Best Prop Bets for Hornets vs. Heat

The Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat meet in South Beach for a primetime matchup on ESPN.

Looking for how to play the side? Check out our game preview here, but below are three of our best prop bets for the Eastern Conference showdown, with odds courtesy of WynnBET Sportsbook.

Miles Bridges OVER 18.5 Points (-130)

This number is just too low not to play, regardless of the juice.

Bridges has cleared this number in each game since the opener and is taking more than 20 shots per game. Even if the Heat have a stout defense, the volume will be there for Bridges to break 19 points so I'm happy to play the early front runner for Most Improved Player.

Kyle Lowry OVER 13.5 Points (-120)

Lowry hasn't been scoring much in his first three games with the Heat, but this number has dipped too low against a Hornets team that doesn't have the guards to stay in front of him.

Lowry has turned into a strong three-point shooter -- he has shot 34% or better from three in each season since 2015 -- but has hit on just a pair of his last 11 attempts from deep. He's still playing more than 30 minutes per game so I'm going to back him to get back on track with a league average Hornets defense that is playing at a top five pace.

Mason Plumlee UNDER 9.5 Rebounds (-135)

Plumlee may have gone over this total in four of five games this season, but the Heat are the best defensive rebounding team in the league, making it tough for me to envision a big rebounding output from the Hornets big man.

As well, Bam Adebayo is incredibly athletic and mobile out on the perimeter, so I'm curious if Charlotte sizes down and goes with a more mobile P.J. Washington -- if he plays -- instead of Plumlee.

Sell the early rebound totals and take the under on the new Hornets center.