2 NBA Same-Game-Parlay Picks, Best Bets, & Preview For Tonight (December 18)
We’re set for a massive 12-game slate in the NBA on Thursday, affording us plenty of same-game parlay opportunities.
We have no shortage of high-total games and some key injuries, and we highlight two eye-catching same-game parlays below.
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Luka Doncic Alt. Over 49.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists, LeBron James To Score 20+ Points, Keyonte George Alt. Over 31.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists, Over Alt. Total 235.5 Points (+226 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
The Lakers-Jazz tilt could well offer one of the best game environments of Thursday’s massive 12-game slate, given the expected pace and the the defensive deficiencies at play.
This four-leg parlay focuses on what should be some props that have a high degree of certainty. We’ll start with what is ostensibly the safest, that being one that banks on Luka Doncic having one of his signature stat-sheet-filling performances. Brightening Luka’s already very favorable outlook for a game where he’s already drawing an advantageous matchup is the fact Austin Reaves will sit out for the Lakers due to a calf injury. Luka boasts an absurd 47.4% usage rate with Reaves and Deandre Ayton (elbow-OUT) off the floor, averaging 62.9 points + rebounds + assists per 36 minutes.
We’ll keep the same theme with LeBron, who has a 27.5% usage rate and averages 22.4 points per 36 minutes with his two aforementioned teammates off the floor as well. James has only exceeded 20 points in three of nine games, but he’s still more than capable of stepping up his contributions when there’s plenty of extra usage available, as will be the case Thursday. The Jazz is also surrendering 48.8% shooting, brightening LeBron’s outlook.
George is enjoying a career-best season that includes averages of 23.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.0 rebounds. George has been even better in recent games, averaging 36 points + rebounds + assists over his last 13 games, a stretch where he’s shooting an improved 47.5%, including 41.3% from behind the arc.
Finally, the totals bet constitutes the fourth leg of the parlay, and it’s one where we’re capitalizing on the Alt. Total feature to bring the standard number down by a full seven points. The Jazz are surrendering a Western Conference-high 128.1 points per home game, and while the Lakers have actually been a better defense on the road, the 235.5 figure is one that oddsmakers clearly expect to be exceeded.
Deni Avdija Alt. Over 38.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists, Russell Westbrook Alt. Over 20.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists, Donovan Clingan 8+ Rebounds, Trail Blazers Alt. Spread -3.5 (+290 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Avdija is enjoying a career-best season, and he checks into Thursday’s highly favorable matchup averaging 41.7 PRA per home game, and an even better 44 PRA over his last eight contests overall. Sacramento makes for a tantalizing matchup, as the Kings are surrendering league-high 49.9% shooting, along with a Western Conference-high 28.9 assists per road game. Given Avdija’s primary ball-handling role and his solid rebounding capabilities as well, the Over on his Alt. PRA figure is very much within reach.
We could say the same about Westbrook, who does still have occasional fluctuations in his production but is highly capable of surpassing this alt. total of 20.5. Westbrook is averaging 27.9 PRA for the season, and he’s been running even hotter of late with 29.1 PRA in his last 14 games.
Clingan is in an excellent spot as well, considering he’s averaging 10.2 rebounds per game overall and has recorded at least nine boards in 14 of 22 games. Much like Avdija, the second-year big is in a premium matchup in his own right, as the Kings have essentially been the most vulnerable team to centers all season and come into Thursday surrendering a league-high 16.8 rebounds per contest to fives.
Finally, we’re going to bank on Sacramento’s season-long malaise continuing Thursday with another loss, but we’ll bring down the spread six full points from -9.5 to -3.5. Given the Kings’ average scoring margin on the road is -9.9 points, this seems like a prudent way to go and still gives a nice boost to the overall price on our SGP.
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