3 MUST BET NBA Player Props Tonight | Kevin Love & Chimezie Metu 12/22/21

With five games on tap across the NBA tonight, there are plenty of worthwhile prop betting opportunities as usual. Even as injuries and health and safety protocols continue to ravage depth charts, bettors can still come out on top. You can easily enhance your NBA player props handicapping process further by including the redesigned Awesemo OddsShopper Tool as well as NBA betting tips today. Thanks to this tremendous tool, finding the best player props and bets is as simple as three quick steps: Filter, sort, bet.

With help from OddsShopper, the following article highlights three must-bet prop predictions for Wednesday’s NBA action.

Best NBA Player Props & Betting Picks Tonight

With OddsShopper, finding the best NBA betting player props is fast and simple. All users have to do is filter the prop selections, sort the page and find the best pick to bet. The process is extremely quick and highly effective. Try out the tool for yourself tonight with the three featured prop bets below!

Kevin Love Under 16.5 Points (+102, FanDuel)

At 33 years of age, Kevin Love still has a knack for putting the ball through the basket and piling up points. That said, he simply is not seeing enough playing time on a consistent basis to cover the scoring totals. Even with several Cleveland Cavaliers teammates landing in health and safety protocols, Love has still only topped 20 minutes in half of the last six games played. As for tonight’s NBA betting line of 17.5 points, Love has only cleared that three times since the start of December. He is also dealing with a nagging foot injury and will be playing at less than 100%.

Against a Boston Celtics team that has improved greatly on defense, OddsShopper believes that under 17.5 points is the play for tonight. While a projection for 15.82 points only results in a win probability of 55%, bettors have more to gain as a result of the associated odds. OddsShopper shows an optimal price of +102 on the under. With a greater potential return, the ROI for this wager sits at 12%.


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Delon Wright Over 8.5 Points (-125, BetMGM)

With both Trae Young and Lou Williams in health and safety protocols, Delon Wright is expected to see a major bump in playing time for the Atlanta Hawks this evening. As a result, bettors can throw out Wright’s season scoring average of 2.9 points per game when handicapping player props tonight. After opening lines listed his scoring prop at 9.5, OddsShopper now shows that the NBA betting market has since come down to a line of 8.5 points. The result is an even bigger edge for Awesemo’s projection, which pegs Wright for 11.09 points. Wright should also stand to benefit from facing an Orlando Magic defense that is allowing the fourth-most points of any team in the NBA.

Chimezie Metu Over 6.5 Rebounds (-114, FanDuel)

Several teams are currently dealing with depleted depth charts. The Sacramento Kings are certainly among them, particularly in the frontcourt. While there is optimism that center Richaun Holmes will return tonight after missing seven games with an eye injury, Marvin Bagley and Alex Len are both likely to remain sidelined. As a result, Chimezie Metu should once again be in line for a good amount of playing time. Having finished with no fewer than six rebounds in each of the last five games, it is worth taking a look at the over on Metu’s prop tonight.

Metu’s season per-game average of 6.5 rebounds equals Wednesday’s total. However, OddsShopper shows that some sportsbooks list Metu’s rebounding total one board higher at 7.5. This only reinforces Awesemo’s projections for Metu to secure 8.24 boards against the Los Angeles Clippers tonight. Along with a 72% win probability, this over prediction has a 35% expected ROI at the optimal -114 odds.

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