Monday’s NBA slate is stacked with a bunch of compelling East vs. West Coast games and intriguing one-on-one matchups. Below, we’ll highlight Monday’s top NBA player prop predictions.
The streaking Atlanta Hawks are in the middle of turning around their season and visit a Los Angeles Clippers team struggling with consistency since the All-Star break.
The once unbeatable Utah Jazz have been a little up-and-down to start the second half of the season and are visiting the Chicago Bulls who are trending toward at least a postseason play-in tournament berth.
Also, the slumping Toronto Raptors hope to jumpstart their regular-season campaign and extend the Houston Rockets’ 20-game losing skid with their visit to Toyota Center.
Monday’s NBA player prop bet predictions
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:35 p.m. ET.
Toronto Raptors SG Norman Powell OVER 20.5 points (-115)
It has been a weird season for the Raptors, who are playing their home games in Tampa, Fla., this season and have been dealing with a plethora of injuries and COVID-19-related absences.
One of the few bright spots in Toronto’s season has been the emergence of fifth-year guard/wing Norman Powell. Poor injury luck may have contributed to Powell’s increased usage and insertion into the starting lineup, but he has made the most of his opportunity.
Powell is averaging 27.1 points per game on 53.9% field-goal shooting (47.3% from 3-point range) with a career-high 26.6 usage rate in his eight starts in March.
Powell’s specific position is a bit fluid—the Raptors technically have him in the small forward slot but they essentially have a three-guard starting lineup—and Houston has played terrible defense against wings this season.
The Rockets are dead-last in opposing shoot guards’ points per game and 25th in opposing small forwards’ points per game.
As a team, Houston is 25th in defensive rating this month and 28th in defensive effective field-goal percentage.
BET N. POWELL OVER 20.5 POINTS (-115) for 1 unit.
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Chicago Bulls C Thaddeus Young OVER 7.5 rebounds (+120)
Young has been named as a player to watch around the upcoming NBA trade deadline by several NBA writers because the 13-year veteran is having a sneaky awesome season and has a career-high PER.
The Bulls made Young their starter center five games ago in part to raise his trade stock but also because Young is just a better player right now than Chicago’s second-year C Wendell Carter.
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Since Young has been named a starter, he’s averaging 8.6 rebounds per game and is grabbing 8.0 boards per game in March.
Also, Jazz C Rudy Gobert‘s game status is currently in question and if I’m reading the tea leaves, I’d guess the Jazz sit him for this contest because this isn’t an important game for them.
Even if Gobert does play Monday, Young has been good enough lately where he can grab 8 rebounds and cash this rebounding prop.
BET T. YOUNG OVER 7.5 REBOUNDS (+120) for a half-unit.
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