{"id":387006,"date":"2025-12-14T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=387006"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:07:14","slug":"nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-14-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-14-2025-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop picks Dec. 14: Bet on Doncic, Murphy to be active on offence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Luka Doncic headlines Sunday’s NBA prop bets as he continues to be one of the league’s highest-volume shooters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s NBA props narrative<\/strong>: Doncic chucks 3-pointers with the best of them, and I’m backing the over on his 3s prop for tonight. Elsewhere, look for Trey Murphy and Jalen Johnson to fill the stat sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my top NBA prop picks for Dec 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NBA prop picks: Dec. 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best bet:<\/strong> Doncic over 3.5 threes <\/strong>(-163)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The over on Doncic’s point total (35.5) is a bit too rich for me tonight, but I did want to find a way to back him. With a little extra juice on his 3s prop, this seems like a good place to land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doncic fires almost as many 3s as anyone, and high volume is a must for a line like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 10.6 attempted 3s per game ranks third in the NBA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should see even more triples than usual from Doncic tonight with Austin Reaves (calf) ruled out. Reaves (7.6 3PA) is the only other Laker averaging at least half as many 3-point attempts as Doncic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In two games without Reaves this year, Doncic is 8-for-21 (38.1%) from deep and cashed this prop both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Doncic is 9-9 vs. this prop in the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shooting at a 33.7% clip from beyond the arc, Doncic isn’t the most efficient shooter by any means. But when you shoot as much as he does, there’s always a chance to clear a line like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the start of the 2023-24 season (138 games), the five-time All-NBA guard is averaging 3.8 threes on 10.3 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key stat<\/strong>: In Doncic’s past five matchups vs. the Suns, he is 4-1 vs. this prop while shooting 41.8% on 11.0 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Johnson over 8.5 assists (-130)<\/b><\/strong>: Johnson is a frontcourt player who has been doing his best impression of a point guard for quite some time now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Nov. 13 onward, Johnson leads the NBA in potential assists per game (18.8), which denotes all passes that lead directly to a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that span, Johnson is averaging 10.0 APG and is 8-5 vs. this line. He has 12 or more assists in three straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnson will face the Philadelphia 76ers tonight, and though he only had seven assists against them last time out (Nov. 30), it’s clear there’s room for a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sixers allow the second-most assists to small forwards, per Fantasy Pros, as well as the ninth-most assists overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBA player prop predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Murphy over 19.5 points <\/strong><\/strong>(-120)<\/strong>: The Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans both rank in the bottom three in scoring defence. And the teams combined for 273 points when they last met on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, yes, I want a piece of this one in the prop market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-> Bet on Trey Murphy vs. the Bulls<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, who’s averaging 21.2 PPG this season, seems like a perfect candidate. He doesn’t even have to reach his scoring average to get this done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n