2 NBA Same-Game-Parlay Picks, Best Bets, & Preview For Tonight (January 21)
We’re set for a solid seven-game slate Wednesday, and there are a pair of three-leg same-game parlay opportunities we’re recommending on FanDuel Sportsbook. As always, these parlays can be played exactly as presented, or bettors can select their two favorite legs and place a wager in that manner.
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Donovan Mitchell To Score 25+ Points, Kon Knueppel 3+ Made 3-Point FGs, LaMelo Ball 6+ Assists (+191 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
The Cavaliers and Hornets could generate one of the best game environments of Wednesday night’s slate, even considering the disparity between the team’s records. Cleveland has had more trouble on defense this season than in recent campaigns, while the Hornets have a strong young core and have repeatedly proven capable of pulling upsets against noteworthy opponents, most recently the Thunder, Lakers and Nuggets.
Our first leg is one that banks on Mitchell hitting a scoring threshold that’s been very reachable for him this season, as the star guard has at least 25 points in 28 of 40 games. That sample includes a 30-point showing in 29 minutes against Charlotte on Dec. 22, and Mitchell is also averaging 28.7 points per road game with the help of 39.6% 3-point shooting. Then, the Hornets are surrendering the fourth-highest shooting percentage of any team on its home floor (49.2%), and the fifth-highest effective field-goal percentage as well (56.3%).
We’ll move over to the Hornets side for the other two legs and start with Knueppel, who’s having a stellar rookie campaign that’s included 43.5% 3-point shooting on an average of 7.8 attempts per game. That includes a blistering 50.6% success rate from downtown in his last 14 games, a stretch where he’s drained at least a trio of 3s on nine occasions. Knueppel drained five 3-pointers against Cleveland back on Dec. 22, after hitting three 3s against them in the first meeting Dec. 14. In all, Knueppel has cashed the 3+ 3-pointers prop in 29 of his first 42 career games, while the Cavaliers are allowing 38.6% 3-point shooting overall and allowing the sixth-most made 3s per road game (14.6).
We’ll wrap up with a third leg that banks on Ball reaching a very conceivable assists mark. The talented guard is averaging 7.8 assists per home game, and he’s dished out at least six dimes in 24 of 33 games overall. Ball recorded at least six assists in only 19 minutes against the Nuggets his last time on the floor, and he managed nine assists in just 24 minutes against Cleveland in his one prior meeting with the Cavaliers. The Cavs are also giving up 28.0 assists per road game, and the fifth-most dimes (9.4) to point guards specifically in the last 30 games.
Pistons Alt. Spread -5.5, Cade Cunningham To Record 8+ Assists, Jalen Duren To Record 10+ Rebounds (+177 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
The Pistons drop in on the Pelicans and are unsurprisingly big road favorites of 9.5 points as of early Wednesday morning. Detroit is 13-6 straight up on the road and has an average scoring margin of +4.8 points in that split, not to mention +15.7 over the last three games overall. Meanwhile, New Orleans is 7-18 on its home floor and has an average scoring margin of -4.6 points at home, so bringing Detroit’s projected advantage down by four points helps us get it a more manageable number that the Pistons, which are essentially at full health again, are very capable of hitting.
On the subject of expected success for the visitors, we’ll turn to the heart and soul of the Pistons’ attack in Cunningham, who’s taken his assists game to yet another level after a breakout campaign last season. Cunningham is dishing out a career-high 9.8 assists per contest, and he checks into Wednesday’s contest clocking an even more prolific 10.4 dimes per game in the last 17 games. He’s collected at least eight assists in 29 of 36 games overall, so to say there’s a high probability of this leg cashing — against a Pels team surrendering 28.5 assists per home game no less — would be an understatement.
Finally, we’ll move on to another solid Pistons prop in Duren’s 10+ rebounds bet. The big man is averaging 10.7 rebounds per contest, and he’s pulled down at least 10 boards in 19 of 34 games overall. Duren is averaging 10.3 rebounds in his last 11 games as well, and the Pelicans are surrendering the second-most rebounds (57.0) and second-highest offensive rebounding rate (29.7%) per home game. The latter figure is especially relevant when considering Duren, who’s averaging a career-high 4.0 offensive rebounds. Then, the fact the Pistons are allowing Eastern Conference-low 43.9% shooting certainly helps up Duren’s opportunities on the defensive glass.
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