The Milwaukee Bucks take to the court Saturday for a night of NBA Playoff basketball with no shortage of betting opportunities. Let’s focus in on Khris Middleton’s prop bets and lines for his upcoming matchup. Middleton’s points prop bet over/under is set at 27.5 points for Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.
So far this season, Middleton has recorded an average of 20.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists every night, while over his last five outings, he’s averaging 22 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists. He’s shooting 46.6% from the floor this season and 43.4% in his last five games.
The Bucks will meet the Hawks on Saturday in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, starting at 8:30 PM ET. The Hawks are being picked to win the game by oddsmakers, who list them as 2-point favorites. The over/under is set at 215.5 points. How will Middleton perform relative to his betting lines? Let’s break down his performances and dig into some insights to find out.
Khris Middleton prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 27.5
- Over Odds: -105
- Under Odds: -125
- Points per game: 20.8
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 10:35 AM EST on July 2, 2021.
Khris Middleton points insights
- The 20.8 points Middleton has scored per game this season is 6.7 fewer points than his points prop bet over/under set for Saturday (27.5).
- Middleton has scored more than 27.5 points 10 times this season (out of 84 total games — 11.9%).
- Middleton’s season-long average points prop bet total is 0.3 points less than his per-game scoring average (20.8 points).
- 50.8% of Middleton’s matchups this year have seen him go under his point prop total (32 out of 63 chances).
- In less than half of his games — 41 of 84 this year (48.8%) — Middleton has gone over his season average points prop bet total (20.5).
- Opponents of the Hawks have put up 119.7 points per game this season, the most against any NBA squad.
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Khris Middleton rebound insights
- Middleton has averaged 2.1 less rebounds per game (6.4) than his prop bet total in Saturday’s game (8.5).
- In 19% of his games this season (16 of 84), Middleton has grabbed more than 8.5 boards.
- Middleton has pulled down 0.5 more rebounds (6.4 per game) than his season average prop bet (5.9).
- Only 49.2% of the time this season (31 of 63 opportunities), Middleton has surpassed his rebounds prop bet total.
- In 53.6% of his matchups (45 of 84 contests), Middleton has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total (5.9).
- Teams are grabbing 47.0 rebounds per game against the Hawks this season, the third-most allowed by a team.
Khris Middleton assists insights
- Middleton has averaged 5.3 assists per game, 1.2 less than Saturday’s assist over/under (6.5).
- In 24 out of 84 games this season (28.6%) Middleton has dished out more than 6.5 assists.
- Middleton has averaged 5.3 assists per game, 0.2 more per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 5.1.
- Middleton has covered his average assist prop total (5.1) in just 38 of his 84 games (45.2%).
- The Hawks’ opponents are averaging 25.0 assists per game, which is the 10th-most allowed by an NBA team this season.
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