Welcome to Bales’ Bananas – Monkey Knife Fight NBA Prop Picks 12/16! Below I will discuss my NBA favorite plays for tonight’s slate!
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Over Under 2/2 – Dallas Mavericks/Milwaukee Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo is an interesting option tonight. He’s averaging 31.3 points per game over the last 10 days. He’s also averaging only 27.6 minutes per game over that span. He’s a relatively unstoppable scorer, but hasn’t always been forced into big minutes because of blowouts. He has taken 20+ shot attempts in 8 of his last 10 games, including each of his last 5 contests. The Dallas Mavericks have struggled defensively at times this season, and they don’t have anyone that can match up with Antetokounmpo. The only real concern in this game is it being a blowout, as the Milwaukee Bucks are -11 point favorites. Still, Antetokounmpo comes with elite scoring upside in this matchup.
Kristaps Porzingis will take over the offense with Luka Doncic injured. This total is currently sitting around his floor. In his first game without Doncic, he played 40 minutes, scoring 22 points. While he barely topped this total, Porzingis shot only 33.3% from the field and 33.3% from beyond the arc in that game. He saw 21 shot attempts, including 9 three-point attempts and 7 free throw attempts. He gets a solid matchup against a fast paced Milwaukee team tonight. Porzingis will see plenty of usage, and he’s likely to see 20+ shot attempts again in this game. This total is far too low at the moment.
Play 1 unit on Giannis Antetokounmpo OVER 31.5 points and Kristaps Porzingis OVER 20.5 points to win 3 units (3x)
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