With the Oklahoma City Thunder taking care of the Los Angeles Lakers in four games, there is only one NBA game on Wednesday. The Detroit Pistons return home as they battle the Cleveland Cavaliers, with both teams looking to take a 3-2 series lead. Given how this series has gone, I don't have a good feel for either team. Therefore, my parlay below focuses on three player props, as certain lines just don't seem to reflect reality, while others offer a lot of value. Here are the best NBA same game parlays (SGPs) for Wednesday, May 13th.
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Wednesday’s Best NBA Same Game Parlays & Picks
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Cavaliers vs. Pistons Same Game Parlay
Leg #1: Donovan Mitchell Over 26.5 Points (-120)
Donovan Mitchell just scored 43 points in the Cavaliers’ Game 4 win. It was his highest scoring total of the series, and it marked his third consecutive game with at least 31 points. The only time he failed to score at least 30 in this series was in Game 1, when he scored 23. In that game, he only attempted 19 shots, which is five fewer than he's attempted in any other game this series.
Mitchell has attempted at least 18 shots in all six of his games against the Pistons this season, and he's scored at least 30 points in five of those contests. I'll play it safe by playing his over at 26.5 points, but you could also consider his 30+ line at +144 odds, if you want to inflate these parlay odds.
Leg #2: Cade Cunningham Under 9.5 Assists (-127)
Cade Cunningham has recorded 10 assists in two of the four games in this series. However, he had only six assists in Game 4 and just seven in Game 1. Because this series has been so low scoring, with the Pistons reaching 110 points just once in four games, I'm going to back him to record fewer than 9.5 assists for the third time in five games.
If you go back to the series against the Magic, Cunningham has now recorded nine or fewer assists in seven of his 11 postseason games. Plus, he's yet to tally more than 11, which means he doesn't have a very high ceiling entering this contest.
Cunningham averaged 9.9 assists per game during the regular season, the second-most in the league. However, the Pistons also averaged 117.8 points per game in the regular season. They're averaging just 104.3 in the playoffs.
Leg #3: Sam Merrill Over 1.5 Made Three-Pointers (+154)
Sam Merrill has been a streaky shooter all season, and those inconsistencies have followed him into the postseason. While he's shooting 35.9% from beyond the arc in the playoffs, he has only shot better than 33.3% in one of his last five games. Yet, I'm going with his over anyway.
While backing Merrill is risky, especially after he didn't attempt a single three-pointer in Game 1, the Cavaliers seemed to make a more concerted effort to get him involved in Game 4. While he made only two threes in that contest, he attempted seven shots from beyond the arc, tied for his most in the postseason.
Merrill is averaging only 1.4 threes per game, but he averaged three per game in the regular season, when he also averaged 7.2 attempts per game. After what I saw in Game 4, I'm willing to back Merrill in this spot, despite him not even attempting a three-pointer in Detroit this series. Because of the kind of shooter he can be, this price is simply too good to pass up.
Parlay Odds: +750
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