A showdown between Victor Wembanyama and Giannis Antetokounmpo closes out Wednesday night’s NBA action.
The pregame narrative: While Antetokounmpo doesn’t factor into this San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks +320 SGP, Wembanyama does. I like the Spurs phenom to stay hot from beyond the arc and I have legs on point guards Damian Lillard and Chris Paul.
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Parlay: Wembanyama 3+ threes, Lillard over 22.5 points & Paul over 17.5 points/assists (+320)
Wembanyama 3+ threes (-205): Wembanyama is absolutely uncorking from long range.
Look at the jump he’s taken in conversions and volume from 3-point land in his sophomore season.
- 2023-24: 1.8 threes on 5.5 attempts (32.5%)
- 2024-25: 3.3 threes on 9.4 attempts (35.4%)
That’s a monster leap for the 7-foot-3 superstar who has routinely hit this number at a high clip.
Wembanyama fell below three triples in eight of his first nine games this season. Since then, he’s gone 16-6 against this line.
Over that 22-game stretch, he’s averaging 4.0 threes per game and has amassed a whopping six-plus on seven different occasions.
SGP legs
Lillard over 22.5 points (-143): The Spurs defend point guards extremely well, but we’re not even asking Lillard to reach his season scoring average here.
The star Bucks PG enters scoring 24.7/game and he is 19-9 versus this line on the season and 9-3 since the start of December.
Lillard can hurt teams from a lot of areas, including from deep, where he’s nailed five triples in three of his last seven games. That can help him pile up points in a hurry.
Tonight’s total isn’t grand but it’s a healthy 227.5, so buckets are expected.
Paul over 17.5 points/assists (-125): Speaking of point guards, I like Paul in a plus matchup against the Bucks’ weak PG defence.
Milwaukee allows the fourth-most points to the position in the NBA. While Paul isn’t much of a scorer anymore, he’s still capable and this is a good opponent for him to contribute.
He’s coming off an 18-point game, snapping a string of five consecutive contests scoring in single digits.
But he was still able to top this line twice over that stretch thanks to his ability to pile up assists.
The veteran enters the night averaging 8.4 assists per game, ranking sixth in the NBA.
Picks made at 4:00 p.m. ET 01/08/2025.
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