The Atlanta Hawks take to the court Thursday for a night of NBA Playoff basketball with some interesting betting options. Let’s focus in on John Collins’ prop bets and lines for his upcoming game. The points over/under set for Collins in Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks is 15.5.
Collins has averaged 16.8 points and 7.7 rebounds so far this season while shooting 55.6% from the floor. Over his last five matchups, he’s recorded 13 points and 10.8 rebounds per game with a 61.7% rate of shooting from the field.
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Hawks and Bucks tips off at 8:30 PM ET on Thursday. Bookmakers have installed the Bucks as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 214.5 points. Let’s dig into some insights and stats to figure out how Collins will perform in this matchup, especially as it pertains to his betting markets.
John Collins prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 15.5
- Over Odds: -105
- Under Odds: -125
- Points per game: 16.8
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 7:35 PM EST on June 30, 2021.
John Collins points insights
- The 16.8 points Collins has scored per game this season is 1.3 more points than his points prop bet over/under set for Thursday (15.5).
- Collins has put up more than 15.5 points 38 times this season (out of 79 total games — 48.1%).
- Collins’ season-long average points prop bet total, 17.8 points, is 1.0 more point than his per-game scoring average.
- 58.6% of Collins’ matchups this year have seen him go under his point prop total (34 out of 58 chances).
- Less than half of the time — 43% of his outings this year — Collins has hit the over on his season-long average point total of 17.8 points (in 34 of his 79 games).
- The Bucks’ opponents are averaging 108.6 points per game, which is the 23rd-most allowed by an NBA team this season.
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John Collins rebound insights
- Collins has averaged 0.8 less rebounds per game (7.7) than his prop bet total in Thursday’s game (8.5).
- In 30.4% of his games this year (24 out of 79), Collins has snagged more than 8.5 boards.
- Collins has collected 7.7 rebounds per game, which is 0.2 fewer boards than his season average prop.
- In only 19 of his 58 opportunities (32.8%), Collins has gone over his rebounds prop bet total.
- In only 39 of his 79 games (49.4%), Collins has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total of 7.9 boards.
- The Bucks’ opponents are grabbing 45.8 rebounds per game, which is the 10th-most given up by an NBA squad this season.
John Collins assists insights
- Collins has averaged 1.1 assists per game this year, 0.6 assists more than his prop bet for the matchup on Thursday (0.5).
- In 56 out of 79 games this season (70.9%) Collins has dished out more than 0.5 assists.
- Collins’ per-game assist average (1.1) is 0.3 less than his average assist prop bet total (1.4).
- Collins has recorded 1.4 or more assists (his average assist prop total) in only 24 of 79 of his contests (30.4%).
- The Bucks’ opponents are averaging 24.2 assists per game, which is the 20th-most given up by an NBA squad this season.
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