{"id":317623,"date":"2024-12-29T09:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=317623"},"modified":"2024-12-29T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:39:53","slug":"hawks-vs-raptors-prop-picks-december-29-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/hawks-vs-raptors-prop-picks-december-29-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks vs. Raptors prop picks Dec. 29: Bet on Trae Young, Gradey Dick to fill the net"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Raptors face the Atlanta Hawks for the first time this season in Sunday&#8217;s highest-projected scoring matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> At a projected over\/under hovering near 240 points, both teams should light up the box score at Scotiabank Arena. I&#8217;m backing one shooter from each side \u2014 Gradey Dick and Trae Young \u2014 to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Hawks vs. Raptors prop picks for Dec. 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hawks vs. Raptors prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:104567\">Embed: #104567<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Dick over 2.5 threes (-104)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta is truly 1-of-1 as a matchup for opposing 3-point shooters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most made 3s allowed (16.0\/game)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most attempted 3s allowed (41.6\/game)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd-highest 3PT% (38.4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta allows a league-high volume of 3-pointers at a sky-high efficiency. This is a dream for anyone who likes to fire from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Dick is one of those guys, hoisting 7.1 threes per game this season. The second-year shooting guard is a full-time starter, and his shot volume has essentially doubled compared to his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of December, Dick has attempted 7.4 threes per game and cashed 2.8 of them. Those numbers both pace the Raptors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Dick went 6-for-13 (46.2%) from beyond the arc over three matchups against the Hawks. He came off the bench in each of those games and only cleared this prop once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a starter and the team&#8217;s top gunner from 3-point range, I expect Dick to fire away freely against Atlanta tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Dick has gone over 2.5 threes in seven of his past 12 games, averaging 2.7 makes in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Young over 22.5 points<\/strong> (-122):<\/strong> Young has cut back on shooting and is taking his facilitating game to new heights. But in what should be a high-scoring matchup, this is still a number he can clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBA&#8217;s assists leader (12.2 APG) has 23-plus points in four of his past five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He may not be shooting as much from the field \u2014 averaging 16.7 FGA, his fewest since 2018-19 \u2014 but Young is still in the league&#8217;s top 20 for free throw attempts (6.6\/game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto yields the most free throw attempts per game to its opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last season, Young hit the 30-point mark in three of four matchups against the Raptors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 9:05 a.m. ET 12\/29\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Raptors face the Atlanta Hawks for the first time this season in Sunday&#8217;s highest-projected scoring matchup. The pregame narrative: At a projected over\/under hovering near 240 points, both teams should light up the box score at Scotiabank Arena. I&#8217;m backing one shooter from each side \u2014 Gradey Dick and Trae Young \u2014 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":317628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-317623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hawks vs. Raptors prop picks: Dec. 29 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Hawks vs. Raptors prop picks for Dec. 29. 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