Keagan Smith details his best NBA player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for Wednesday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics.
On Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics battle for the third time this month. These sides split the first two meetings in high-scoring finishes, setting the stage for a potentially big night for prop bets here.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, Boston is a -6.5 favorite at home with -230 odds to win on the Moneyline. The game total is set at 231.5 combined points.
Here are the top Hawks vs. Celtics prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for this matchup.
Best Hawks vs. Celtics player prop bets
Onyeka Okongwu 10+ rebounds (+128)
There are two reasons I’m starting off with double-digit boards for Onyeka Okongwu. Those reasons are Boston centers Neemias Queta and Luka Garza, who are out and questionable tonight with illnesses. The Celtics’ frontcourt find itself without its starting big man (8.0 REB/GM) and could also be without its primary backup at the position (4.2 REB/GM). If both Garza misses this game as well, that leaves Xavier Tillman Jr. to get more minutes unless Joe Mazzulla opts to go smaller tonight.
In either case, the situation does bode well for Atlanta’s big men. Jalen Johnson will get most of the shine as the team’s star, but Okongwu is the starting center and can potentially benefit even more from the absence of the Celtics’ primary options at the position. Okongwu averages 7.9 rebounds per game himself, second on the team, and has pulled down 10+ boards across three of his last eight games, plus four of his last 10. He also has hit double-digit rebounds in 13 of his 46 outings overall. While that’s not a fantastic hit rate, the conditions are right for him to notch a big night on the glass. The Hawks play at one of the league’s highest paces and should push the tempo against a Boston unit that ranks dead last in the category, plus the Celtics have a small-ish lineup to begin with thanks to a guard-heavy rotation. Factor in the injury report and Okongwu should get to 10 rebounds this evening.
Sam Hauser 4+ three-pointers made (+166)
While the Celtics are last in the league in pace, I do feel bullish projecting them to get plenty of shots up against a Hawks group that ranks second in the metric. Boston takes a ton of three-pointers with the second-most attempts and makes of any team, and against an Atlanta offense that sits eighth in PPG, this could become a high-scoring affair in a hurry. If that’s the case, I quite like Sam Hauser’s three-point props tonight. The forward is connecting on 40.5% of his 6.6 attempts per game from beyond the arc, the best shooting mark of any Celtic averaging at least three attempts from long range.
That’s not the only reason I feel good about Hauser making at least four shots from distance tonight. He’s seen some success in recent outings with at least three made threes in six of his last seven games, and he banged in four three-pointers in four straight outings over that same sample. He won’t take 21 attempts from deep as he did in one of those contests, but Atlanta does fall 21st in 3PA and 16th in 3PM allowed to opponents. Given the possible lack of centers for the Celtics tonight, one can expect an even more perimeter-oriented attack from the offense as Boston avoids working in the paint a little more than usual.