Some people like to sweat out a bet for 48 hard minutes – others like immediate satisfaction. Count us as being in the latter, which is why we like to get down with NBA first scorer props. And we’ve decided to pass that knowledge on to you with our first scorer bets for December 9. Go here for NBA Championship odds.
Of course, there are plenty out there taking blind guesses at this stuff. It’s easy to pick the most popular player or look at what happened in the last game. However, we spent the time pouring through the analytics to make sure that we give you the best odds to stay in the green on these first scorer props for December 9.
Come check out what we have cooked up for this slate of games.
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NBA First Scorer Props – December 9
New York Knicks vs. Toronto Raptors
Tipoff – 7:30 pm EST
Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON
Broadcast – NBA TV
With this being the lone game on the slate, there is very little to separate out these two teams. The tip win rates for the two centers are nearly identical. Karl-Antony Towns has won 42.9% of his tips this year to Jakob Poeltl’s 43.5%. That less than one percent doesn’t really tell us anything. With that being the case, we look to the success rates on the first score. Again, the Raptors have a narrow lead. They score first about 6.1% more of the time than the Knicks. Combine that with a slight lean to home teams on the first bucket and we’ll take someone from Toronto here.
Six different members of the Raptors have scored first on the year. However, only two of them have scored first more than twice – RJ Barrett and Gradey Dick. Between those two, I’ll take Dick and his sharp shooting on Monday. Not only does he have four first buckets, but he’s coming off a game where he scored 27 points. If the Raptors want to be competitive they’ll be looking to get his shooting going early again.
First Scorer Bet for December 9: Gradey Dick (+1000)
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