WagerTalk, the largest picks<\/a> site online, offers NBA FREE PICKS<\/a> every day, as well as cheap premium paid NBA picks<\/a> from expert professional handicappers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Payton Pritchard has only covered this line in 5\/20 games (25%) on the season, but Jaylen Brown is listed as doubtful, and the last time Pritchard played without Brown & Jayson Tatum he scored 34 points against the Charlotte Hornets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even with Brown on the court, Pritchard has managed to average 19 points during his last 10 games. Now Pritchard is playing a Washington Wizards team that has allowed the MOST points overall with 127.3 per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Wizards also rank 22nd in defending spot-up shooters and 28th in defending the pick-&-roll ball handler and those two areas account for 31% and 28% of Pritchard points respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We have seen similar players thrive against Washington as Tyrese Maxey scored 35 & 39 points, Kevin Porter Jr 30 points, Reed Sheppard 21 points and Kon Knueppel 20 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pritchard managed to score 18 points against Washington in early November despite playing only 24 minutes in a 29-point blowout in a game where Jaylen Brown scored 35 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Celtics are 10.5-point favorites, but the Wizards should be able to hang around without Brown in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luka Doncic has been ruled out for this contest due to personal reasons and DeAndre Ayton has thrived without him on the court, logging 27+ PR in 3 of 4 games (avg 31.8 PR\/game) while landing on 24 PR in the lone game where he fell short of this line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In these four games, Ayton has seen amazing volume with an average of 34.4 minutes, 15.5 field goal attempts and 17.3 rebound chances per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When Ayton has taken 11+ field goal attempts, he’s covered this line in 8\/9 games this season (avg 31.3\/game) with his lone miss being a 23 PR effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Marcus Smart has also been ruled out for this game and Ayton has gone over this line in 5\/6 games without him while averaging 26.8 PR per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Toronto Raptors do rank 13th in PR allowed to opposing centers but they rank 29th in defensive efficiency vs the Net area where Ayton scores 51% of his points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jakob Poeltl has also been ruled out for this game, leaving Ayton with a 4″ size advantage over Sandro Mamukelashvili. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We have seen opposing centers thrive without Poeltl on the court as Karl Anthony-Towns logged 30 PR, Nic Claxton (22), Joel Embiid (35), Evan Mobley (38) and Alperen Sengun (26). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ayton has dominated the Raptors regardless of who is on the court with 26+ PR in 10 of his last 12 games while averaging 29.3 PR game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Toronto is only favored by -2.5 points so we should avoid a blowout, and Ayton should see close to his season average of 29+ minutes per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n SPECIAL OFFER FOR FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Expert NBA Player Props for Thursday: Payton Pritchard, Boston Celtics OVER 21.5 Points (-120)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Expert NBA Player Props for Thursday: DeAndre Ayton, LA Lakers OVER 25.5 Points + Rebounds (-115)\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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