because the potential absence of Nylander and Toronto’s lack of success on the highway (5-10-0) are an excessive amount of to miss.
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San Francisco at Seattle
Time: 9 p.m. | Location: Seattle | TV: ESPN+ | Stream: Fubo (Attempt without spending a dime)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Seattle -145 | Skilled: Seattle -2.5 (-108, Bruce Marshall)
Seattle hasn’t misplaced since Nov. 29, when it was edged 74-71 by UC Santa Barbara within the championship sport of the Resorts World Traditional. The Redhawks’ solely different defeat this season was a two-point setback towards Cal Poly three weeks earlier. Each of the Dons’ final two contests have been double-digit victories, however the SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees the Redhawks extending their profitable streak to seven video games as its simulations have them profitable 64% of the time. SportsLine skilled Bruce Marshall (7-3, +370 on his final 10 faculty basketball picks) agrees and likes Seattle to cowl the unfold with a balanced offense that has had 5 totally different gamers lead the staff in scoring throughout its present six-game run.
