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Best Bets
Jalen Green over 21.5 points (-115) at Nuggets
DraftKings, 4:40 PM CT
Alex Barutha: Fred VanVleet will miss his first game of the year tonight, and the Rockets will be facing a beat-up Nuggets squad. With FVV off the court, Green sees a +18.8% usage spike and takes 26.6 field-goal attempts and 10.5 free-throw attempts per 36 minutes. Houston is bad on the road, but this is a great chance for Green to have a monster game.
De’Anthony Melton O12.5 points at Pelicans
DraftKings Sportsbook, 2pm CT
Nick Whalen: Melton has been one of the best under-the-radar producers in the NBA so far this season, shining as a big-minute, every-night starter since the Sixers shipped James Harden to LA. Melton did go under this number against the Lakers on Monday, but that was a 44-point blowout in which he played just 25 minutes – his fewest in any game since Nov. 2. Prior to that Lakers game, Melton had gone over in seven straight games.
Tyrese Maxey O10.0 REB+AST at Pelicans
PrizePicks, 2pm CT
Nick Whalen: This is a pick that our brand new player prop analyzer at RotoWire likes tonight. Maxey has pushed (once) or gone over in 11 of his last 13 games and goes up against a Pelicans team that’s particularly prone to giving up assists. The Pels surrender an assist on 56.7 percent of opponents’ two-point looks (second-most in NBA) and on 85.9 percent of three-pointers (eighth-most). New Orleans also ranks seventh in the NBA in opponents’ assists per 100 possessions (27.0) and is sixth in opponents’ rebounds per 100 (45.6).
Jalen Suggs over 12.5 points versus Washington (-110)
DraftKings, 11:30am EST
Ken Crites: Markelle Fultz (knee) is out again for the Magic. When Fultz is off the court, Suggs averages 15.9 points per 36 minutes this season. And the Wizards defense is terrible – they are second-worst in the Association, giving up 124.0 points per game. Their only defensive-oriented guard, Delon Wright (knee), has been out since the 10th. The rest of Washington’s backcourt would give up 70 points to Duke’s guards. Suggs has averaged 14.3 points per contest over his last nine games. Plus, the over/under for this game is a juicy 234. The K-Train is a modest 8-5 this season, so feel free to fade.
