We’re really scraping the underside of the barrel right here for NBA participant prop choices as there’s solely three video games scheduled within the Affiliation on Friday evening and 4 of the groups competing rank within the bottom-seven total in successful proportion. We’re not wagering on group success, to be honest, and maybe having fewer choices will focus our consideration on discovering the jewels of the day.
Listed below are three participant prop professional picks to contemplate, all of that are mixture factors and rebounds props taking the UNDER in three separate matchups.
Zach Edey UNDER 13.5 Factors + Rebounds vs. Pelicans (-104)
Preview: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Memphis Grizzlies, 8 p.m. ET
The New Orleans Pelicans will be completely dominated across the basket, as they rank twenty fifth in opponent’s factors per sport on the middle place (24.17) and thirtieth in rebounds (17.40), but the UNDER nonetheless makes extra sense right here for rookie Zach Edey.
The 7-foot-4 big did go OVER 13.5 factors and rebounds in opposition to New Orleans lower than a month in the past on Dec. 27 (23 = 14 factors + 9 rebounds), enjoying 27 minutes in an eight-point victory for the Memphis Grizzlies. Nonetheless, in 10 appearances since then, Edey has eclipsed the 22-minute mark only a single time, having linked on an UNDER at this quantity in eight of his final 9 outings.
Memphis can go 11 gamers deep most nights, decreasing the necessity for somebody of Edey’s plodding nature to see the hardwood for a prolonged stretches. This might simply backfire ought to New Orleans go chilly capturing the rock, because the ball will merely fall into his monumental palms, however the upside is larger for an UNDER contemplating his latest numbers.
Miles Bridges UNDER 28.5 Factors + Rebounds vs. Path Blazers (-106)
Preview: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Charlotte Hornets, 7 p.m. ET
A season-ending harm to Brandon Miller ought to put the Charlotte Hornets in a bind offensively in principle, but over the past three video games sans the sophomore, Miles Bridges has emerged by averaging 20.3 factors and 4.7 rebounds per contest.
Easy arithmetic, although, would present that 20.3 + 4.7 does not equate to at the very least 28.5, which is the quantity Bridges must topple in opposition to the Portland Path Blazers and a quantity he is fallen UNDER hitting in six of his final seven video games. Teammate Mark Williams is placing up a monster 23.3 factors and 13.7 rebounds on 57.1 p.c capturing throughout the identical stretch, as nicely, in order that’s taking a chunk out of Bridges’ potential boards to succeed in OVERs on props of this nature.
Jarrett Allen UNDER 25.5 Factors + Rebounds vs. 76ers (-108)
Preview: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m. ET
The Cleveland Cavaliers should not want a full-fledged effort to deal with a Philadelphia 76ers group in a world of harm that is dropped seven in a row as Joel Embiid’s knee continues to swell. A rematch with the Houston Rockets is probably going circled on Cleveland’s calendar for Saturday, so in a great world, a majority of the starters would not be wanted to play heavy minutes in Philly to keep away from dropping consecutive video games for the second time all season.
On paper, Jarrett Allen might feast on a frontcourt lacking Embiid and backup Andre Drummond, and maybe he’ll. Nonetheless, with a combo prop of 25.5 factors and rebounds, Allen has gone UNDER in 5 of his final six video games averaging 14.3 factors and 9.3 rebounds. He is additionally hit an UNDER twice already in 2024-25 versus the Sixers, which features a six-point, six-rebound effort on Dec. 21 in what was a 27-point blowout victory for the Cavaliers.
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