Now that Super Bowl LV is in the books, the NBA is the head honcho in American sports for the next couple of months. The Monday slate is a little ho-hum but features a meeting between reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks and current MVP frontrunner C Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets. Here are a few NBA player prop predictions to consider Monday.
Monday’s NBA player prop bet predictions
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 4:50 p.m. ET.
Bucks PG Jrue Holiday OVER 16.5 points (-115)
Denver is tied for 22nd in opposing point guards’ points per game, 27th in field-goal percentage, and 19th in 3-point percentage by opposing PGs. In 11 career games versus Nuggets PG Jamal Murray, Holiday is averaging 18.9 points per game on .469/.391/.938 shooting and Murray is dealing with a knee issue entering Monday.
Plus, Holiday has scored 17 or more points in four of his last five games and Denver is 22nd in defensive efficiency.
Also see: Milwaukee Bucks at Denver Nuggets odds, picks and prediction
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Houston Rockets C DeMarcus Cousins UNDER 11.5 rebounds (+110)
The Rockets visit the Charlotte Hornets Monday and it’s confusing how this is a plus-money player prop. I get Charlotte is one of the worst rebounding teams in the NBA, but Houston just lost its best rebounder in C Christian Wood. Considering Cousins has gone over 11.5 rebounds in only three games this season and none in his last seven outings, we’re getting great value here.
Also, in Cousins’ five career games against Hornets C Cody Zeller, Cousins is averaging 10.8 rebounds per game but has collected more than 11 rebounds in only one of those games. The Rockets are below-average in both offensive and defensive rebounding rates.
Also see: Houston Rockets at Charlotte Hornets odds, picks and prediction
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Los Angeles Lakers PG Dennis Schröder OVER 15.5 points (-130)
The Lakers host the Oklahoma City Thunder for their second meeting this season and Schröder was a Sixth Man of the Year candidate for the Thunder last season.
While this cannot exactly be billed as the Dennis Schröder revenge game, you have to think he is excited to play his former team to possibly get some bragging rights over whoever he’s still friends with in OKC.
Schröder has played exceptionally well over the past three games—averaging 19.7 points per game on 71.4% field-goal shooting—and should have ample opportunity in this game with Lakers All-Star PF Anthony Davis out.
He scored only 14 points in the first Thunder-Lakers game this year but Los Angeles housed OKC 128-99 so the Lakers weren’t even going full throttle toward the end. If this game is tighter, we can expect Schröder’s usage to increase at the end of the game.
Also see: Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers odds, picks and prediction
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