It’s a point guard-heavy night for Friday’s top NBA prop picks.
The pregame narrative: I have plays on Coby White, Tyrese Haliburton and De’Aaron Fox, covering three different betting markets.
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Best bet: White over 20.5 points (-114)
White didn’t capitalize on a plus matchup in his last game but he gets another tonight.
He was held to 14 points against the Milwaukee Bucks, one of the worst teams in the NBA at containing point guards.
On Friday, his Chicago Bulls get the Atlanta Hawks, who allow the third-most points and 3-pointers to the position, according to Betting Pros.
White faced the Hawks earlier this month and dropped 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting but enters the night averaging a career-high 19.5 PPG.
He’s averaging 3.5 threes on 8.9 attempts (both career highs) and should excel from long range.
The Hawks are 30th in the NBA in opponent 3-point percentage and allow the most attempts per night.
Several point guards this month have topped 20 points against Atlanta, which ranks 28th in the NBA in PPG allowed.
- Nov. 20: Steph Curry (23)
- Nov. 18: Fox (28)
- Nov. 15: Jordan Poole (22)
- Nov. 8: Cade Cunningham (22)
- Nov. 6: Jalen Brunson (21)
- Nov. 1: Fox (21)
Key stat: White has cleared this line in 50% of his games, also finishing with 20 points twice.
Quick picks
Haliburton over 26.5 points/assists (-107): Haliburton isn’t playing well. But that doesn’t make him an auto-fade, especially on this combo market when he remains an upper-tier distributor.
He’s averaging 8.5 assists, eighth in the NBA, and has dished out 10-plus dimes in seven of 15 games.
That’s down from the double-digit totals he averaged the last two seasons, and his scoring dip is even more pronounced.
Haliburton enters the night with dreadful percentages from the field (37.5%) and long range (28.4%). Both represent career-low marks and his scoring average is down five points from a season ago.
But his struggles have been accounted for in this light line, which hovered around 30 earlier in the season.
Against Milwaukee, this is a good spot for Haliburton to get his scoring back on track.
- The Bucks are 23rd in opponent 3PT%
- They give up the fourth-most points to PGs
- This game is tied for Friday’s second-highest total (236)
Haliburton averaged 27.0 points and 11.0 assists in five regular-season games against Milwaukee last season, clearing this line every time.
Fox over 5.5 assists (+108): There’s solid value here as Fox’s Sacramento Kings welcome back two of their best players.
Neither DeMar DeRozan nor Domantas Sabonis are listed on Friday’s injury report. DeRozan (22.9 PPG) has missed Sacramento’s last three games, where Fox went off for 60, 49 and 28 points.
That scoring production won’t continue with DeRozan and Sabonis returning. Sabonis, another 20-point scorer, has missed the last two.
As the point guard, it will be Fox’s job to get those two the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers tonight.
Fox is more of a scorer than a distributor but he’s topped this line in four straight and more than half his games this season.
Picks made at 12:19 p.m. ET on 11/22/2024.
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.