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Okay, so here goes...I'll tell you now.
Last night player props for the Mavs players in the Blazers game.
Dirk O19.5 pts
Ellis O18.5 pts
Parsons O18 pts
Chandler O9.5 pts
I'll start by saying in general, most people love betting favorites, the over in games and the over on player props. It excites us. But if one can control their self and think things through, for the OU on points for player props in the NBA, it is the under, when doing all players listed for one team (I only like it if it's 4+ players), that makes sense, specifically if it's a deep team like the Mavericks. Again, the key is to do the under for all the players provided on one team (like I did with the four Mavs last night--admittedly I did the U on Lebron, Love and Irving two games ago though and won 2/3) so long as there are four or more players listed and so long as the team has an average or better bench.
I'm not very good at explaining this but essentially, on a given night, the Mavs (as just one example) have so many damn
other players who can score that there is a great likelihood that one or two (or more) of Wright, Felton, Aminu, Harris, Barea, Jefferson or Nelson score well above their average on that night. Maybe one of those knuckleheads pours in 15 points and another 12 points. Those 27 points along with the rest of the bench production equals a large portion of their team scoring. To take it a step further, there is also a strong chance that one of the four players listed (Dirk, Ellis, Parsons, Chandler in this particular case) goes well above his average, say Dirk with 26 points, which is not ridiculous by any stretch of the imagination but yet 6-7 points above his average. And when this happens, the other three key players typically go below. The chance that all four go above are soooooooo slim. Each would have to go JUST over their number and their bench would have to suck on that night, which given its depth, is highly unlikely. Even 3/4 is more than unlikely for those reasons.
Not sure I explained that well but that's it in a nutshell.