NBA Player Prop Bets, Odds & Picks: Monday (3/17)
There is a full slate of 10 NBA games tonight, including two between teams with winning records. One of those contests pits the Indiana Pacers against the Minnesota Timberwolves. How will Anthony Edwards perform in that game? Elsewhere, Domantas Sabonis will look to put up solid numbers against the Memphis Grizzlies and Nikola Vucevic will look for another great game against the Utah Jazz.
Here are the three best NBA player props for Monday, March 17th.
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Monday’s Best NBA Player Prop Bets
This Season: 45-55 (-4.25 units) | Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook
Domantas Sabonis 30+ Points + Rebounds (-110)
The Grizzlies have been a good matchup for Domantas Sabonis this season. The first time he played them, he scored 17 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. The second time, he scored 17 and grabbed 10 boards. Because his rebounding hasn't been great against the Grizzlies, I want to take this combo prop, so I have protection from his scoring production. Sabonis is averaging 14.1 rebounds per game and the Grizzlies rank 22nd in rebounds allower per game, so Sabonis should properly take advantage of this matchup.
Sabonis enters this game in a bit of a slump. On Friday, he recorded a triple-double, but he went well below his season average in points and rebounds. On February 26th, he scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds. In his game before that one, he had just seven points and 10 boards. But this is a player averaging 19.4 points per game. Look for him to break out of his funk tonight in a matchup that has been good to him this season.
Nikola Vucevic 18+ Points (+125)
Nikola Vucevic is averaging 18.7 points per game, but he hasn't topped that average in his last four games. He hasn't topped that average for an entire month - since he put up 20 points per game in December. Vucevic has only faced the Jazz once this season, scoring 23 points. He was 9-of-17 from the floor in that contest.
Vucevic missed every game between February 23rd and March 9th. When he returned he played just 24 and 23 minutes in his first two games back. That's well below his season average of 31.8 minutes per game. On Saturday, he played 29 minutes against the Houston Rockets and scored 15 points. The Jazz have the third-worst scoring defense in the league. As long as Vucevic plays his usual minutes, I love him to hit this alternate line.
Anthony Edwards Over 3.5 Made Three-Pointers (-120)
Anthony Edwards is averaging 4.1 made three-pointers per game this season. The Pacers rank fourth in the league in three-pointers allowed per game, but they're just 12th in opponent three-point shooting percentage. Because Edwards is averaging 10.1 three-point attempts, he will put up enough shots in this game to take advantage of a Pacers' perimeter defense that isn't as good as some numbers suggest.
Edwards enters this game having made five threes in two of his last three games. He's averaging four makes this month, so he's right in line with his season average. If he were entering this game in a slump, then it may be worth taking his under, but with how he's currently playing, nothing about this matchup suggests a bad night for him.
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