NBA Finals action continues Tuesday, as we focus on the Phoenix Suns and Mikal Bridges’ prop bets and lines. Bridges has an over/under of 11.5 points in Tuesday’s matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Bridges has averaged 13 points so far this season while shooting 53.1% from the floor. Over his last five games, he’s recorded 13 points per game with a 54.8% rate of shooting from the field.
The Bucks are being picked to win the matchup by bookmakers, who list them as 5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 222.5 points. The teams will meet on Tuesday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, starting at 9:00 PM ET. Let’s dig into some insights and stats to figure out how Bridges will perform in this matchup, especially as it pertains to his betting markets.
Mikal Bridges prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 11.5
- Over Odds: -110
- Under Odds: -120
- Points per game: 13.0
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 10:35 PM EST on July 18, 2021.
Mikal Bridges points insights
- The 11.5 point total set for Bridges’ game Tuesday is 1.5 fewer points than his per-game scoring average.
- In 57% of his games this season (53 of 93 matchups) Bridges has scored more than 11.5 points.
- Bridges’ season-long scoring average, 13.0 points per game, is 0.6 points higher than his average points prop bet total.
- In 58.5% of his matchups this year, Bridges has hit the over on his point total (38 out of 65 opportunities).
- In 51 of 93 contests this year (54.8%), Bridges has gone over his season average points prop bet total (12.4).
- The Bucks’ opponents are scoring 108.6 points per game, which is the 23rd-most given up by an NBA team this season.
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Mikal Bridges rebound insights
- Bridges has averaged 0.8 more rebounds per game (4.3) than his prop bet total in Tuesday’s game (3.5).
- In 56 out of 93 games this season (60.2%), Bridges has grabbed more than 3.5 rebounds.
- Bridges has grabbed the same number of rebounds as his season-long average prop bet over/under (4.3).
- In only 43.1% of his chances (28 of 65), Bridges has surpassed his rebounds prop bet total.
- In only 40.9% of his games (38 out of 93 games), Bridges has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total (4.3).
- Opponents of the Bucks have collected 45.8 rebounds per game this season, the 10th-most against any NBA squad.
Mikal Bridges assists insights
- Bridges’ year-long assist average — 2.0 per game — is 0.5 assists higher than Tuesday’s assist prop bet value (1.5).
- In 60.2% of his matchups this season (56 out of 93) Bridges has dished out more than 1.5 assists.
- Bridges’ per-game assist average (2.0) is 0.1 more than his average assist prop bet over/under (1.9).
- In 60.2% of Bridges’ games (56 out of 93) he’s recorded more than 1.9 assists (his average assist prop total this season).
- Opponents of the Bucks have dished out 24.2 assists per game this season, the 20th-most against any NBA squad.
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