Will this Anthony Davis trend continue in Game 2? Plus, other best bets for Thursday

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Lakers at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m. | TV: ESPN

Key Trend: Davis is averaging 39.1 PAR per game in the playoffs.The Pick: Anthony Davis Under 41.5 Points, Assists & Rebounds (-117)

The Lakers lost Game 1, but Anthony Davis had a monster performance. He finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. That’s pretty good for both him and us, because it seems to have raised expectations a bit heading into Game 2. You may remember Davis having a huge performance in Game 1 against the Warriors, too. In that game, he finished with 30 points, 23 rebounds and five assists for a total PAR of 58.

It was the only time in the series Davis eclipsed the 41.5 mark they’ve set for his prop tonight. In 13 games this postseason, Davis is averaging 39.1 PAR in 13 games and has only gone over 41.5 in four of those games (five in 14 if we include the play-in). In the four games he’s gone over, he hasn’t finished below 50 PAR, averaging 53 per game. In the other eight games, he hasn’t finished higher than 40, averaging 37 per game.

So we should probably know pretty early how this game will go, but it’s worth pointing out how Davis has performed the games after the huge performance. After posting 50 PAR in Game 2 against Memphis, he finished with 25 in the next game. Then he went off for 51 PAR in Game 4and had only 31 in Game 5. After his 58 PAR in Game 1 against the Warriors, he finished with 22 in Game 2.

You see the trend, right? Maybe tonight is the first time Davis posts monster performances in consecutive games. He’s an incredible player, so we can’t put it past him. Still, history suggests it’s far more likely he won’t.

Here’s what SportsLine is saying about the game: The SportsLine Projection Model doesn’t like much here tonight, but our SportsLine experts have found no shortage of props they’re going…

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Author : Tom Fornelli

Publish date : 2023-05-18 20:25:28

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