The Brooklyn Nets (22-36) battle the Atlanta Hawks (26-32) on February 29, 2024 at Barclays Center. The Nets are favorites by one point as they look to snap out of a funk. They’re 2-8 in their last 10 games. The matchup has an over/under set at 220 points.
Keep reading to dig into the best bets you can make on Thursday’s game, based on our computer predictions.
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Spread: Nets (-1) to Cover
- The DraftKings line for this game has the Nets favored by one, while the model predicts they’ll win by slightly more (2.4 points).
- Brooklyn is 25-30-3 ATS this season.
- When playing as at least 1-point favorites this season, the Nets have an ATS record of 11-7.
- Atlanta has gone 19-39-0 ATS this year.
- The Hawks have been an underdog by 1 point or more 25 times this year, and covered the spread in eight of those games.
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Total: Over 220
- The DraftKings point total for this game is more than two possessions lower (15.4 points) than the model projection. Put your money on the over.
- Brooklyn and its opponent have broken the 220-point mark 37 times this year.
- Atlanta’s games have had over 220 points 52 times this season.
- The Nets and their opponents have combined to go over the point total 25 out of 58 times this season.
- A total of 30 Hawks games this year have hit the over.
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Moneyline Winner: Nets (-115)
- Prediction: Nets 119, Hawks 117
- Brooklyn has won 13, or 72.2%, of the 18 games it has played as the favorite this season.
- Atlanta has come away with seven wins in the 25 contests it has been listed as the underdog this season.
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Nicolas Claxton Points Prop: Over 12.5
- Nicolas Claxton posts 12.0 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 0.6 steals and 2.2 blocks (sixth in league).
- Thursday’s over/under for Claxton is 12.5. That is 0.5 more than his season average.
- Claxton has hit the over on his points prop total 18 times this season out of 51 games with such a prop.
- The Hawks are the fourth-best squad in the NBA in points scored (121.2 per game) but second-worst in points allowed (122.9).
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Bogdan Bogdanovic Rebounds Prop: Over 3.5
- Bogdan Bogdanovic is averaging 16.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He’s draining 43.0% of his shots from the floor and 37.3% from 3-point range, with 3.1 triples per contest (10th in league).
- He has averaged 0.2 fewer rebounds per game (3.3) than his prop bet total in Thursday’s game (3.5).
- He has recorded more rebounds than his listed total in 23 of his 45 games with a prop this season.
- The Nets are grabbing 44.4 boards per game (eighth-ranked in league). They are ceding 44.7 rebounds per contest (22nd-ranked).
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