{"id":11396,"date":"2010-12-09T19:10:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11396"},"modified":"2010-12-09T19:10:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T00:10:37","slug":"nba-basketball-betting-lines-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-basketball-betting-lines-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-9th-11396\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Basketball Betting Lines:  Selected Player Prop Bets for Tonight December 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last time out I split it, going 5 of 10.\u00a0 My championed pick of DeMarcus Cousins disappointed, going for 10 points and falling short of the &#8216;over&#8217; 12 line that I predicted.\u00a0 Amar&#8217;e Stoudemire went absolutely bonkers as I said he would.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a look at a few of tonight&#8217;s better selections that can be found on Bodog.\u00a0 Here are my NBA predictions for five players on a three game night in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5465\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/dwight-howard-magic-6-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/dwight-howard-magic-6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/dwight-howard-magic-6.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dwight Howard may be dominant, but he did not cover tonight&#039;s spread vs POR last season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul Pierce Over\/Under 18.5 Points\u00a0 vs PHI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UNDER.\u00a0 In his last two outings against Philly, last season, Pierce went for 7 points and 9 points.\u00a0 Iguodala is one of the best wing defenders in the league and has the ability to lock down Pierce and take him completely out of this game.\u00a0 Moreover, Pierce has not scored 19 or more in any of his last three games.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThaddeus Young Over\/Under 10.5 Pts<\/strong> <strong>vs BOS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OVER.\u00a0 Young appears to have found his niche of late, having scored 26 and 20 in his past two games.\u00a0 Though averaging only 12.3 on the year, I am somewhat surprised that the total isn&#8217;t set in the 14-16 range given his recent play.\u00a0 While Boston is a tough defensive team, if Young plays half the game or more (24+ minutes), I think he covers this.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nJason Terry Over\/Under 16.5 Pts vs NJ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OVER.\u00a0 Terry has scored 20+ in both is last two outings and the New Jersey guards aren&#8217;t exactly known for their defense.\u00a0 Morrow lacks the speed to keep up with Terry (as do most guards) and he will find it easy to get a wide variety of mid range jumpers, his bread and butter.\u00a0 Terry has received 10 or more shot attempts in all four of his last games, and has got to the line an average of 4 times a game, as well.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDwight Howard Over\/Under 33.5 Pts+Rebs Vs PO<\/strong>R<\/p>\n<p>UNDER.\u00a0 Last season against Portland in two contests, Howard averaged 27 Pts+Rebs.\u00a0 Camby has the length to steal some boards from Dwight and along with Przybilla they should stay fresh enough and have enough fouls to frustrate Howard.\u00a0 While 33.5 is nearly right on Howard&#8217;s average of 33.0 Pts+Boards this year, he has failed to record 33.5 or more in his last three outings.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWes Matthews Over\/Under 16 Pts vs ORL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OVER.\u00a0 Matthews has been on an absolute tear lately.\u00a0 He has scored 23 or more in 5 of his last 6 games, and though Orlando plays tough defense, I don&#8217;t expect much to change tonight.\u00a0 He will be primarily guarded by Quentin Richardson and Mickael Pietrus and if he can manage to get 30+ minutes it won&#8217;t be a problem to see him break 16 pts tonight.\u00a0 The only game of the last 6 that he didn&#8217;t was the lone game in which he saw under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last time out I split it, going 5 of 10.\u00a0 My championed pick of DeMarcus Cousins disappointed, going for 10 points and falling short of the &#8216;over&#8217; 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