Ma! More Meat Loaf! Two out of three to end the betting week and ‘that ain’t bad’. That allows for a 20.81 unit profit at the halfway point of the season, which puts Fantasy Alarm NBA Best Bets right on pace for the forty unit goal. Nikola Jokic came through again, going just above the hook, and cashing in on the double unit bet of last night. Tonight the NBA returns with eight games, and two nationally televised games on NBATV. The first of those matches features rookie sensation Victor Webanyama and the San Antonio Spurs against reigning MVP Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers. There is a plus odds prop bet from this match. The Charlotte Hornets travel to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a game at the Target Center. Minnesota is a tough team to beat at home, and there is a point prop worth a wager before the 8:00 PM ET start time. The bet of the night, is a Fantasy Alarm favorite that takes place in the Memphis Grizzlies at Toronto Raptors game, which has a 7:30 PM ET tip off.

 

BET OF THE NIGHT

SCOTTIE BARNES UNDER 8.5 Rebounds -145 DK

‘The Well’ makes another appearance this month, a record tenth time, and he has only let us down once. Oddly enough S. Barnes did not hit his rebound line in the last game and it moved up one to 8.5. Granted, the Memphis Grizzlies are not good at preventing the other team from rebounding, but that is not Scottie Barnes new role with the team… despite moving to power forward. Listen, this bet has been successful eight of nine times, and the one time it wasn’t they moved his rebounding line to 6.5, and it is now at 8.5… a number S. Barnes has only achieved once in eleven games this month. There are usually one to four of ‘the well’ bets per year, and S. Barnes is that bet this year. Trust the under to come through, as this line moved from -125 last night to -145 early this morning.

PROP BETS

VICTOR WEMBANYAMA OVER 9.5 REBOUNDS +110 MGM

Victor Wembanyama gets his first opportunity to play the defending MVP, Joel Embiid, and the Philadelphia 76ers. This is an epic battle between two fantastic young centers. J. Embiid has been on a tear since returning from injury, scoring thirty-three or more points in every game. Yet he has a maximum of ten rebounds, and two games with just seven. V. Wembanyama has had a dip in rebounding in his last two games, but prior to that had four games with double digit rebounds. His average is at 10.1 rebounds per game and the Philadelphia 76ers allow the eighth most rebounds to opposing centers. This is a nationally televised game and V. Wembanyama’s minutes have steadily been going up, with over twenty-six minutes in his last three games.This bet at plus odds is too good of an angle to let get away. 

KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS OVER 21.5 POINTS -110 DK

The Minnesota Timberwolves host the Charlotte Hornets at the Target Center, where the Timberwolves have a 17-3 record. This article has repeatedly stated how terrible the Charlotte Hornets are, winners of two of their last ten games. They have a -11.5 point differential which is the worst in the league. Meanwhile Minnesota has a +5.8 point differential and Karl-Anthony Towns (KAT) is a significant reason they are over five per game. When he is on, he is an All-Star level player, and is averaging 21.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. Minnesota has one of the most lethal front courts in the NBA, and although KAT has experienced a small dip in production, earning his average against a team with the worst point differential sems well within reach. In addition to that, Anthony Edwards is becoming more of a pass first point guard, this should allow KAT to get in a rhythm early against a terrible defensive team.

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