Wednesday’s NBA schedule features a matchup of the best in the West when the Utah Jazz visit the Los Angeles Clippers and a cross-conference battle between the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors. Here are a couple of NBA player prop bet predictions to consider Wednesday.
Wednesday’s NBA player prop bet predictions
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Minnesota Timberwolves C Karl-Anthony Towns OVER 22.5 points (-105)
The Indiana Pacers stop by Target Center to play the Timberwolves and this is a game Towns should dominate.
While Pacers C Myles Turner is having the best defensive season of his career, KAT has done work against Turner in their head-to-head meetings. Towns is averaging 29.0 points per game on .517/.405/.860 shooting in six career games vs. Turner.
Furthermore, Indiana is 25th in opponent’s points in the paint per game and second-to-last in opponent’s second-chance points per game due to their awful team rebounding. Towns has spent some time on the sidelines this season but returned to the lineup four games ago so the rust should be almost fully knocked off.
Also see: Pacers at Timberwolves odds, picks and prediction
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Golden State Warriors PF Draymond Green OVER 6.5 rebounds (-130)
Since the Warriors have lost both centers James Wiseman and Kevon Looney to injuries, Green has stepped up his rebounding efforts. He is averaging three more rebounds per game this month than last (7.6 rebounds per game in February from 4.6 RPG in January).
Miami is one of the worst rebounding teams in the Association and at 22nd in team rebounding rate. Additionally, both teams shoot a high-volume of 3-pointers (Miami is 5th in 3-point rate and Golden State is 6th). So there’s a good chance for Green to gobble up long rebounds since he is a little more active than the average big.
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Finally, Draymond could get some easy rebounds off of missed free throws. Golden State is 28th in defensive FT/FGA rate while Miami is sixth in offensive FT/FGA rate and 10th in free throw percentage.
Also see: Heat at Warriors odds, picks and prediction
Houston Rockets PG John Wall UNDER 2.5 made 3-pointers (-115)
The Philadelphia 76ers host the Rockets Wednesday and Wall should have issues getting quality looks against an elite defender in PG Ben Simmons.
Wall and Simmons have played head-to-head only twice, but, Wall has made just one of six 3-point attempts in those meetings. Also, the 76ers are eighth in opposing point guard’s 3-point percentage this season.
Lastly, the Rockets don’t move the ball well and rank in the bottom third of the league in several passing categories. On top of that Wall has made only 3 or more 3-pointers in seven of his 18 games this season.
Also see: Rockets at 76ers odds, picks and prediction
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