3 Best NBA Player Prop Bets for Thursday 12/19/24

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Using FanDuel Research's daily NBA projections as a guide, here are some NBA player prop bets that look appealing on FanDuel.

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Today's Best NBA Player Prop Picks

Atlanta Hawks at San Antonio Spurs

Harrison Barnes Over 1.5 Threes (+116)

The San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks should give us a shootout (233.5-point total and 1.0-point spread), and it's a pace-up spot for the Spurs (16th in pace) as Atlanta is playing at the third-fastest pace.

Atlanta also gives up a ton of threes, which puts me on Harrison Barnes' made threes prop.

The Hawks allow a 45.2% three-point attempt rate, the highest clip in the NBA. Last time out, Atlanta surrendered 45 three-point tries to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Barnes has been letting them fly lately, averaging 5.3 three-point shots per game over his past three outings. He's hit multiple threes in all three of those games, including a 4-for-7 outburst in his most recent contest.

With Barnes in a dream matchup, I like getting him at plus odds to make at least two triples, and I don't mind taking him to hit at least three trifectas at +380.

New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets

Dejounte Murray Under 1.5 Made Threes (+122)

On the opposite end of the three-point-defense spectrum from the Hawks is the Houston Rockets. Houston is giving up the league's lowest three-point attempt rate (38.9%), and that should limit Dejounte Murray's three-point opportunities.

In addition to the rough matchup, Murray isn't shooting the rock very well. For the season, he's averaging just 1.6 made threes per game on an ugly 28.1% three-point percentage.

Murray has played one other game against a team in the top five for lowest three-point attempt rate allowed (Chicago Bulls), and he went 0 for 3 from deep in that one.

Threes should be tough to come by tonight for Murray.

Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers

Nikola Jokic Under 12.5 Rebounds (+102)

Nikola Jokic is averaging 30.9 points, 13.3 boards and 9.9 assists per game this season. It's a wee bit scary to take the under on anything Jokic, but there are reasons to be into this bet.

While the Blazers are 26th in defensive rating and just not a good team overall, they don't give up many rebounds to centers. Portland is allowing just 14.0 boards per night to the center position, the seventh-fewest. Two games ago, Jokic faced a Los Angeles Clippers team that allows the fewest boards per game to centers and ended up with just seven rebounds in 29 minutes.

There's also some blowout risk in this matchup, which could lead to a shortened night for Jokic.

The Denver Nuggets are an 8.5-point road favorite. Portland has lost six in a row, with two of the defeats coming by 42 and 22 points. Denver has dominated this head-to-head series of late, winning seven in a row. In Jokic's last four games that were decided by 19-plus points, he's been held under 10 boards in each game.

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