Thursday’s NBA Playoffs slate features no shortage of betting opportunities, including the Milwaukee Bucks’ PJ Tucker prop bets. Let’s take a look at the markets and lines for Tucker in this postseason matchup. The over/under for Tucker’s points in Thursday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets is 4.5.
Tucker finishes with an average of 3.7 points per contest this season, while connecting on 37.4% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged 4.4 points in each outing and has shot 36.4% from the floor.
The Bucks are being picked to win in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals by sportsbooks, who list them as 5.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 219.5 points. The teams will meet on Thursday starting at 8:30 PM ET. How will Tucker perform relative to his betting lines? Let’s break down his performances and dig into some insights to find out.
PJ Tucker prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 4.5
- Over Odds: -105
- Under Odds: -125
- Points per game: 3.7
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:35 AM EST on June 17, 2021.
PJ Tucker points insights
- The 3.7 points Tucker has scored per game this season is 0.8 fewer points than his points prop total set for Thursday (4.5).
- Tucker has put up more than 4.5 points 21 times this season (out of 61 total games — 34.4%).
- Tucker’s season-long average points prop bet over/under is 2.2 points higher than his per-game scoring average (3.7 points).
- Less than half of the time — 36% of his matchups this year — Tucker has hit the over on his point total (nine out of 25 chances).
- Less than half of the time — 26.2% of his outings this year — Tucker has gone over his season-long average point total of 5.9 points (in 16 of his 61 contests).
- Opponents of the Nets have put up 112.3 points per game this season, the 12th-most against any NBA squad.
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PJ Tucker rebound insights
- Tucker has collected 3.9 rebounds per game, 0.6 fewer boards than his prop bet in Thursday’s game (4.5).
- In 34.4% of his games this season (21 out of 61), Tucker has gone over his prop bet total for his next matchup (4.5 boards).
- Tucker has grabbed 1.5 fewer rebounds (3.9 per game) than his season average prop bet (5.4).
- In only nine of his 25 chances (36%), Tucker has surpassed his rebounds prop bet total.
- In only 16 of his 61 contests (26.2%), Tucker has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total of 5.4 boards.
- The Nets’ opponents are grabbing 45.9 rebounds per game, which is the ninth-most given up by an NBA squad this season.
PJ Tucker assists insights
- Tucker has averaged 1.1 assists per game, 0.6 more than Thursday’s assist over/under (0.5).
- Tucker has had more than 0.5 assists in 40 out of 61 games this season (65.6%).
- Tucker’s per-game assist average (1.1) is 0.4 less than his average assist prop bet total (1.5).
- Tucker has covered his average assist prop over/under (1.5) in only 19 of his 61 games (31.1%).
- Teams are compiling 22.6 assists per game against the Nets this season, the 28th-most allowed by a squad.
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