Luka vs Ant one day, Chet vs Wemby the next. Although the Thunder are extremely short favourites in this, there will be plenty of eyeballs on this match-up between the two promising big men of the NBA.
Best Bet
San Antonio Spurs @ OKC Thunder (12:40pm)
Very small sample size but that’s all we can work off at the moment, and from this Chet’s improvement has been substantial.
Holmgren averages 23.7 points, 13.1 rebounds and 3 assists to start the season in just 32 minutes per game, up in all categories on last season where he averaged 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists, currently ranked second in the NBA for rebounds.
Even though he’s up against Wemby in this contest with the Spurs, I’m more than happy to take this PRA for Chet. His last two games against Wemby we saw Chet record 17 / 9 / 4 along with 23 / 7 / 5. He’s better than last year, so am expecting a healthy double-double for the Thunder big man.
SGM – Holmgren Over 30.5 PRA / Sochan 15+ Points / Williams 4+ Rebounds = $4.00
Next Best
Toronto Raptors @ Charlotte Hornets (10:10am)
Now Scottie Barnes is out for Toronto just as RJ returns! This means we continue to take Gradey Dick’s points line.
In the 33 minutes that Dick has played with both Barnes and Quickley off the floor, he’s averages 34 points per 36 minutes. With Barnes on the floor with him, his points per 36 minutes are just 13.4.
RJ Barrett will take the primary scoring responsibilities, but Dick will remain the second offensive option in the absence of both Barnes and Quickley, and when that’s the case this points line is far too low for the wing.
SGM – Dick 15+ Points / Ball 20+ Points / Mitchell 6+ Assists =$4.20
Value Bet
Portland Trail Blazers @ LA Clippers (1:40pm)
Potential revenge narrative for Norman Powell who has benefit the most from this Clippers roster in the absence of Kawhi and departure of PG.
The former Blazer has started the season on fire, averaging 24.7 points per game including dropping 37 on the Nuggets.
Although Powell has covered 25+ just once from his three games, last start against the Warriors he got himself into foul trouble resulting in just 28 minutes, but still managed to score 20 points. Expect to see his minutes around 34 in this clash with Portland, and against a poor defensive outfit in the Trail Blazers we could see Norm go off again.
SGM – Powell 20+ Points / Grant 15+ Points / Harden 6+ Rebounds = $4.00
Thursday NBA Multi
Cavs / Warriors / Clippers
$3.05
