NBA Player Props Today: Paul George, Darius Acuff Jr. and Bam Adebayo Best Bets

We’ve got a second straight seven-game slate on tap Sunday that tips at 3:30 p.m. ET and wraps with a couple of West Coast battles.

Let’s dive into a trio of player props that catch our eye for Sunday’s seven-game ledger. Be sure to check out the NBA betting trends page for odds, data and insights on every game.

Best NBA Sunday Props

• Paul George Over 23.5 Points + Rebounds
• Darius Acuff Jr. Over 33.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists 
• Bam Adebayo Over 28.5 Points + Rebounds

Paul George (Celtics vs. Bucks) Over Points + Rebounds

There are some questionable defenses taking the floor Sunday, with the Bucks being one. George just exploited Milwaukee’s vulnerabilities two games ago at TD Garden, when he went off for 25 points, five assists, three rebounds and four steals across 35 minutes. PG 13 is coming off a clunker against the Hornets on Friday, but prior to that game, he was averaging 26.9 points + rebounds across his first seven games of the season. 

George has played at both shooting guard and power forward this season, and the matchup against the Bucks is appealing either way. Milwaukee has surrendered the sixth-highest offensive efficiency rating to fours (29.8) and fourth highest to twos (27.8), and the Bucks are also facilitating 48.2% shooting and 14.2 made threes per game at home. Then, the Bucks are surrendering an NBA-high 64.3 rebounds per game in the last three.

George has hit the Over on the 23.5 PR on four occasions already, and he finished on the hook with 23 in one other instance.

Original Line Publish: 23.5

Darius Acuff Jr. (Kings vs. Heat) Over Points + Rebounds + Assists

Acuff has immediately put himself in the conversation as an elite candidate for Rookie of the Year honors by averaging 25.2 points, 7.1 assists and 3.7 rebounds across his first nine games. The dynamic Arkansas product has been even better over his last five contests, when he’s ratched his production up to 41.6 PRA per game while shooting a slightly improved 44.8%, including 37.7% from behind the arc. Acuff’s usage has been through the roof in that span, as he’s put up 27.2 field-goal + free-throw attempts per contest. 

Acuff now gets a crack at the fast-paced Heat, which have yielded the second-highest offensive efficiency rating to point guards (33.8), as well as 50.7% shooting, including 42.3% from three-point range, to the position. Miami is also allowing the second-most points per game (33.1) to ones, and the fact the Heat is also averaging the third-most possessions per game (107.8) sets Acuff up for even more opportunities to pile up numbers.

Original Line Publish: 33.5 

Bam Adebayo (Heat vs. Kings) Over Points + Rebounds

Adebayo has unsurprisingly ceded his fair share of usage early in his first season working with Giannis Antetokounmpo, but the talented big man is still averaging 27.0 points + rebounds while shooting 53.8%. Adebayo is still averaging 18.4 field-goal + free-throw attempts per game, and he’ll head into Sunday’s favorable matchup against the Kings averaging 33.4 points + rebounds and having shot 62.5% across 34.2 minutes over his last five contests. 

The Kings are certainly porous enough to help Adebayo to superior production on the scoreboard and the glass. Sacramento is allowing the second-highest offensive efficiency rating to centers (37.7), as well as NBA-high 64.0% shooting to the position. The Kings are also surrendering the fifth-most rebounds per home game (58.0) and fifth-most points in the paint per contest overall (52.4), while Adebayo has at least nine boards in five straight and is scoring 64.7% of his points in the painted area.

Original Line Publish: 28.5

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