Welcome to Bales’ Bananas – Monkey Knife Fight NBA Prop Picks 1/6! Below I will discuss my NBA favorite plays for tonight’s slate!
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More or Less 2/2 – Utah Jazz/New Orleans Pelicans
Rudy Gobert is one of the league’s best rebounders. He’s averaging 14.2 rebounds in 35.1 minutes per game over the last 10 days. That’s on par with his season average of 14.3 rebounds in 34.3 minutes per game. Gobert has also posted 15+ rebounds in 7 of his last 10 games. He gets an elite matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans, who will be pushing the pace throughout this game. He missed their first matchup, but Tony Bradley needed only 21.5 minutes to post 9 rebounds against New Orleans. On the season, Bradley boasts a 20.5% total rebound percentage. Gobert ranks fifth in the NBA in total rebound percentage (22.1%), though. He’ll see plenty of opportunities for rebounds in 30+ minutes tonight, and it’d be far from surprisingly if he nears 20 rebounds in this matchup.
Brandon Ingram has cooled off a bit recently, but he’s still averaging 22.3 points in 34.1 minutes per game over the last 10 days. Over that span, he’s averaging 18.3 shot attempts, 6.5 three-point attempts, and 4.5 free throw attempts per game. Ingram continues to be a massive part of the New Orleans offense, as he ranks 16th in the NBA in shot attempts per game in 2019. He also ranks 17th in free throw attempts per game. Ingram gets a tough matchup against the Utah Jazz, but they no longer play at a snail-like pace, giving him extra opportunities in this game. In their first matchup, Ingram scored 33 points in 36.4 minutes. He’ll be locked into big minutes once again tonight, and can be significantly less efficient from the field and still find the over at his current total.
Play 1 unit on Rudy Gobert OVER 14.5 rebounds and Brandon Ingram OVER 22.5 points to win 3 units (3x)
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