Thursday’s NBA Playoffs slate features the Phoenix Suns and some interesting betting options, including lines for Devin Booker prop bets. Booker has an over/under of 28.5 points in Thursday’s matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Booker finishes with an average of 26 points and 4.5 assists per contest this season, while connecting on 48.3% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged 28 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists in each matchup and has shot 44.9% from the floor.
The Suns are being picked to win the contest by bookmakers, who list them as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 220.5 points. The teams will hit the court on Thursday in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, starting at 9:00 PM ET. Let’s take a look at how Booker has fared this season and in recent outings to provide insights into his betting lines for this matchup.
Devin Booker prop bets breakdown
- Points Over/Under: 28.5
- Over Odds: -115
- Under Odds: -115
- Points per game: 26.0
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:35 AM EST on June 24, 2021.
Devin Booker points insights
- The 28.5 point total set for Booker’s game Thursday is 2.5 more points than his season scoring average.
- Booker has scored more than 28.5 points 28 times this season (out of 79 total games — 35.4%).
- Booker’s season-long average points prop bet total, 25.9 points, is 0.1 fewer points than his per-game scoring average.
- In less than half of his chances — 27 of 61 this year (44.3%) — Booker has gone over his point total.
- 55.7% of Booker’s matchups this year have seen him go under his season-long average points prop total of 25.9 points (44 out of 79 games).
- Teams are scoring 109.9 points per game against the Clippers this season, the 18th-most given up by a squad.
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Devin Booker rebound insights
- Booker’s per-game rebound average — 4.6 — is 0.9 fewer rebounds than his prop bet over/under for Thursday’s game (5.5).
- In 30.4% of his games this year (24 out of 79), Booker has gone over his prop bet total for his next matchup (5.5 boards).
- Booker has pulled down 0.3 more rebounds (4.6 per game) than his season average prop bet (4.3).
- In only 45.9% of his opportunities (28 of 61), Booker has surpassed his rebounds prop bet total.
- Booker has gone over his average rebounds prop bet total (4.3 boards) in just 46.8% of his matchups (37 of 79 contests).
- Opponents of the Clippers have grabbed 45.3 rebounds per game this season, the 14th-most against any NBA team.
Devin Booker assists insights
- Thursday’s assist over/under for
Booker (4.5) equals his season-long assist average. - In 37 out of 79 games this season (46.8%) Booker has dished out more than 4.5 assists.
- Booker has averaged 0.4 less assists per game than his average assist prop bet over/under of 4.9.
- Booker has dished out 4.9 or more assists (his average assist prop bet over/under) in only 37 of 79 of his games (46.8%).
- The Clippers’ opponents are collecting 23.7 assists per game, which is the 22nd-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.
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