Friday’s NBA Playoffs slate features plenty of betting action, including the Los Angeles Clippers’ Nicolas Batum prop bets. Let’s take a look at the markets and lines for Batum in this postseason matchup. The points over/under set for Batum in Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz is 9.5.
Over his last five outings, Batum has finished with an average of 9.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals per contest. On the season, he’s averaged 8.2 points while shooting 46.6% from the floor.
The Jazz are being picked to win the contest by bookmakers, who list them as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 219.5 points. The teams will take to the court on Friday in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, starting at 10:00 PM ET. Let’s take a look at how Batum has fared this season and in recent outings to provide insights into his betting lines for this matchup.
Nicolas Batum prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 9.5
- Over Odds: -105
- Under Odds: -125
- Points per game: 8.2
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:42 PM EST on June 18, 2021.
Nicolas Batum points insights
- The 9.5 points prop total set for Batum on Friday is 1.3 more points than his season scoring average (8.2).
- Batum has scored more than 9.5 points 28 times this season (out of 79 total games — 35.4%).
- Batum’s season-long scoring average, 8.2 points per game, is 0.2 fewer points than his average points prop bet total.
- In 17 of 33 opportunities this year (51.5%), Batum has gone over his point total.
- 58.2% of Batum’s matchups this year have seen him fall short of his season-long average points prop total of 8.4 points (46 out of 79 contests).
- Teams are scoring 108.8 points per game against the Jazz this season, the 22nd-most given up by a squad.
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Nicolas Batum rebound insights
- Batum’s per-game rebound average — 4.9 — is 2.6 less rebounds than his prop bet over/under in Friday’s game (7.5).
- In nine of 79 games this season (11.4%), Batum has collected more than 7.5 rebounds.
- Batum has collected 4.9 rebounds per game, which is equal to his season average prop.
- Just 36.4% of the time this year (12 out of 33 contests), Batum has outpaced his rebounds prop bet total.
- In 55.7% of his matchups (44 out of 79 contests), Batum has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total (4.9).
- Opponents of the Jazz have averaged 42.7 rebounds per game this season, the 26th-most against any NBA squad.
Nicolas Batum assists insights
- Batum’s season-long assist average — 2.2 per game — is 0.3 assists lower than Friday’s assist prop bet value (2.5).
- In 31 out of 79 games this season (39.2%) Batum has had more than 2.5 assists.
- Batum has averaged 0.4 fewer assists per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 2.6.
- Batum has dished out 2.6 or more assists (his average assist prop bet total) in only 31 of 79 of his contests (39.2%).
- The Jazz’s opponents are averaging 21.5 assists per game, which is the fewest allowed by an NBA team this season.
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