NBA Playoffs action continues Thursday, as we focus on the Milwaukee Bucks and Khris Middleton’s prop bets and lines. The points over/under set for Middleton in Thursday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks is 27.5.
So far this season, Middleton has recorded an average of 20.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists every game, while over his last five performances, he’s averaging 21.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, six assists and two steals. He’s shooting 46.6% from the field this season and 40.0% in his last five games.
The Bucks are being picked to win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals by bookmakers, who list them as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 214.5 points. The teams will meet on Thursday starting at 8:30 PM ET. Let’s dig into some insights and stats to figure out how Middleton will perform in this matchup, especially as it pertains to his betting markets.
Khris Middleton prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 27.5
- Over Odds: -105
- Under Odds: -128
- Points per game: 20.8
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 10:35 PM EST on June 30, 2021.
Khris Middleton points insights
- The 20.8 points Middleton has scored per game this season is 6.7 fewer points than his points prop bet over/under set for Thursday (27.5).
- Middleton has put up more than 27.5 points in 10 of 83 games this season (12%).
- Middleton’s season-long scoring average, 20.8 points per game, is 0.3 points higher than his average points prop bet over/under.
- Less than half of the time — 49.2% of his matchups this year — Middleton has gone over his point total (31 out of 63 opportunities).
- 51.8% of Middleton’s matchups this year have seen him fall short of his season-long average points prop total of 20.5 points (43 out of 83 contests).
- Teams are scoring 119.7 points per game against the Hawks this season, the most allowed by a team.
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Khris Middleton rebound insights
- Middleton’s per-game rebound average — 6.3 — is 2.2 fewer rebounds than his prop bet over/under in Thursday’s game (8.5).
- In 18.1% of his games this season (15 out of 83), Middleton has collected more than 8.5 boards.
- The average prop bet over/under Middleton has had set for rebounds this year is 5.9. He usually has surpassed that value as he has pulled down 6.3 rebounds per game, 0.4 more boards than his average prop.
- Only 49.2% of the time this season (31 out of 63 contests), Middleton has hit the over on his rebounds prop bet total.
- In 53% of his matchups (44 out of 83 games), Middleton has surpassed his average rebounds prop bet total (5.9).
- The Hawks’ opponents are grabbing 47.0 rebounds per game, which is the third-most given up by an NBA squad this season.
Khris Middleton assists insights
- Middleton has averaged 5.3 assists per game this season, 1.2 assists less than his prop bet for the matchup on Thursday (6.5).
- In 27.7% of his matchups this season (23 out of 83) Middleton has dished out more than 6.5 assists.
- Middleton has averaged 5.3 assists per game, 0.2 more per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 5.1.
- In just 44.6% of Middleton’s games (37 out of 83) he’s recorded more than 5.1 assists (his average assist prop bet total this season).
- Opponents of the Hawks have averaged 25.0 assists per game this season, the 10th-most against any NBA team.
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