NBA Player Props Picks, Predictions and Odds – Monday, February 23, 2026

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NBA Player Props Best Bet #1: Cade Cunningham (DET) Over 16.5 Rebounds + Assists (+105)

Don’t look now but in addition to leading the Pistons to the Eastern Conference’s best record as of now, Cade Cunningham is now also putting his hat in the league MVP conversation.

The Spurs and Pistons meet in Detroit tonight with two of the three best overall records in the NBA as we’ll look for Cunningham to go over 16.5 rebounds + assists with big man Isaiah Stewart ruled out due to a suspension.

Without “Beef Stew” in the lineup this season Cunningham has posted 19.4 rebounds + assists per game with Cunningham coincidentally averaging 16.5 rebounds + assists in eight February games so far.

Sure the Spurs are on an eight game winning streak, but across their last six games they haven’t played the best of defenses with two of those matchups coming against the Mavericks and one against Sacramento.

We can assure you this Detroit defense will come to play tonight which should generate additional rebounding chances for the Pistons point guard against a Spurs team allowing the eighth most rebounds per game to point guards on the season.

Both teams run at a top ten pace with the Spurs sitting middle of the pack in assists allowed per game overall.

The Pistons and Spurs haven’t met yet this season but in his only meeting with the Spurs last season Cunningham had 12 assists and Detroit only needed 30 minutes out of Cunningham in their 126-110 win at Chicago on Saturday.

With that, let’s go with Cunningham to fill up the stat sheet and go over 16.5 rebounds + assists in a highly anticipated game on Monday night against San Antonio which is Detroit’s first home game since the all-star break.

NBA Player Props Best Bet #2: Kevin Durant (HOU) Over 25.5 Points (-130)

It was a heartbreaking loss for Houston on Saturday night after leading by 18 points in the fourth quarter only to lose 108-106 to the Knicks in New York.

They’ll attempt to bounce back at home against a floundering Utah team in which we’ll look at Kevin Durant to go over 25.5 points.

He has scored 35 and 30 each against Charlotte and New York respectively since the all-star break and is averaging 26.1 points per game on the season.

In two head-to-head meetings with Utah this season Durant is averaging 28.5 points per game while shooting 51% from the field and going to the free throw line seven times per game.

The free throw attempts are important here as Utah gives up the second most free throw attempts of any team in the league in addition to ranking last in defensive efficiency on the season but second in pace.

That’s a recipe for additional shot attempts for Durant against a terrible defense that also allows the sixth most shot attempts per game to opponents this season as well.

Durant slots in as the small forward for a tall Houston team with the Jazz allowing the second most points per game to opposing small forwards on the season.

The only thing we’d have to worry about this play is the blowout factor but Utah has been keeping games somewhat close as of late going 3-4 in their last seven with the four defeats coming by an average of 7.5 points per game.

Let’s look at Durant to lead an eager Rockets team looking to bounce back in a big way going over 25.5 points.

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