PrizePicks NBA Player Picks Today: Top Plays for December 9th
The NBA In-Season Tournament has been a surprisingly exciting addition to the season, and it finally comes to a close tonight with a matchup featuring the Lakers vs. Pacers. While it’s obviously more difficult to find enough strong NBA PrizePicks predictions on such a small slate, having the fast-paced Indiana Pacers playing certainly helps.
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NBA PrizePicks Predictions Today
Myles Turner – More Than 36.5 Fantasy Points
Turner has been playing some fantastic basketball recently. The Pacers play at such a fast pace that most of their matchups are pretty large pace-down spots. However, the Lakers are top 10 in pace this season, and this game should play wildly fast. Turner will be needed to play as many minutes as possible to defend Anthony Davis and should push for high-30s minutes for the In-Season Tournament final as long as he can stay out of foul trouble. He currently has a 69% win rate in the NBA Fantasy Pick’em Tool for PrizePicks and projects for just shy of 40 fantasy points in the RotoGrinders projections.
- Play: Turner – More Than 36.5 Fantasy Points
Tyrese Haliburton – More Than 41.5 Points + Assists
Hali is making a serious case for MVP this season, and Kings fans are weeping. For the past few seasons, it’s been mostly big men, alongside LeBron James, taking over the league as the most dominant players in basketball. However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Haliburton have been making a case that the point guard spot is BACK in the NBA. Haliburton has eclipsed this number in 5 of his last 7 games and should play heavy minutes since it’s a meaningful game. He’s been able to push the pace at such an incredible level this season that opposing teams have had no choice but to run as well, leading to incredibly high-scoring games. I expect no different tonight with Haliburton set to dominate in a game against the Lakers.
- Play: Haliburton – More Than 41.5 Points + Assists
Anthony Davis – More Than 27.5 Points
The Pacers are not only the fastest team in basketball, but they’re also one of the very worst defensively. The Lakers big man is projected for more than 30 points in the RotoGrinders projections and gets the best matchup imaginable tonight. I’m totally fine with Davis’ fantasy points DFS Pick’em prediction as well, but I have a slight lean on his real-life points instead. Davis has had at least 27 points in 4 of his last 5 games and is in a better spot tonight than he has been in any of those matchups.
- Play: Davis – More Than 27.5 Points
Additional NBA PrizePicks Predictions
I’m only playing 3 tonight, as those are the only NBA PrizePicks predictions I’m confident in on a small slate.
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