Best NBA Prop Bets Today (LaMelo Ball, Dejounte Murray Set to Dominate Play-In Tournament)
The BetSided team is all in on player props for this NBA season, sharing our favorite and best prop bet picks each day during the year.
Best NBA Prop Bets Record to Date
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Here are the plays we are eyeing for tonight’s slate with all odds via WynnBET:
Best NBA Prop Bets Today
- LaMelo Ball OVER 23.5 Points (-115)
- Trae Young UNDER 46.5 Points, Rebounds, Assists (-120)
- Dejounte Murray OVER 7.5 Rebounds (-135)
LaMelo Ball OVER 23.5 Points (-115)
As a rookie, LaMelo Ball struggled in the play-in game. He shot 4-for-14 and scored 14 points. That’s not going to be the case tonight.
Ball comes into this matchup on fire. His three ball is falling, he’s cleared this line in three straight games and the Hornets are winning because of it. Atlanta and Charlotte are bound to end up in a track meet, so there will be points to be had. – Donnavan Smoot
Trae Young UNDER 46.5 Points, Rebounds, Assists (-120)
Are you sensing a theme here?
I faded Karl-Anthony Towns in this prop on Tuesday because he has struggled against the Los Angeles Clippers, and things are not different with Trae Young here.
First off, Trae has cleared this prop in just three of his last 12 games, and there was one key denominator in all of those games. Young scored 36, 41 and 45 points in the matchups where he went over 46.5 points, rebounds and assists.
It’s possible that he has a big scoring game, but when you look at how the Hornets have defended this season, I’m willing to bet that he doesn’t. In four games against Charlotte this season, Young is averaging 20.8 points, 10.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting just 37.7 percent from the field.
To put this into perspective, only the Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings held Young to less points per game this season. And, he only played those teams two or fewer times, making one bad game hold a lot more weight than four matchups with Charlotte.
Playoff Trae was fun last season, but this number is too high for me in Wednesday’s play-in game. – Peter Dewey
Dejounte Murray OVER 7.5 Rebounds (-135)
Dejounte Murray has been a star over the second half of the season, propelling the San Antonio Spurs to the play-in game.
He is averaging 21/8/8 since the All-Star break and in a must-win game I expect him to see even more minutes than his near-35 minutes per game in the regular season. Murray has been a near-triple-double threat and I expect him to continue his big rebounding output in a win-or-go-home scenario.
It's a bit juicy but I can't see the New Orleans Pelicans keeping him off the glass. – Reed Wallach
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