We’re in Vegas baby! Four of the NBA’s smaller market teams will head to Vegas in an attempt to reach the NBA Cup Final.
Best Bet
Houston Rockets @ OKC Thunder (12:30pm)
It’s either boom or bust for Jalen Green, and I’ll take bust in a cut-throat game against the NBA’s best defence in the Thunder.
Green averages just 11.5 points from two games against OKC this season, failing to cover on both occasions with the likes of SGA, Dort, Wallace and Caruso causing way too much grief for the athletic combo guard.
When Green has faced teams ranked in the top-five for defensive rating this season, including the Thunder, he has really been exposed. In six games against OKC, Golden State and Minnesota this season, Green averages just 10.8 points failing to cover 16.5 points in all six games going at just 28.8% from the field.
This could be a game where Udoka fades out Green and opts for Thompson and Eason instead.
SGM – Under 213.5 Points / Green Under 16.5 Points / VanVleet 10+ Points = $4.00
Value Bet
Atlanta Hawks @ Milwaukee Bucks (8:30am)
Started the season woefully, but coming off the bench for the Bucks has revived Gary Trent Jr’s season.
In his last 13 games, Trent Jr averages 11.2 points in 27 minutes per game for Milwaukee, recording double-figures in 10 of those games.
Scored 11 points against the Hawks 4 games back, and expect his role of gunslinging from deep for the Bucks to continue in this NBA Cup Semi Final.
SGM – Trent Jr Over 8.5 Points / Portis 8+ Rebounds / Giannis 4+ Assists = $3.75
Sunday NBA Multi
Thunder / Hawks +3.5
$2.80
