ZT details his best player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for Sunday’s game between the Toronto Raptors and the Dallas Mavericks.
On Sunday night, the Mavericks host the Raptors at 7:30 p.m. ET at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Mavs are still looking for their first win of the season after going 0-2 at home in their first two games, while the Raptors are 1-1.
The Mavericks ruled out Daniel Gafford (ankle) along with Brandon Williams (personal), Dante Exum (knee), and of course, Kyrie Irving (knee). For Toronto, Collin Murray-Boyles (forearm) is questionable.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, Toronto is slightly favored by 1.5 points, with the game total set at 231.5 points. In addition to the main game line, DraftKings Sportsbook has numerous player prop bets for this inter-conference matchup. In this post, I’ll take a look at a few of my favorites. Let’s dive in:
Best Raptors at Mavericks Player Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
PJ Washington 25+ Points + Rebounds + Assists (+108)
I almost included Washington in my 3-point props for Sunday since he has made two three-point field goals in each of his first two games and is +113 to hit at least two three-pointers on Sunday. Instead, though, I’m taking the over on his PRA (points, rebounds and assists) total for the day.
In the first game of the season, Washington came in just under this total with 17 points, five rebounds and one assist for 23 PRA. He only played 29 minutes in that game, though, which was a blowout loss to the Spurs.
He stepped up in 39 minutes on Friday with 18 points, nine rebounds and an assist for 28 PRA against the Wizards.
Since this game should be close throughout, Washington should be able to get at least 25 PRA in this matchup, especially since the Raptors are typically a good matchup for opposing forwards. In his most recent matchup with the Raptors, Washington had 26 PRA in 27 minutes, and he has 25+ PRA in three of his last five games in the head-to-head matchup against Toronto.
Last season, Washington averaged 24.8 PRA per game in his 57 games with the Mavericks, but without Irving and Luka Doncic (after the trade), he typically carries more of the workload and should be able to get over this PRA line Sunday.
Immanuel Quickley Assists + Rebounds Over 9.5 (-123)
The Raptors are hoping for a healthier season for Quickley this year, after he was limited to 33 games last year in his first full season in Toronto. When he was available, he averaged 17.1 points, 5.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds.
His average of 9.3 assists and rebounds looks like it will trend up this year, at least in the early going. Quickley had eight assists and four boards in Game 1 against the Hawks for 12 assists and rebounds, and then he posted eight assists with seven rebounds against the Bucks, going well over this prop line once again.
He is averaging 13.5 assists and rebounds in his first two games this year, and all he needs is 10 to go over this prop.
Naji Marshall under 8.5 points (-115)
The Mavericks are still tweaking and adjusting their rotation and usage, and while Marshall is a key part of the second unit, it doesn’t look like he’ll be carrying much scoring potential with everyone healthy.
Marshall stepped up last year amid all the Dallas injuries and averaged a career-high 13.2 points per game. Before last year, though, the role player averaged under eight points in three of his previous four seasons.
This season, he played 22 minutes in the season opener, scoring only three points and going 0-for-2 from the field. He followed that up with 25 minutes against the Wizards and had a much better seven points, but still finished under this point total.
While Marshall does bring the potential to go off, I expect a strong game from Washington, leaving limited work for Marshall off the bench, and I don’t think he’ll break through for nine points or more.
