Embed: #105639<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is a light line for a starter who’s getting over 30 minutes a night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, there’s reason for that. Lopez plays alongside two high-usage scorers with huge volume: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That eats into his scoring upside but Lopez’s production has significantly improved of late. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lopez has cashed this eight times in his last 10 games. It’s been powered by his scoring (14.7 points and 2.1 triples). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spurs surrender the fifth-most points to centres, per Betting Pros, making this an even more enticing play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So if you’re looking for a better price, you could go Lopez over 10.5 points (-104).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I think the combo market has a greater chance of hitting and the -130 price is more than playable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key stat<\/strong>: Lopez is averaging 19.1 points\/rebounds over his last 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\nQuick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Cunningham over 2.5 threes (-129)<\/strong>: The Pistons guard came well short of his prop lines when he faced the Brooklyn Nets earlier this season but I expect him to feast tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Nets are 25th in defensive rating and 27th in opponent 3-point percentage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cunningham has improved efficiency and volume this season and he’s more dangerous from the perimeter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pistons are also down an offensive weapon in guard Jaden Ivey and Cunningham has exploded in consecutive games without him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Cunningham has scored 32 and 40 points, respectively, in his last two games. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n- He nailed four triples in each outing and has reached that mark four times in his last six contests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n- The 23-year-old topped this line 11 times in his last 15. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Leonard over 1.5 threes (+117)<\/strong>: This is an excellent number to back Leonard in his third game of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Los Angeles Clippers’ oft-injured star has topped this in both games, taking five attempts from deep in each contest despite limited minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He played 21 minutes last game following 19 in his season opener, taking a healthy 11 shots from the field in both outings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leonard has averaged at least 1.9 triples per game on good percentages in each of the last five seasons coming into this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He gets the Denver Nuggets on a back-to-back tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denver’s defence has struggled coming into the evening, ranking 23rd in defensive rating over its last 10 games and in the bottom half of opponent 3-pointers allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Picks made at 1:31 p.m. ET on 01\/08\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham is featured in Wednesday’s top NBA prop picks. The pregame narrative: Cunningham has been crushing it from long range and I like him to stay hot tonight. Additionally, my best bet is on Brook Lopez for tonight’s eight-game NBA slate. Check out the best NBA prop bets for Jan. 8. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":320286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83,12,208],"class_list":["post-320168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-props"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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