{"id":327025,"date":"2025-02-09T10:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=327025"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:40:56","slug":"nba-prop-bets-february-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-february-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets Feb. 9: Bet on LaMelo Ball and Tyrese Maxey on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\">Before the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, there&#8217;s afternoon basketball and I have two prop bets from the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: LaMelo Ball picked up right where he left off in his return to action on Feb. 7. I&#8217;m buying in and backing him to stuff the stat sheet again. I also have a pick on Tyrese Maxey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for Feb. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">Best NBA prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report-news\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\"><strong>NBA player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\"><strong>NBA standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Ball over 34.5 points\/assists (-115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a hefty line but with Ball&#8217;s 35.7% usage rate (second in the NBA behind Joel Embiid), he can easily clear this total on any given night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dynamic point guard missed five games but returned to play the San Antonio Spurs on Friday and recorded 34 points\/assists in a normal 36-minute workload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ball shot 9-of-26 (34.6%) from the floor and saw himself at the free-throw line a measly two times en route to 24 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those stats are below average for Ball, who scores 28.0 points on 41.6% shooting and attempts 5.4 FTs per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slightly better efficiency or a few more trips to the line would&#8217;ve done the trick on Friday and I expect a better performance tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: In his last game vs. the Pistons on Nov. 21, Ball had 35 points and nine assists (44 PR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maxey over 28.5 points (-125):<\/strong> This is quite the line but I still want in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maxey has been torching opposing defences, averaging 32.1 PPG since Jan. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that 17-game span, he&#8217;s cleared this 14 times. It&#8217;s also worth noting that the fewest points he&#8217;s scored in a game during this run is 27 and it was on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m expecting a huge bounce-back effort \u2014 if you can call it that \u2014 vs. the Milwaukee Bucks who allow the most points per game to PGs (26.7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>Picks made at 8:41 a.m. ET on 02\/09\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, there&#8217;s afternoon basketball and I have two prop bets from the action. The pregame narrative: LaMelo Ball picked up right where he left off in his return to action on Feb. 7. I&#8217;m buying in and backing him to stuff the stat sheet again. 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