The NBA’s Friday card is headlined by the Miami Heat trying to keep their hot streak going by upending a white-hot Utah Jazz and a rematch of last season’s Western Conference first-round series between the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers. Let’s shop around for some value in Friday’s prop bet market and focus on two NBA player props.
Friday’s NBA player prop bet predictions
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Portland Trail Blazers SG Gary Trent Jr. OVER 3.5 made 3-pointers (+110)
The third-year Trail Blazers guard has taken his game to another level this season and has played even better since being named a starter in mid-January.
Trent went 7-for-11 from 3-point land in the first Trail Blazers-Lakers game in late December and he was backing up SG C.J. McCollum. Well, McCollum has been sidelined by injury for more than a month and Trent has started the past 16 games for Portland. Trent is averaging 4.1 made threes per game on 43.0% 3-point shooting in 36.3 minutes per game as a starter.
Also, the Lakers’ 3-point defense has suffered since PF Anthony Davis went out with an injury five games ago. Over that span, Los Angeles has the fourth-worst defensive 3-point percentage. The Trail Blazers fire the 2nd-most threes per game and connect at the seventh-best percentage.
On top of all that, Trent’s 3-pointers made prop is getting plus-money! BET TRENT OVER 3.5 MADE 3-POINTERS (+110) for 1.25 units.
Also see: Trail Blazers at Lakers odds, picks and prediction
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Houston Rockets SG Victor Oladipo UNDER 2.5 made 3-pointers (-120)
The Raptors host the Rockets Friday in their temporary home in Tampa, Fla., and Rockets SG Victor Oladipo is a player with which Toronto’s backcourt has a lot of familiarity.
Oladipo has played the Raptors 19 times in his career (he started 18 of those games) but has sunk 3 or more 3-pointers in just five of those contests. Not only are the Raptors familiar with how Oladipo plays, but they also hold opposing shooting guards to the lowest 3-point percentage in the NBA.
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More importantly, how comfortable is Oladipo with his new system and teammates in Houston? Oladipo has played in only 12 games for the Rockets while missing seven, and he has made 3 or more 3-pointers in only one of his past five games and is shooting 28.2% from deep since joining Houston.
TAKE OLADIPO UNDER 2.5 MADE 3-POINTERS (-120) for 1 unit.
Also see: Rockets at Raptors odds, picks and prediction
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