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A total of 14 teams are in action this Sunday in the NBA, so it’s time to once again pick out our favorite player props of the day. We are 5-3 on our prop bets since Thursday, so hopefully we can wrap this week up with another productive night.
As always, you can find our picks on the side and total for all 7 games being played, simply check out our NBA picks. Let’s dive into my favorite NBA player prop bets for Sunday now.
Zach LaVine 3+ made threes (-118)
Although his points per game stats are down, Zach LaVine has actually improved his efficiency from 3-point land in the first 9 games of the season. He’s shooting just a tad over 40% from downtown, and only in the 2020-21 season did he shoot better than that. He’s getting 8 attempts per game, while converting on 3.2 of them per night. Against the Nuggets he’s on a run of 3 games in which he’s had at least 3 threes, I am looking for that to continue. Denver isn’t all that elite when it comes to defending the perimeter, ranking just 17th in the NBA in opponent 3-point percentage. Teams are scoring on 36% of attempts from downtown against them, while over the last 3 games that number is up to 37.5%. Chicago is coming off a disappointing loss at New Orleans, in order for them to bounce back LaVine will have to be on his A-game, especially from the perimeter.
Sunday’s NBA mega parlay has +989 odds!
De’Aaron Fox to score 25+ points (-140)
We have seen quite the improvement from Fox to start the season. He is averaging career-highs in points per game (25.9), field-goal percentage (55%) and free-throw percentage (86%). The Kings and Warriors played each other earlier in the week and Fox finished the game with 28 points. He was very active attacking the basket from the get-go, resulting in 12 free throws, 10 of which he was able to drain. That was the second meeting of the season between these teams, and in the first one he was also productive, scoring 26 on 11-for-20 from the field. He has the speed advantage over Stephen Curry and with the Warriors struggling on offense as a team, Curry should be more focused on getting his team going rather than guarding Fox. The 24-year-old has scored at least 25 points in 3 of 4 games against the defending champions and if the Kings are going to end the 7-game losing streak against them, he will have to go for at least 25 and 8 assists.
Check out our Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings predictions!
Russell Westbrook to record a triple-double (+1700)
No LeBron James and potentially no Anthony Davis means that we might see the old Russell Westbrook from his Oklahoma City Thunder days here and you know what that means. With his usage rate going up, it’s very reasonable to assume his stats will also go up, possibly even in the range of a triple-double. At +1700 odds, why not take a shot at it? Russ has recorded a triple-double in 2 of his last 3 games against the Nets, one of them was with the Lakers on Christmas Day in 2021. For his career he has 6 triple-doubles against Brooklyn, granted most of them were earlier in his career when was in his prime, but Russ can still put up (empty) stats as we are seeing over the last few games since he fully committed to a bench role. He is averaging 19.2 points. 8.3 assists and 4 rebounds per game in November. There’s not much going for the Lakers right now, so why not stat-pad a bit to bring some excitement to a franchise desperate to turn things around?
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