{"id":11251,"date":"2010-12-03T16:37:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T21:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2010-12-08T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:34:19","slug":"free-nba-picks-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-nba-picks-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-3rd-11251\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NBA Picks: Selected Player Prop Bets for Tonight December 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Westbrook has been on an absolute tear and should make life miserable on Jos\u00e9 Calderon tonight<\/figcaption><\/figure>Last time out we got shafted by some coaches not playing players down the stretch in games.\u00a0 Hibbert sat the end of the Pacers game and Hamilton didn’t check in in a timely enough manner due to a lack of stoppage of play.\u00a0 Because of those variables, I went only 3 of 8, bringing the total on the year to a nifty .500 record.\u00a0 Tonight, however, offers some juicy plays and good lines, so we can expect an improvement and a jump well above the .500 mark.\u00a0 Here’s tonight’s player prop bet predictions for 13 players.<\/p>\n

Gilbert Arenas Over\/Under 18.5 pts vs POR<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Before a real stinker of a game last night, in which Arenas only mustered 7 points, he had exceeded the 18.5 point line in his previous four games.\u00a0 Brandon Roy will be covering him but is on a gimpy knee and Arenas should be able to exploit that to his advantage.\u00a0 I would be surprised if Arenas doesn’t score at least 20 in this game.<\/p>\n

Russell Westbrook Over\/Under 34.5 Total Pts+assts vs TOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Westbrook is averaging 30.2 total asts+pts on the year.\u00a0 Toronto is giving up 102.3 pts per game and Oklahoma City is averging 103.3 pts a game.\u00a0 In Westbrook’s last game against New Jersey he went bonkers, scoring 38 points and dishing out 15 assists in a Thunder win, and the game before that he went for 25 & 11 vs New Orleans, one of the better defensive teams in the league.\u00a0 He shouldn’t have much of a problem taking Calderon to school tonight, as Calderon is a notoriously poor defender and lacks any footspeed at all, much less enough to slow down the lightning quick Westbrook.<\/p>\n

Andrea Bargnani Over\/Under 27.0 Total Pts+Rebs vs OKC<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Bargnani is averaging 25.9 total this year, but will be hounded by Serge Ibaka for most if not all of the night, a good shot blocker and defender.\u00a0 Bargnani doesn’t rebound much, so it’s going to take mostly scoring to put him over 27, and Ibaka should slow him down some.<\/p>\n

Brook Lopez Over\/Under 30.5 Total Pts+Rebs vs CHA<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Charlotte lacks any good centers and Lopez has gone nuts the last two games, averaging 32 ppg and 8 rpg, putting his total at 40 of course.\u00a0 While his rebounding has been poor this year, his scoring should make up the difference in this one and New Jersey will go to him plenty.
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\nGerald Wallace Over\/Under 27.5 Pts+Rebs vs NJN<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Wallace is averaging 25.2 Pts+Rebs per game this year, and has failed to get over 27.5 in both of his last two games.\u00a0 Tonight should be a low scoring affair with the line set at 185 total, and that won’t help Wallace get the points needed to eclipse the 27.5 line.\u00a0 He should fall well under it, in fact.
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\nRodney Stuckey Over\/Under 20.5 Pts+Assts vs ORL<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Mickael Pietrus, and J.J. Redick are all questionable to doubtful due to a stomach virus that has spread through the Orlando team like a plague.\u00a0 Dwight Howard was said to be puking his guts out yesterday and it was said to be very unlikely that he plays.\u00a0 Bodog of course failed to take this into account and Stuckey should be poised to have a big game.
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\nDerrick Rose Over\/Under 30.5 Pts+Assts vs BOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Rose has been having an absolutely dominating year, but Boston is one of the best, if not the best, defensive team in the league and Rondo is quick enough to keep Rose in front of him.\u00a0 While Rose is averaging 33.7 total Pts+Assts, I think he goes under tonight as the game should be fairly low scoring.\u00a0 In eight career games against Boston Rose is averaging 18.3 ppg and 3.8 apg, which obviously puts him well under the 30.5.
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\nDanilo Galinari\u00a0 Over\/Under 15.5 Pts\u00a0 vs NO<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 15.5 is exactly what Galinari is averaging on the year.\u00a0 Tonight, however, he will be checked by defensive stalwart Trevor Ariza, who recently held Durant below the line against Oklahoma City.\u00a0 Galinari will struggle to find good shots against Ariza and has no game off the dribble to speak of.
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\nChris Paul Over\/under 29 Pts+Asts vs NYK<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 New York plays a fast paced game, and in prior seasons Paul was averaging and getting 20-10 games on a nightly basis.\u00a0 Expect that to be the case tonight as the Hornets will have to score in pace with New York.\u00a0 Paul should have a huge game, given that\u00a0 variable.
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\nO.J. Mayo\u00a0 Over\/Under 14 Pts vs MEM<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Mayo’s scoring has went down A LOT since making the move to coming off the bench.\u00a0 In his past three games he has scored 10, 11, and 13.\u00a0 There’s no real reason to expect that to change tonight.<\/p>\n

Manu Ginobili Over\/Under 21.5 pts vs MIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Prior to last game’s 15 point performance, Ginobili had a stretch of five games all of which he scored 23 or more, including a 31 point game against Dallas.\u00a0 While Corey Brewer is a tough defender, Ginobili has been on fire and should have no problem getting a lot of open threes, which is what he will need to exceed the total.
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\nDanny Granger Over\/Under 24.5 Pts vs PHX<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 It’s always hard to go ‘under’ when a player is playing Phoenix.\u00a0 Granger is averaging 22.2 points a game this year and went for 24 last game against Phoenix last season.\u00a0 He’s due for a big game, his last having been two games against Sacramento when he busted 37 points.\u00a0 While Grant Hill is Phoenix’s best defender and will see a lot of time covering Granger, the high paced game should make it easy for Granger to score 30 tonight.
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\nRoy Hibbert Over\/Under 26.5 Pts+Rebs vs PHX<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Just how in the hell is Channing Frye going to slow down Hibbert?\u00a0 He lacks the size and strength to muscle with him in the post.\u00a0 Hibbert is coming off a poor game and this is just the team he needs to see to rebound from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time out we got shafted by some coaches not playing players down the stretch in games.\u00a0 Hibbert sat the end of the Pacers game and Hamilton didn’t check in in a timely enough manner due to a lack of stoppage of play.\u00a0 Because of those variables, I went only 3 of 8, bringing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1183,3177,837,4055,566,521,1320,444,3786,3355,4013,1196,3298],"class_list":["post-11251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-andrea-bargnani","tag-brook-lopez","tag-chris-paul","tag-danilo-galinari","tag-danny-granger","tag-derrick-rose","tag-gerald-wallace","tag-gilbert-arenas","tag-manu-ginobili","tag-o-j-mayo","tag-rodney-stuckey","tag-roy-hibbert","tag-russell-westbrook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11365,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11251\/revisions\/11365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}