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Mikal Bridges Under 2.5 Made Threes (-180)
Mikal Bridges has hit three-plus triples in just one of his last eight games. He's gone under this line in each of his five most recent outings, making just six total threes over that five-game span.
On top of that, Bridges' matchup with the Washington Wizards isn't a good one for threes. Washington is allowing the fifth-lowest three-point attempt rate this season (36.4%). They are giving up the fifth-fewest three-point tries per night to small forwards (7.1).
We project Bridges to hit only 1.8 threes on 4.9 tries. While the -180 juice isn't fun, the under looks like a sound bet.
Royce O'Neale Under 2.5 Made Threes (-162)
Over his previous four games, Royce O'Neale has sunk three-plus trifectas in three of them. Despite that, the under is the place to be on his made threes prop for Wednesday.
During that four-game stretch, O'Neale has been unsustainably hot from deep, making 66.7% of his three-point attempts. That obviously won't last, and on the season as a whole, O'Neale is due for negative regression from three. He's making 42.9% from beyond the arc while his previous career-best mark is 38.9%. DARKO has him as an expected 37.8% three-point shooter.
A matchup with the Atlanta Hawks won't help, either. Atlanta is tied for the fifth-lowest three-point attempt rate allowed (36.4%).
Our model has O'Neale going 1.8 for 4.7 from three today.
Zion Williamson Under 25.5 Points (-104)
Zion Williamson is returning tonight for a matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and I'm into the under on his points prop.
Minnesota has been tough on power forwards, holding the position to 21.1 points per game, the 10th-fewest. Minnesota has defensive force Rudy Gobert back, and Gobert should be an issue for Williamson, who takes the vast majority of his shots around the basket.
We project Williamson to net 23.0 points -- a good bit under this line.