{"id":11511,"date":"2010-12-14T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T23:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11511"},"modified":"2010-12-14T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T23:20:13","slug":"nba-predictions-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-selected-player-prop-bets-for-tonight-december-14th-11511\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Selected Player Prop Bets for Tonight December 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time out, I split the difference, going 3 for 6 <\/em>in my predictions, bringing my weekly total to 6-5.<\/em> Here’s a look at some of the better lines for tonight’s games.\u00a0 NBA odds are taken from Bodog.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are my selections for 12 players in tonight’s games.
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Josh Smith tore up the Pistons last time out and his athleticism should enable him to have another big night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jrue Holiday Over\/Under 12 Pts vs NJN<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Last time against New Jersey on the 27th of November, Holiday went for 20 points and 13 assists and Philadelphia, despite being only -1 in NBA handicapping, is a superior team to the Nets and Holiday should have plenty of opportunities to create both his own shot and for teammates.\u00a0 He is a near lock for 15 points at least tonight.
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\nBrook Lopez Over\/Under 27.5 Pts+Rebs vs PHI<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Lopez has exceeded the total in all three of his last games and managed 25 pts and 6 boards against Philly on the 27th in their last matchup.\u00a0 This would give strong indication that he will indeed have another big game and exceed the total.\u00a0 His rebounding won’t be the reason, though, as he is averaging a career low 6.3 boards a game, after having been over 8 in each of his first two seasons in the league.
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\nAnthony Morrow Over\/Under 13.5 Pts vs PHI<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Morrow has scored 15 or more in 4 of his last 6 games and is averaging 18 a game over his last two.\u00a0 Last game against Philly he only scored 8, but that was due to not getting enough looks at the basket.\u00a0 If he can manage to get up 17 attempts like he has in each of his last two games, this will be a very easy ‘over.’
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\nDeMar DeRozan Over\/Under 12 Pts vs CHA<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 DeRozan has had 12 or more points in 5 of his last 7 games and is coming off a 16 point night against Detroit on the 11th.\u00a0 While Charlotte seeks to play a slow paced game, DeRozan should have no problem getting his looks and should probably score between 13 and 17 tonight.
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\nBoris Diaw Over\/Under 12\u00a0 Pts vs TOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Diaw has been struggling and is still not in game shape.\u00a0 Over his last two games he has COMBINED for 11 points and he has scored less than 12 in 6 of his last 7 games.\u00a0 I don’t see any reason for him to pull out of that “slump” tonight and get back to his season average.
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\nJosh Smith Over\/Under Total Pts+Rebs 25.5 vs DET<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Last game against Detroit, Smith went nuts, going for 22 points and 11 boards.\u00a0 It appears Bodog has set the line according to Smith’s season average (24.5 total pts+rebs) rather than taking into account the weak frontline of the Pistons.\u00a0 Charlie Villanueva and Greg Monroe will provide little resistance for Smith and he should have a big game.
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\nCarl Landry Over\/Under 13 Pts vs HOU<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Landry has played but an average of 15 minutes in the past two contests and scored a combined 10 points.\u00a0 He’s going to have to see an increase in playing time to have any shot at scoring 13, and he’s not even averaging that much on the year (11.8).<\/p>\n

Kevin Martin Over\/Under 22.5 Pts<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Kevin Martin has been on fire lately, averaging 24.6 points per game over his last 6 games.\u00a0 He scored 40 last game against the Cavs and has been getting the number of shots up required to put up the big numbers.\u00a0 He’s also getting an absurd number of free throw attempts up, having shot 14, 13, and 15 free throws in his past three games.
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\nDwight Howard Over\/Under 33.5 Pts+Rebs vs DEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Nen\u00ea is one of the few big men capable of giving Dwight Howard problems as the has the muscle and strength to body up with Howard and push him out of his comfort zone.\u00a0 For his career againt Nen\u00ea and the Nuggets Howard averages 16.9 ppg and 13.3 rpg, which is under the total by 3.2.
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\nMichael Beasley Over\/Under 23.5 Pts vs GSW<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Beasley is averaging 21.3 a game this year, but had a big game last time against Golden State, going for 28 points on 11 of 25 shooting from the floor.\u00a0 If Beasley can get 20+ attempts again, this should be a near lock, and Beasley will have a size and strength advantage over opposing small forward Dorrell Wright.\u00a0 Look for Beasley to post up some and take advantage of that.<\/p>\n

Kevin Love Over\/Under 0.5 Blks Vs GSW
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\nOVER.\u00a0 Love is averaging 0.5 blocks which makes for an interesting bet, but last game against Golden State he had 2 blocks, which is his season high actually.\u00a0 While this one is something of a crap shoot, I have a good feeling about Love getting a block tonight, which would win the bet obviously.
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\nDorell Wright Over\/Under 17 Pts vs MIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Last game against the Wolves, Wright went for 30.\u00a0 He has scored 17 or more in only 2 of his last 7 outings, but tonight could be the night to break out of his slump, as his last big game was the one against Minny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time out, I split the difference, going 3 for 6 in my predictions, bringing my weekly total to 6-5. Here’s a look at some of the better lines for tonight’s games.\u00a0 NBA odds are taken from Bodog.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are my selections for 12 players in tonight’s games. Jrue Holiday Over\/Under 12 Pts vs NJN […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1010,4125,3177,3616,1339,4126,833,3276,943,12,1197,44],"class_list":["post-11511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-anthony-morrow","tag-boris-diaw","tag-brook-lopez","tag-carl-landry","tag-demar-derozan","tag-dorrell-wright","tag-dwight-howard","tag-josh-smith","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-kevin-love","tag-kevin-martin","tag-michael-beasley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11511","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=11511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11513,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11511\/revisions\/11513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}