Sunday’s NBA Playoffs slate features no shortage of betting opportunities, including the Los Angeles Clippers’ Marcus Morris prop bets. Let’s take a look at the markets and lines for Morris in this postseason matchup. The points over/under set for Morris in Sunday’s game against the Phoenix Suns is 15.5.
So far this season, Morris has recorded an average of 13.2 points every night, while over his last five performances, he’s averaging 14 points. He’s shooting 46.6% from the field this season and 52.0% in his last five games.
The Suns are being picked to win in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals by sportsbooks, who list them as 4-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 221.5 points. The teams will meet on Sunday starting at 3:30 PM ET. How will Morris fare relative to his betting lines? Let’s break down his performances and dig into some insights to find out.
Marcus Morris prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 15.5
- Over Odds: -118
- Under Odds: -115
- Points per game: 13.2
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 7:41 AM EST on June 20, 2021.
Marcus Morris points insights
- The 15.5 points prop total set for Morris on Sunday is 2.3 more points than his scoring average on the season (13.2).
- Morris has put up more than 15.5 points in 24 of 70 games this season (34.3%).
- Morris’ season-long average points prop bet over/under is 0.1 points less than his per-game scoring average (13.2 points).
- 59.4% of Morris’ outings this year have seen him go over his point prop total (19 out of 32 chances).
- In less than half of his games — 30 of 70 this year (42.9%) — Morris has hit the over on his season average points prop bet total (13.1).
- Teams are averaging 113.4 points per game against the Suns this season, the 11th-most allowed by a team.
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Marcus Morris rebound insights
- Morris has averaged 4.1 rebounds per game, 1.4 less boards than his prop bet for Sunday’s game (5.5).
- In 19 out of 70 games this year (27.1%), Morris has grabbed more than 5.5 rebounds.
- The average prop bet over/under Morris has had set for rebounds this year is 4.3. He often has gone under that value as he has averaged 4.1 rebounds per game, 0.2 fewer rebounds than his average prop.
- Only 46.9% of the time this year (15 out of 32 contests), Morris has gone over his rebounds prop bet total.
- In just 37.1% of his games (26 out of 70 games), Morris has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total (4.3).
- The Suns’ opponents are grabbing 43.3 rebounds per game, which is the 24th-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.
Marcus Morris assists insights
- Morris has averaged 1.1 assists per game, 0.4 fewer than Sunday’s assist over/under (1.5).
- In 22 out of 70 games this season (31.4%) Morris has dished out more than 1.5 assists.
- Morris has averaged 1.1 assists per game, 0.1 less per game than his average assist prop bet total of 1.2.
- Morris has recorded 1.2 or more assists (his average assist prop over/under) in only 22 of 70 of his games (31.4%).
- Opponents of the Suns have averaged 23.6 assists per game this season, the 23rd-most against any NBA team.
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