{"id":318712,"date":"2025-01-02T15:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=318712"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:29:13","slug":"nba-prop-bets-january-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-january-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets Jan. 2: Back D&#8217;Angelo Russell and Bam Adebayo on Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\">D&#8217;Angelo Russell and Bam Adebayo make up tonight&#8217;s top prop picks for Thursday&#8217;s six-game NBA slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: I&#8217;m backing Russell to score in his second game with the Brooklyn Nets and I like the Miami Heat&#8217;s Adebayo on a combo market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for Jan. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NBA prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\">NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Russell over 13.5 points (-130)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\">There&#8217;s big blowout potential here, but that might not impact Russell as much as others, like Milwaukee Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/events\/8883448\">13-point home favourite<\/a> as of Thursday afternoon and should dismantle the Nets, who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">2-8 over their last 10<\/a> and 25th in the NBA in defensive rating.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell&#8217;s second game with the Nets following a trade from the Lakers will come on a back-to-back after excelling in a loss to the Toronto Raptors last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22 points in 25 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9-of-13 from the field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-of-6 from deep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell was wildly inconsistent with the Lakers, seeing his role reduced in what turned into a poor fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he&#8217;s always been a scorer and threat from the outside, averaging at least 15.5 points a season in every year outside of his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell should have more rope and opportunity in Brooklyn, and volume alone will have him flirt with this number most nights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\">The veteran should have the ball in his hands a lot and tonight he&#8217;ll do it against a Bucks team that has struggled to defend guards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adebayo over 28.5 points\/rebounds (-120)<\/strong>: The Heat face the Indiana Pacers and Adebayo has punished them twice already this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nov. 15: 30 points, 11 boards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nov. 17: 28 points, 8 boards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Adebayo&#8217;s scoring has been inconsistent, as he&#8217;s averaging his lowest output (16.4\/game) since the 2019-20 season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he&#8217;s been a strong rebounder (9.9\/game) and centres have had their way on the glass with the undersized Pacers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana allows the fifth-most boards to the position and is 24th in points allowed in the paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Heat are on a back-to-back but this is a good matchup for the three-time all-star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 3:20 p.m. ET on 01\/02\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo Russell and Bam Adebayo make up tonight&#8217;s top prop picks for Thursday&#8217;s six-game NBA slate. The pregame narrative: I&#8217;m backing Russell to score in his second game with the Brooklyn Nets and I like the Miami Heat&#8217;s Adebayo on a combo market. Check out the best NBA prop bets for Jan. 2. NBA prop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":318717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[83,12,208],"class_list":["post-318712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-props"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA prop bets Jan. 2: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for Jan. 2, 2025. 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