Stars Tyler Herro and Tyrese Haliburton are featured in Monday’s top NBA prop picks.
The pregame narrative: I expect Herro to wreak havoc from beyond the three-point arc. Also, I like Haliburton to have a big offensive performance against the Brooklyn Nets.
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Best bet: Herro over 3.5 threes (-120)
This looks like a nice spot for Herro to do damage.
Jimmy Butler is out of the equation and the Heat face a Sacramento Kings team that gets torched on the perimeter and is playing for the second consecutive night.
Herro already carved up the Kings once this season, dropping 27 points and five triples when he saw them in November.
The 24-year-old, averaging a career-high 23.8 points per game, enters with personal-best numbers from beyond the arc.
- 3.8 threes/game
- 9.5 attempts/game
- 40.3% shooting
Herro has cleared this line in just about half of his games and drilled at least three triples in all but nine of 33 contests.
He has both efficiency and volume working on his side against the Kings.
Key stat: Sacramento ranks 29th in the NBA in opponent 3-point percentage.
Quick picks
Haliburton over 27.5 points/assists (-125): The Indiana Pacers point guard has cleared this line in five of his last seven contests.
He has blown past it in three of those games, including each of his last two.
Haliburton dropped 33 and 15 against the Heat on Jan. 2 and responded with a 27-point, eight-assist outing versus the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.
The Nets are a bottom-of-the-barrel defensive unit and the Pacers aren’t much better.
Haliburton is just shy of this line for the season (27.1 pts/ast) but is coming off two straight years in which he averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists.
This line is more than manageable for him in a game where the Pacers should score plenty.
Brooklyn does not guard the 3-point line well and Haliburton can burn teams from deep.
He’s averaging career highs in made threes and attempts, burying a combined 11 in his last two games.
Picks made at 12:49 p.m. ET on 01/06/2025.
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