Friday’s NBA Playoffs slate features no shortage of betting opportunities, including the Milwaukee Bucks’ Jrue Holiday prop bets. Let’s take a look at the markets and lines for Holiday in this postseason matchup. The points over/under set for Holiday in Friday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks is 19.5.
Holiday has averaged 17.5 points, 6.3 assists and 1.6 steals so far this year while shooting 48.7% from the floor. Over his last five contests, he’s posted 20 points and eight assists per game with a 39.6% rate of shooting from the field.
The Bucks are being picked to win in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals by oddsmakers, who list them as 7.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 226.5 points. The teams will meet on Friday starting at 8:30 PM ET. Let’s dig into some insights and stats to figure out how Holiday will perform in this matchup, especially as it pertains to his betting markets.
Jrue Holiday prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 19.5
- Over Odds: -120
- Under Odds: -110
- Points per game: 17.5
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:43 PM EST on June 24, 2021.
Jrue Holiday points insights
- The 19.5 point total set for Holiday on Friday is 2.0 more points than his season scoring average (17.5).
- Holiday has scored more than 19.5 points in 28 of 71 games this season (39.4%).
- Holiday’s season-long average points prop bet over/under is 0.5 points less than his per-game scoring average (17.5 points).
- In 31 of 52 opportunities this year (59.6%), Holiday has gone over his point total.
- Teams are putting up 119.7 points per game against the Hawks this season, the most given up by a team.
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Jrue Holiday rebound insights
- Holiday’s per-game rebound average — 4.7 — is 0.8 fewer rebounds than his prop bet over/under for Friday’s game (5.5).
- In 29.6% of his games this year (21 out of 71), Holiday has gone over his prop bet total for his next matchup (5.5 boards).
- Holiday has pulled down 0.2 more rebounds (4.7 per game) than his season average prop bet (4.5).
- In just 24 of his 52 chances (46.2%), Holiday has outpaced his rebounds prop bet total.
- Holiday has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total (4.5 boards) in just 46.5% of his matchups (33 of 71 contests).
- Teams are averaging 47.0 rebounds per game against the Hawks this season, the third-most allowed by a squad.
Jrue Holiday assists insights
- Holiday has averaged 6.3 assists per game this season, 1.2 assists less than his prop bet for the matchup on Friday (7.5).
- In 26.8% of his matchups this season (19 out of 71) Holiday has collected more than 7.5 assists.
- Holiday’s per-game assist average (6.3) is 0.6 more than his average assist prop bet over/under (5.7).
- Holiday has covered his average assist prop over/under (5.7) in 38 of his 71 contests (53.5%).
- Teams are averaging 25.0 assists per game against the Hawks this season, the 10th-most allowed by a team.
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