{"id":387672,"date":"2025-12-21T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=387672"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:42:05","slug":"nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop picks Dec. 21: Back Wembanyama, Quickley and Durant on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victor Wembanyama headlines Sunday&#8217;s NBA prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s NBA props narrative<\/strong>: Wembanyama has been eased in since returning from injury, and is still on a minutes restriction. But he&#8217;s capable of doing big damage in small amounts of time, and has a great matchup against the Washington Wizards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out my top NBA prop picks for Dec. 21, featuring Immanuel Quickley and Kevin Durant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets &amp; start betting on the NBA<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NBA prop picks Dec. 21<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet:<\/strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Wembanyama over 19.5 points (-118)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Antonio is a 15.5-point favourite in this matchup, so the biggest worry is that Wembanyama will play fewer than 15 minutes in a blowout win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty much what happened when these teams met on Thursday, in a game the Spurs won by 25:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>17 minutes <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 field-goal attempts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wemby fell shy of this number, but has had at least 18 points in each of his other three games since returning from injury. That includes a 26-point outing on Friday night in 21 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">See full props for Spurs vs. Wizards<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could see a world where Wembanyama scores 20 points in just 15 minutes of play against Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wizards have the worst defensive rating in the NBA and rank 25th in opposing true shooting percentage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it&#8217;s not like Wembanyama hasn&#8217;t torched them before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Before Thursday, Wembanyama averaged 31.8 PPG in four games against Washington and went 4-0 against this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quickley over 15.5 points (<b>-110)<\/b><\/strong>: The Toronto Raptors are on the second leg of a back-to-back after falling to the Boston Celtics last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That shapes up well for Quickley, who has been an assassin on no rest this year (five games played):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19.6 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>47.9 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40.0 3PT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All three of those marks are a notable tick up from his season-long numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quickley was awful yesterday, going 1-for-12 from the floor against Boston, but I like his chances of bouncing back against the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point guard has scored 20-plus points in four of his five meetings against Brooklyn since joining Toronto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the Nets have the fourth-worst 3-point defence in the NBA, meaning Quickley can rack up points hastily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Full betting markets for Sunday&#8217;s NBA slate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA player prop predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Durant 25+ points (<\/strong><\/strong>-125)<\/strong>: Durant is still one of the purest bucket-getters in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s averaging 25.4 PPG this year, which is his lowest mark since 2016-17, but is shooting a clinical 51.5% from the field and 44.3% from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s been even better from 3-point land in December, cashing 2.5 threes per game at a 55.6% clip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Bet on Durant to reach the 25-point milestone<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect Durant to lean on his mid-range game tonight, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His opponent, the Sacramento Kings, have the second-worst mid-range defence in the NBA, letting opponents shoot 50.3% from that area of the court, per Cleaning the Glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KD attempts 61% of his shots from the mid-range, which ranks in the 100th percentile among all forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 21, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Wembanyama headlines Sunday&#8217;s NBA prop bets. Today&#8217;s NBA props narrative: Wembanyama has been eased in since returning from injury, and is still on a minutes restriction. But he&#8217;s capable of doing big damage in small amounts of time, and has a great matchup against the Washington Wizards. Check out my top NBA prop picks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":387665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-387672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA prop picks Dec. 21: Best bets, predictions &amp; odds | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NBA prop picks Dec. 21, 2025. 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