{"id":331214,"date":"2025-03-02T09:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=331214"},"modified":"2025-03-02T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:54:22","slug":"nba-prop-bets-march-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets March 2: Bet overs on McCollum, Giddey and Adebayo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m backing three players to fill the net in Sunday&#8217;s NBA prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/cj_mccollum\">CJ McCollum<\/a> draws an excellent matchup that he&#8217;s taken advantage of in the past, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/bam_adebayo\">Bam Adebayo<\/a> is shooting at a matchup-proof clip right now. Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/josh_giddey\">Josh Giddey<\/a> is on a bona fide heater as a scorer and passer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for March 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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: McCollum over 19.5 points (-104)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110594\">Embed: #110594<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Utah Jazz allow the most 3-point attempts per game (40.8), and McCollum has already taken full advantage this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In back-to-back home games against the Jazz in January, McCollum shot a combined 11-of-24 from deep. He scored 26 and 45 points, respectively, in those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I strongly considered taking McCollum over 2.5 threes (-141) as the best bet, but the price on his points prop was more compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, if McCollum is hitting the over on one of these props he&#8217;s likely cashing both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of his 26 games this year with three-plus 3s, McCollum scored 20-plus points 22 times. He finished with exactly 19 points in each of the four outliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This season, McCollum has scored 20-plus points in 24 of 45 games (53.3%). Utah, which allows the most attempted 3s and the fourth-most points per game (119.3), serves as a stellar matchup for him to cash in again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah also allows the third-most points to opposing point guards (25.62\/game), per Betting Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: McCollum is averaging 30.8 PPG over his past five matchups against Utah, cashing this bet every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adebayo 20+ points (-105)<\/strong>: Shortly after Jimmy Butler played his final game for the Miami Heat, Adebayo started to pick up the offensive slack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Jan. 27, Adebayo has averaged 21.5 points in 13 games. And the production has been steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18+ points in 12 of 13<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20+ points in 8 of 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With a career-low 48.2% field goal rate this season, it&#8217;s been a down year for Miami&#8217;s centre as a scorer. But he&#8217;s posted a 54.7 FG% since Butler left, so maybe we&#8217;re starting the old Adebayo return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Knicks, who Adebayo faces tonight, have allowed the 20th-most PPG to centres over their past 30 games (21.07).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the matchup isn&#8217;t a plus for Adebayo, it&#8217;s not daunting enough to deter me from making this pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giddey over 26.5 points\/assists (-107): <\/strong>What has gotten into Giddey lately? I&#8217;m not sure, but I&#8217;m buying in tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giddey has been going off lately, posting some truly outsized numbers over his past five games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23.2 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.8 APG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30+ pts\/ast in 5 of 5 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s only averaging 19.7 PA on the season, and he&#8217;s been a starter the whole way through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But with Zach LaVine gone, and both Ayo Dosumnu and Nikola Vucevic missing time recently, there&#8217;s been more opportunity for Giddey to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dosunmu and Vucevic are both out again on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast-paced teams are helpful for overs, and that&#8217;s what we have when the Chicago Bulls face the Indiana Pacers. Both teams rank in the top six in possessions per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>Picks made at 9:20 a.m. ET on 03\/02\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m backing three players to fill the net in Sunday&#8217;s NBA prop bets. The pregame narrative: CJ McCollum draws an excellent matchup that he&#8217;s taken advantage of in the past, while Bam Adebayo is shooting at a matchup-proof clip right now. Elsewhere, Josh Giddey is on a bona fide heater as a scorer and passer. 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