Filip Tomic
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Less than 2 weeks after their highly competitive clash at Barclays Center, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets run it back. The game tips off at 7pm ET, I’ve prepared another same-game parlay which you can find below.
I landed a +1282 same-game parlay on Monday’s Bulls vs Hawks game, so I’m in pretty hot form right now! Be sure to also check our predictions on the side and total for the rest of Thursday’s 4-game slate.
Now let’s get into the Sixers vs Nets best bets.
Philadelphia 76ers ML (+144)
Joel Embiid to Score 30+ Points (+156)
Tobias Harris Over 3.5 Assists (+128)
Parlay odds: +920
Philadelphia 76ers ML (+144)
The 76ers have failed in beating the Brooklyn Nets already twice this season, but tonight’s game could be their best chance at doing so. They’ve won 3 of their last 4 games, including 3 straight on the road with Joel Embiid playing like a stud. The key for Philly here will be how they deal with Durant. Tobias Harris will be in charge of slowing him down, as he is coming off a triple-double performance at Toronto, which is a good sign. Philly has a better record ATS on the road than at home, so that’s another positive ahead of tonight’s game. They’ve beaten the Nets in 9 of the last 13 meetings between the two teams as well.
Be sure to check out our full game preview for Philadelphia 76ers vs Brooklyn Nets
Joel Embiid to Score 30+ Points (+156)
Embiid is putting up Shaq-like numbers over his last 10 games. His averages are 29.1 points, 10.3 boards and 3.7 assists on 51% shooting from the field. He is also a threat from the perimeter, 36% of his threes have connected during that stretch. Interestingly enough, on the road that number jumps up to almost 44% which is crazy for a player of his size. In his last 5 games, he has scored 36, 36, 23, 41 and 32 points. In 3 of the last 4 meetings with the Nets, his point totals are 32, 19, 39 and 33 points. If we expand that to the last 9 games he has scored 30 or more in 7 of them. Brooklyn is fairly mediocre when it comes to defending the paint, they allow 45.9 points per game in that area and 48.7 per game in their last 3 games.
Tobias Harris Over 3.5 Assists (+128)
Harris will have two assignments in tonight’s game. The first one will be to slow down Kevin Durant as much as possible and the 2nd one will be to involve as many players as possible as that’s the best chance Philadelphia will have if they want to win this game. As far as assists go, he is averaging 3.6 in his last 10 games and 4.5 in the 2 meetings against the Nets this season. Last night at Toronto he collected 10 of them and in his last 6 games he has gone over 3.5 on 4 occasions. If we look at his last 6 games vs the Nets, he has gone over 3.5 assists in 5 of those.
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