Best bet: Suggs over 2.5 threes (-136)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Magic’s top scorer, Wagner, is out on Sunday with an oblique injury, which means someone will need to step up on offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the obvious candidate is Suggs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides Paolo Banchero, who’s only played five games this season, Suggs is the second option on the Magic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the season, he averages 2.2 made threes on 7.0 attempts, and that surely will increase with Wagner sidelined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other encouraging news is that Suggs is on a heater right now. He is 8\/20 from 3-point range across his last two games, clearing this line in both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the Suns are a much worse team without Kevin Durant who will be out again tonight. In games without KD, Phoenix allows an average of 119.9 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That would be the third-worst scoring defence in the NBA over the entire season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key stat<\/strong>: Suggs is 7-2 against this line in games where he takes eight or more threes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nQuick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Morant over 22.5 points (-113)<\/strong>: I’m looking to ride with Morant during this strong stretch of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe star PG has 30-plus points in two of the last three games including a 32-point outburst in a win against the Boston Celtics on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that, the Washington Wizards provide a juicy matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- They allow the second-most PPG to opposing PGs (26.7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n- The Wizards give up the most threes to PGs per game (4.1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The biggest worry here is a blowout with the Grizzlies being 11.5-point favourites but I think this game will stay close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s because Memphis had to travel overnight for this second half of a back-to-back and I believe fatigue will be an underlying factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if it is a blowout, I am confident Morant can clear this modest total before it gets out of hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siakam over 19.5 points (-120)<\/strong>: It’s hard to back Siakam with all the options in Indiana, but I love this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- The Charlotte Hornets allow the third-most PPG to power forwards (25.4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n- Siakam has cleared this line in 2\/3 games against Charlotte since joining the Pacers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
To expand on that last point, Siakam has 20 or more points in eight of his previous nine games against Charlotte, dating back to his time with the Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Picks made at 8:45 a.m. ET on 12\/08\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve got three NBA props for Sunday’s slate. The pregame narrative: Jalen Suggs will be without Franz Wagner’s help, so I will be backing Orlando’s point guard to have a productive outing. I also like prop picks on Ja Morant and Pascal Siakam. Check out the best NBA prop bets on Dec. 8. NBA prop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":313661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83,12],"class_list":["post-313640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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