NBA Grind Down Overview - Tuesday, April 4th
NBA Grind Down Overview
Milwaukee at Washington – 7:00 PM ET
| Milwaukee | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 230.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -13.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 121.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 5 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 4.8 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Middleton and Allen are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez (DK) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Brook Lopez (FD), Jrue Holiday | |||||
| Viable punts: Pat Connaughton | |||||
| Washington | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 230.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 13.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 108.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 22 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -4.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Kuzma, Porzingis, Beal, and Morris are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Delon Wright (DK) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Delon Wright (FD), Deni Avdija, Daniel Gafford | |||||
| Viable punts: Jordan Goodwin, Johnny Davis | |||||
Miami at Detroit – 7:00 PM ET
| Miami | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 220 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -12.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 116.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 12 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 7.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Adebayo and Lowry are questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler / Tyler Herro (if Adebayo is out) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Tyler Herro / Jimmy Butler (if Adebayo plays) | |||||
| Viable punts: Cody Zeller (if Adebayo is out) | |||||
| Detroit | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 220 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 12.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 103.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 26 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -6.8 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Cunningham, Stewart, Burks, Diallo, McGruder, Bagley, and Bogdanovic are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Killian Hayes, Jaden Ivey | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Cleveland at Orlando – 7:00 PM ET
| Cleveland | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 221.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -5.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 113.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 17 | ||||
| Implied Total vs. PPG | 1.0 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Okoro is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
| Orlando | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 221.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 5.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 108.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 23 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -3.8 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Isaac is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Wendell Carter Jr. (DK) | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Toronto at Charlotte – 7:00 PM ET
| Toronto | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 223 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -14.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 118.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 9 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 5.7 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Achiuwa, Trent Jr., and Anunoby are questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Pascal Siakam | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes | |||||
| Viable punts: Gary Trent Jr. (if Anunoby is out) | |||||
| Charlotte | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 223 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 14.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 104.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 25 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -7.0 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Ball, Hayward, Oubre, Washington, Martin, and Rozier are out. Smith Jr. is questionable. Williams is doubtful. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Nick Richards | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Dennis Smith, Svi Mykhailiuk, Theo Maledon (if DSJ is out) | |||||
| Viable punts: Kai Jones, James Bouknight (if DSJ is out) | |||||
Minnesota at Brooklyn – 7:30 PM ET
| Minnesota | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 225 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -2.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 113.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 16 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -2.0 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Towns and Nowell are questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Anthony Edwards (if KAT is out) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
| Brooklyn | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 225 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 2.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 111.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 19 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -2.1 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Simmons is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Spencer Dinwiddie | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Mikal Bridges, Nic Claxton | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Denver at Houston – 8:00 PM ET
| Denver | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 230 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -8.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 119.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 7 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 3.2 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Jokic is questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. (if Jokic is out) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon | |||||
| Viable punts: Jeff Green / Peyton Watson (if Jokic is out) | |||||
| Houston | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 230 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 8.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 110.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 20 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 0.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Tate is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Alperen Sengun | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Sacramento at New Orleans – 8:00 PM ET
| Sacramento | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 236.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 3.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 116.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 11 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -4.9 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Monk is questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: De’Aaron Fox (DK) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: De’Aaron Fox (FD), Domantas Sabonis | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
| New Orleans | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 236.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -3.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 120.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 6 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 5.7 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Zion and Alvarado are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum, Trey Murphy | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Portland at Memphis – 8:00 PM ET
| Portland | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 228.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 17.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 105.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 24 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -7.8 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Lillard, Simons, Nurkic, Grant, Winslow, and Johnson are out. Reddish, Thybulle, Watford, Knox, and Butler are questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Shaedon Sharpe, Drew Eubanks | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Matisse Thybulle, Kevin Knox | |||||
| Viable punts: Jeenathan Williams | |||||
| Memphis | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 228.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -17.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 123.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 3 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 6.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Adams and Clarke are out. Brooks is questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Ja Morant | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Jaren Jackson, Desmond Bane | |||||
| Viable punts: Luke Kennard / John Konchar (if Brooks is out) | |||||
Boston at Philadelphia – 8:00 PM ET
| Boston | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 227 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 2.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 112.3 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 18 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -6.2 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Brown is questionable. Robert Williams is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Jayson Tatum (if Brown is out) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Jaylen Brown, Derrick White / Malcolm Brogdon (if Brown is out) | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
| Philadelphia | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 227 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -2.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 114.8 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 14 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -0.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: N/A | |||||
| Elite Plays: Joel Embiid | |||||
| Tournament Targets: James Harden | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
Atlanta at Chicago – 8:00 PM ET
| Atlanta | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 235 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 3.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 116.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 13 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -2.1 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Young and Hunter are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Dejounte Murray | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Clint Capela | |||||
| Viable punts: John Collins, Saddiq Bey | |||||
| Chicago | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 235 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -3.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 119.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 8 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 5.4 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Ball is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine | |||||
| Tournament Targets: DeMar DeRozan | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
L.A.Lakers at Utah – 9:00 PM ET
| L.A.Lakers | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 237.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -8.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 123.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 3 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 6.3 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: James and Russell are questionable. Bamba is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: LeBron James (DK) | |||||
| Tournament Targets: LeBron James (FD), Anthony Davis | |||||
| Viable punts: Dennis Schroder (if Russell is out) | |||||
| Utah | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 237.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 8.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 114.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 15 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -2.6 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Markkanen, Clarkson, Kessler, and Gay are out. Sexton will play. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Kelly Olynyk | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Talen Horton-Tucker | |||||
| Viable punts: Simone Fontecchio, Luka Samanic | |||||
Oklahoma City at Golden State – 10:00 PM ET
| Oklahoma City | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 242 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 8.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 117.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 10 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -0.5 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Kenrich Williams is out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: None | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Josh Giddey | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||
| Golden State | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 242 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -8.0 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 125.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 2 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 6.8 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Wiggins and Iguodala are out. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Klay Thompson | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Steph Curry, Draymond Green | |||||
| Viable punts: Kevon Looney, Donte DiVincenzo | |||||
San Antonio at Phoenix – 10:00 PM ET
| San Antonio | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 236.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | 18.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 109.0 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 21 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | -3.5 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: Johnson is doubtful. Vassell and Sochan are out. Collins is questionable. | |||||
| Elite Plays: Tre Jones | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Zach Collins, Malaki Branham | |||||
| Viable punts: Sandro Mamukelashvili (if Collins is out), Keita Bates-Diop, Doug McDermott | |||||
| Phoenix | |||||
 | Vegas Total | 236.5 | |||
| Vegas Spread | -18.5 | ||||
| Implied Team Total | 127.5 | ||||
| Team Total Rank | 1 | ||||
| Team Total vs. PPG | 13.9 | ||||
| Notable Injuries: N/A | |||||
| Elite Plays: Kevin Durant | |||||
| Tournament Targets: Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton (DK) | |||||
| Viable punts: None | |||||