The Milwaukee Bucks take to the court Saturday for a night of NBA Playoff basketball with plenty of betting action. Let’s focus in on Pat Connaughton’s prop bets and lines for his upcoming game. Connaughton has an over/under of 6.5 points for Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Connaughton finishes with an average of 6.6 points per contest this season, while connecting on 43.4% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged six points in each matchup and has shot 45.5% from the floor.
Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bucks and Hawks begins at 8:30 PM ET on Saturday. Oddsmakers have installed the Hawks as 2.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 216.5 points. Let’s take a look at how Connaughton has performed this season and in recent outings to provide insights into his betting lines for this matchup.
Pat Connaughton prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 6.5
- Over Odds: -120
- Under Odds: -110
- Points per game: 6.6
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 10:35 PM EST on July 2, 2021.
Pat Connaughton points insights
- The 6.5 point total set for Connaughton’s game Saturday is 0.1 fewer points than his per-game scoring average.
- Connaughton has put up more than 6.5 points 38 times this season (out of 85 total games — 44.7%).
- Connaughton’s season-long average points prop bet total is 0.2 points less than his per-game scoring average (6.6 points).
- In less than half of his chances — nine of 19 this year (47.4%) — Connaughton has hit the over on his point total.
- 55.3% of Connaughton’s outings this year have seen him go under his season-long average points prop total of 6.4 points (47 out of 85 games).
- Teams are averaging 119.7 points per game against the Hawks this season, the most allowed by a team.
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Pat Connaughton rebound insights
- Connaughton’s per-game rebound average of 4.6 is 0.1 more rebounds than his prop bet over/under for Saturday’s game (4.5).
- In 41 of 85 games this year (48.2%), Connaughton has pulled down more than 4.5 rebounds.
- Connaughton has grabbed 4.6 rebounds per game, which is 0.5 more rebounds than his season average prop.
- 52.6% of the time this season (10 of 19 chances), Connaughton has surpassed his rebounds prop bet total.
- In only 41 of his 85 contests (48.2%), Connaughton has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total of 4.1 boards.
- Teams are pulling down 47.0 rebounds per game against the Hawks this season, the third-most allowed by a squad.
Pat Connaughton assists insights
- Connaughton’s season-long assist average — 1.1 per game — is 0.6 assists higher than Saturday’s assist over/under (0.5).
- Connaughton has collected more than 0.5 assists in 56 out of 85 games this season (65.9%).
- Connaughton has averaged 0.1 less assists per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 1.2.
- In just 30.6% of Connaughton’s contests (26 out of 85) he’s dished out more than 1.2 assists (his average assist prop over/under this season).
- Opponents of the Hawks have averaged 25.0 assists per game this season, the 10th-most against any NBA squad.
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