The Philadelphia 76ers have a chance to close out the Boston Celtics at home tonight, while the Denver Nuggets will look to wrap up their series against the Suns in Phoenix. On Tuesday, Tyrese Maxey once again crushed his rebounds total, while Jaylen Brown and Aaron Gordon narrowly missed their totals. What should we expect tonight?
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Thursday, May 11th's NBA action.
Thursday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 31-31
Brown has been incredibly consistent during this series no matter what the final result of the game is. His point totals in each game are 23, 25, 23, 23, and 24. He's shooting 57.1% from the floor in those five games, so the question becomes: why isn't Brown shooting more?
The Philadelphia 76ers have a chance to close out the Boston Celtics at home tonight, while the Denver Nuggets will look to wrap up their series against the Suns in Phoenix. On Tuesday, Tyrese Maxey once again crushed his rebounds total, while Jaylen Brown and Aaron Gordon narrowly missed their totals. What should we expect tonight?
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Thursday, May 11th's NBA action.
Thursday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 31-31
Brown has been incredibly consistent during this series no matter what the final result of the game is. His point totals in each game are 23, 25, 23, 23, and 24. He's shooting 57.1% from the floor in those five games, so the question becomes: why isn't Brown shooting more?
He burned us in Game 4, finishing 1.5 points away from his points + rebounds + assists total. And while we like him to go over that number as well, we think that in a do-or-die scenario, Brown is going to shoot much more than he has been in this series. Don't go with Jayson Tatum over 29.5. That's far less likely to happen than Brown over 24.5.
The Celtics' offense was disastrous on Tuesday, but they have enough weapons to knot this series up at three and send it back to Boston. The key will be getting the ball in the hands of playmakers and getting a little bit of rhythm.
That all starts with Smart, who averaged 6.3 assists per game during the regular season. He saw that number drop to 5.2 per game against the Hawks, mainly because he had just 10 assists in the final three games of the series. He's coming off a four-assist performance, and we think he will look to dish the ball to the scorers on his team in this win-or-go-home game.
Ayton has been incredibly disappointing against the Denver Nuggets, and his performance has been the talk of the town since the Suns lost Game 5. That means now is the perfect time to take his over.
Ayton has scored 14 points in three of the five games in this series, and with the season on the line, it's hard to imagine him not hitting that number again. It seems that sportsbooks and oddsmakers are actually pretty confident in Ayton's over. They have his total listed at just 12.5, which is probably one point too low. But they know that bettors will take the under anyway because of the storylines that are circulating.
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