Best NBA Prop Picks Today January 22 2026 – Winning Player Prop Predictions

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NBA Prop Bets for Thursday, January 22, 2026 are on the docket for The GoldSheet below as they give their top two NBA player props today.

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Best NBA Prop Pick #1: Tre Johnson (WSH) Under 14.5 Points (-115)

The Nuggets look to snap a two-game losing streak tonight as they start up a three-game road trip in Washington.

The Wizards have lost seven straight themselves as we’ll take point guard Tre Johnson under 14.5 points with Denver allowing the fewest points per game to point guards over the last 15 days.

These two met just five days ago in Denver with the Nuggets winning 121-115 and Johnson scoring just four points on 1-10 from the field.

Overall, Johnson is having a solid rookie season averaging 12.4 ppg, we just think his points prop is lined too high tonight failing to reach 15 points in seven of his last 11 games.

For what it’s worth Denver also allows the seventh fewest three-pointers made to point guards on the season with Johnson attempting five three-pointers per game.

He averages 33% shooting from three-point range in home games this season compared to 44% shooting from deep on the road. Let’s take Johnson to struggle again against the Nuggets going under 14.5 points tonight.

Best NBA Prop Pick #2: Deni Avdija (POR) Over 40.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-110)

The Trail Blazers are 8-2 straight up in the last 10 games Deni Avdija has played in as Portland hosts Miami tonight.

Avdija returned to the Trail Blazers lineup on Sunday against the Kings after missing a week of action pouring in 30 points while adding eight rebounds and assists as we’ll look for him to go over 40.5 points + rebounds + assists.

In his last seven games Avdija is averaging 44.1 points + rebounds + assists with the Heat sitting bottom six in defensive rating across their last five games.

The Heat also sit bottom ten in rebounding rate on the season and it could be worse tonight if they don’t have Kel’el Ware who is questionable to play with a hamstring injury.

These two have already met once in Miami this season way back on Nov. 8 with Avdija racking up 52 points + rebounds + assists while shooting 12-21 from the field in a 136-131 loss.

Miami runs at the fastest pace in the league with Portland running at the fourth fastest so we could see a high scoring track meet once again tonight which will equate to additional scoring, rebounding and assist opportunities for Avdija.

Let’s take the Trail Blazers small forward to keep stuffing the stat sheet going over 40.5 points + rebounds + assists in Portland.

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