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Over the last 3 days we’ve put up 15 NBA player prop bets with 11 wins, 1 push and just 3 losses. We head into Sunday with a lot of momentum and are hoping to end the week on a strong note.
I’ve picked out 3 bets from today’s 9-game slate, as always you can find our picks for the side and total for each of those game games via our NBA predictions. Let’s look at some of my favorite NBA player props for Sunday.
Kristaps Porzingis over 27.5 points & rebounds (-115)
Kristaps Porzingis is one of the big reasons why the Wizards are 6th in the standings this season. The Latvian has been putting up good numbers over his last 10 games, averaging 20.3 points and 8.7 rebounds. In just 28 minutes of play against the Celtics earlier this season he posted 17 points and 13 rebounds. His height is a big advantage in the matchup against Al Horford, who simply cannot hold ground against the much younger Porzingis. Opposing teams are getting 51.9 rebounds per game against the Celtics, which ranks them only 17th in the NBA.
The fact that Jayson Tatum doesn’t play for Boston also helps. He’s actually first on the Celtics in rebounding, and a team that was already struggling to clean the glass now has to somehow make up for his 7.9 rebounds per game. I’m counting on Porzingis to get to his averages.
Check out our Washington Wizards vs Boston Celtics predictions
Andrew Wiggins over 24.5 points % rebounds (-111)
Andrew Wiggins has been the second most consistent player on the Warriors this season, behind Stephen Curry. He’s cleared this line in 4 games straight, scoring 20 or more points in each of those games and averaging 6.3 boards a night. Tonight’s game against the Timberwolves promises to be a high-paced one, with the total being set at 234 points. He enjoys playing his former team, and in 7 games against them he’s averaging 21 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
The Timberwolves’ defense haven’t been the most confidence-inspiring bunch this year. They are 16th in points allowed per game at 113.5 and they struggle heavily to contain opposing wing players. With the attention mostly being on stopping Stephen Curry, Wiggins can have himself another productive night. Even if he struggles shooting the ball, he can get to this number with his rebounding.
Sunday’s NBA Parlay comes at you at +586 odds!
Jerami Grant under 22.5 points (-113)
I’m usually not a fan of betting players to go under their total, but this one looks like a very reasonable bet to make. Jerami Grant had 44 points last night, but it was a very weird game against the Knicks in which he took a total of 28 free throws. He played a total of 40 minutes and the game went into overtime, so might be a bit gassed more than usual in today’s game against the Nets. He had gone under the 22.5-point mark in 4 straight games prior to last night and in his last 3 games against Kevin Durant he’s scored 11, 5 and 5 points.
Durant is not the only player he has to worry about here on offense. Ben Simmons has been playing extremely well and looking more and more like the player he used to be in Philadelphia. On top of those individual matchups, the Nets rank 12th as a team in opponent points giving up 111.9 per game, which is above the league average. I think backing Grant to go under is a solid bet.
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