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NBA Player Prop Bets to Target on Wednesday 5/3/23

Austan Kas  —  @AustanKas May 3rd, 2023

Here, we'll focus on utilizing daily fantasy basketball projections and a slew of other tools to help make money betting player props. For this article, we are focusing on the NBA odds at FanDuel Sportsbook to pinpoint spots where value can be had tonight.

The prop-betting experience on FanDuel Sportsbook is getting even more fun. You can track your player props with real-time updates and place live in-game props with ease.

Please note that betting lines and our daily projections may change throughout the day after this article is published.

Tyrese Maxey Under 21.5 Points (-108)

Joel Embiid is expected to play tonight, and that's a blow for Tyrese Maxey's scoring potential.

When sharing the court with Embiid and James Harden this season, Maxey amassed just a 17.4% usage rate and 15.7 points per 36 minutes, according to CourtIQ.

Maxey averaged 21.8 points per game in the first round versus the Brooklyn Nets (with Embiid and Harden playing all four games), but it took a 33-point night in Game 2 and 50.0% shooting from three for the series for him to get to that points-per-game average. Maxey is a really good shooter -- 41.4% from three for his career -- but 50.0% shooting from deep is unsustainable even for him.

On top of that, this is a rough matchup for Maxey. The Boston Celtics held two-guards to the fifth-fewest points per game over the final 30 contests of the regular season.

Our model has Maxey netting just 18.1 points in Game 2. The under is the side to be on.

Al Horford Over 5.5 Rebounds (-132)

Our projections really like this one, too.

Al Horford has pulled down at least six boards in seven of his last nine games, including in each of his past four outings.

He's played the Philadelphia 76ers four times this season and is averaging 5.7 rebounds per night over the four matchups. For the regular season as a whole, Horford snagged 6.2 rebounds per game.

While Embiid playing will make rebounding more difficult, it also ensures that Horford's defense will be needed, which should lead to big minutes.

We project Horford for 7.4 rebounds tonight.