NBA Player Prop Bets, Odds & Picks: Tuesday (12/10)
Two NBA Cup quarter-final games will be played tonight, as the Milwaukee Bucks host the Orlando Magic and the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks.
How will Khris Middleton and Jalen Suggs perform in the night’s first game? What should we expect from Klay Thompson against a tough Thunder defense?
Here are the three best NBA player props for Tuesday, December 10.
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Tuesday’s Best NBA Player Prop Bets
This Season: 16-22 (-3.20 units) | Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook
Khris Middleton 20+ Points + Assists + Rebounds (+100)
Khris Middleton has only played two games this season, scoring 11 points in both. In his last game, he finished with a combined 19 points + assists + rebounds, but he only played 20 minutes. He finished with a combined 19 points + assists + rebounds in just 23 minutes in the game before that one. In his first game, he was also just 2-of-10 from the field.
The Magic are the best defensive team in basketball, allowing just 103.3 points per game. Yet, Middleton is a player who averaged 27 minutes per game last season. As his minutes continue to increase this year, so will his production. Considering how consistent he's been over his first two games, finishing with nearly identical stat lines in each, look for him to do slightly better in a few more minutes tonight.
Klay Thompson 13+ Points (-110)
Klay Thompson is averaging exactly 13 points per game this season. He's coming off a 20-point performance against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. It was his first 20-point game since November 12. It marked his fifth time with at least 15 points since that date.
Earlier this season, Thompson scored just five points against the Thunder. He was just 1-of-11 in that game, shooting below 10% for the second time this season. But Thompson is a 38.9% shooter. Even though the Thunder are allowing just 103.8 points per game, their defense isn't so good that they can smother Thompson in the same fashion again.
Look for Thompson to put up a similar number of shots to his first meeting with the Thunder, but this time he'll knock down at least four, with most of them coming from beyond the arc, just like he's done in three of his last four.
Jalen Suggs Under 4.5 Assists (-105)
Jalen Suggs is averaging 3.9 assists per game, but he's gone cold over the last couple of games. He's dished out three or fewer assists in three of his last four. He faces a Bucks team tonight allowing just 25.6 assists per game. That ranks 12th in the league, which is better than all but one of Suggs’ opponents during his recent four-game slump.
Suggs did end November with at least six assists in back-to-back games. However, if you go back to November 8th, Suggs has only recorded more than four assists in five of his 16 games.
Every now and then, Suggs will put together a six- or seven-assist night, but for the most part, this is a player who finishes with four or fewer assists. Against a tough defense, tonight won't be one of his randomly good nights.
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