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NBA Player Prop Bet Odds, Picks & Predictions: Thursday (12/28)

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I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful Christmas and a happy early New Year to you all!. We have an awesome eight-game slate today and some solid games. As always, be sure to shop around for the best odds and stay aware of injury news. There are a fair share of questionable tags tonight meaning plenty of last-second value to grab when injury news drops. It's been a remarkably successful season and I am thankful for all who have tailed so let's keep it going. 

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Thursday’s NBA Player Prop Bet Odds & Picks

Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook | Unless specified otherwise, each bet will be a single unit.

Last Time: 2-1
Season: 63-33

Alex Caruso Under 20.5 Pts + Reb + Ast

It's tough to knock what the Chicago Bulls have accomplished recently, winning five of their past seven games with some blowout wins over the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers. Caruso didn't even play in two of their past three losses either.

Still, the lines have become incredibly inflated for Bulls players and they are due for regression. I'll admit, the Pacers aren't the best team to fade opponents considering their fast pace and subpar defense, but Caruso has only gone over this combo prop twice in his last 16 games. I will happily fade him and the Bulls for the near future until I'm proven otherwise.   

Cade Cunningham Under 23.5 Points

In their Season of Hell, I will continue fading the Detroit Pistons until they win a game. As 17-point underdogs in Boston, here's to another under bet. 

While Cunningham has done everything in his power – and maybe superhero help with how he has performed – to give the Pistons a win. Still even with his efforts they haven't found a victory and despite his most recent 41-point performance, he has fallen under 23.5 points in seven of his past 11 games. Recently, he has been playing out of his mind but the Boston Celtics own the third-best defensive rating in the league with the bottom-10 pace of play in the league. The Oklahoma State product is remarkably talented, but this is not a good spot for him to continue playing at such a high level. He will come down to earth tonight.

Jamal Murray Under 34.5 Pts + Ast + Reb

I know it's never exciting to play three consecutive Unders but sometimes that's the right move for a slate, like today. Murray has scored 28-plus points in two of his past three games but on the season he has averaged under 20-points a contest.

Memphis is finally getting back to full strength and their defense has been top-10 all season. Their pace is middle of the pack so not all a big pace-up spot for Denver. Murray is projected at 72 percent chance of hitting this prop from the BettingPros Prop Bet Cheat Sheet and that is what I have been trusting all season and won't stop now.

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