The NBA is serving up all-day basketball action for Black Friday’s 10-game slate.
The pregame narrative: I have three plays for the occasion, betting on Jalen Suggs, Isaiah Hartenstein and Anthony Edwards to produce.
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Best bet: Suggs over 15.5 points (-130)
The Orlando Magic point guard gets a juicy matchup coming off a career-best performance.
Suggs lit up the Chicago Bulls for 31 points on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive, non-injury-related game that he has cleared this mark.
A hamstring issue limited Suggs to nine minutes the game before that after he had back-to-back contests scoring 16 and 23 points.
Paolo Banchero remains out for Orlando, meaning Suggs will stay a bigger piece of the offence.
He has a great opportunity tonight to continue his increased scoring production (he’s averaging a career-high 15.6 PPG).
The Brooklyn Nets have struggled to contain PGs, allowing the fourth-most points to the position (per Betting Pros).
They’re 23rd in opponent 3-point percentage and Suggs is shooting and making more from long range than ever before (2.2 threes on 6.9 attempts).
He’s also shooting a career-best 93.1% from the line. While Suggs doesn’t get to the stripe often, he’s been near-automatic and a few trips could be the difference in helping him clear this modest line.
Key stat: Suggs has topped this number in over half of his games.
Quick picks
Hartenstein over 22.5 points/rebounds (-118): The Oklahoma City centre has been on fire since making his season and Thunder debut.
Hartenstein missed the first month recovering from a hand fracture but has double-doubled in all three games since returning, averaging 30.3 minutes for the worst-rebounding team in the NBA.
- Nov. 27 vs. Warriors: 14 pts, 14 reb
- Nov. 25 vs. Kings: 19 pts, 10 reb
- Nov. 20 vs. Blazers: 13 pts, 14 reb
The undersized Thunder desperately needed the 7-footer’s size and rebounding prowess down low and he’s delivered on that.
Centres have performed well against the Los Angeles Lakers and Hartenstein seems to have found a new gear in an expanded role after two years with the New York Knicks.
Edwards over 26.5 points (-130): Let’s get this out of the way right away: No team allows fewer points to shooting guards than the Los Angeles Clippers, Edwards’ opponent tonight.
The Clippers have the second-best perimeter defence in the NBA and are fifth in the league in defensive rating.
This is by all accounts a difficult matchup for Edwards and his underperforming Minnesota Timberwolves.
That said, Edwards is an elite scorer who’s shooting more than all but three players.
- Averaging 28.1 PPG (career high)
- Topped this line in 3 straight
- 24-plus points in 8 straight
- Leads NBA in 3PM/game (4.7)
Edwards has taken at least nine shots from deep and 20-plus shots from the field in six of his last seven.
The volume should at the very least be there tonight. As long as that’s the case, he’s going to get his whether he does it efficiently or not.
Edwards has topped this number in 11 of 18 games.
Picks made at 1:26 p.m. ET on 11/29/2024.
Chris joined NorthStar Gaming from Covers.com where he was a publishing editor and wrote betting content. Before that, he was the sports editor at VICE Canada, worked for theScore and covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com. In addition to filling out the lineup card each day for the editorial team, Chris writes frequently himself, primarily on the NBA and MLB.