The Milwaukee Bucks take to the court Thursday for a night of NBA Playoff basketball with no shortage of betting opportunities. Let’s focus in on Bryn Forbes’ prop bets and lines for his upcoming game. The over/under for Forbes’ points in Thursday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets is 10.5.
Forbes finishes with an average of 10.2 points per game this season, while connecting on 47.5% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged 14 points in each matchup and has shot 51.0% from the floor.
The Bucks are being picked to win the matchup by bookmakers, who list them as 3.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 234.5 points. The teams will take to the court on Thursday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, starting at 7:30 PM ET. How will Forbes perform relative to his betting lines? Let’s break down his performances and dig into some insights to find out.
Bryn Forbes prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 10.5
- Over Odds: -111
- Under Odds: -118
- Points per game: 10.2
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 7:42 AM EST on June 10, 2021.
Bryn Forbes points insights
- The 10.5 points prop total set for Forbes on Thursday is 0.3 more points than his season scoring average (10.2).
- Forbes has scored more than 10.5 points 32 times this season (out of 76 total games — 42.1%).
- Forbes’ season-long average points prop bet over/under, 10.9 points, is 0.7 more points than his per-game scoring average.
- 53.3% of Forbes’ matchups this year have seen him fall short of his point prop total (eight out of 15 chances).
- Less than half of the time — 42.1% of his matchups this year — Forbes has hit the over on his season-long average point total of 10.9 points (in 32 of his 76 contests).
- Teams are scoring 112.3 points per game against the Nets this season, the 12th-most allowed by a squad.
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Bryn Forbes rebound insights
- Forbes’ per-game rebound average — 1.7 — is 0.8 less rebounds than his prop bet over/under in Thursday’s game (2.5).
- In 18 out of 76 games this season (23.7%), Forbes has pulled down more than 2.5 rebounds.
- Forbes has collected 0.3 more rebounds (1.7 per game) than his season average prop bet (1.4).
- Only 40% of the time this season (six out of 15 outings), Forbes has gone over his rebounds prop bet total.
- Forbes has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total (1.4 boards) in just 46.1% of his matchups (35 of 76 games).
- The Nets’ opponents are pulling down 45.9 rebounds per game, which is the ninth-most allowed by an NBA team this season.
Bryn Forbes assists insights
- Forbes has averaged 0.6 assists per game this season, 0.1 assists more than his prop bet for the matchup on Thursday (0.5).
- Forbes has dished out more than 0.5 assists in 35 out of 76 games this season (46.1%).
- Forbes’ per-game assist average (0.6) is 0.2 less than his average assist prop bet total (0.8).
- Forbes has covered his average assist prop bet over/under (0.8) in just 35 of his 76 games (46.1%).
- The Nets’ opponents are collecting 22.6 assists per game, which is the 28th-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.
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