Friday’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. Tucker has an over/under of 4.5 points in his matchup with the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
Tucker finishes with an average of 3.8 points per contest this season, while connecting on 37.6% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged 6.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in each outing and has shot 41.4% from the floor.
The Bucks are being picked to win in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals by oddsmakers, who list them as 7.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 226.5 points. The teams will take to the court on Friday starting at 8:30 PM ET. Let’s take a look at how Tucker has fared this season and in recent outings to provide insights into his betting lines for this matchup.
PJ Tucker prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 4.5
- Over Odds: -125
- Under Odds: -105
- Points per game: 3.8
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:39 AM EST on June 25, 2021.
PJ Tucker points insights
- The 4.5 points prop total set for Tucker on Friday is 0.7 more points than his scoring average on the season (3.8).
- In 34.4% of his games this season (22 of 64 matchups) Tucker has put up more than 4.5 points.
- Tucker’s season-long average points prop bet over/under, 5.9 points, is 2.1 more points than his per-game scoring average.
- 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 opportunities).
- In less than half of his games — 17 of 64 this year (26.6%) — Tucker has hit the over on his season average points prop bet total (5.9).
- The Hawks’ opponents are averaging 119.7 points per game, which is the most given up by an NBA team this season.
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PJ Tucker rebound insights
- Tucker has averaged 0.5 less rebounds per game (4.0) than his prop bet total in Friday’s game (4.5).
- In 37.5% of his games this season (24 out of 64), Tucker has snagged more than 4.5 boards.
- Tucker has pulled down 4.0 rebounds per game, which is 1.4 fewer boards than his season average prop.
- Only 36% of the time this season (nine out of 25 contests), Tucker has gone over his rebounds prop bet total.
- In only 26.6% of his games (17 out of 64 games), Tucker has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total (5.4).
- The Hawks’ opponents are grabbing 47.0 rebounds per game, which is the third-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.
PJ Tucker assists insights
- Tucker’s season-long assist average — 1.1 per game — is 0.6 assists higher than Friday’s assist prop bet total (0.5).
- In 65.6% of his matchups this season (42 out of 64) Tucker has collected more than 0.5 assists.
- Tucker has averaged 1.1 assists per game, 0.4 less per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 1.5.
- Tucker has dished out 1.5 or more assists (his average assist prop bet over/under) in just 20 of 64 of his contests (31.2%).
- Opponents of the Hawks have averaged 25.0 assists per game this season, the 10th-most against any NBA team.
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