Keagan Smith details his best NBA player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for Tuesday’s game between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers.
The Phoenix Suns are up to 30 wins on the campaign, sitting seventh in the Western Conference even despite Devin Booker missing plenty of time over the course of the year. While the star remains sidelined tonight, the team has a real shot to tack another win on against the Portland Trail Blazers, who are 23-27 and will operate without Deni Avdija this evening.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, Phoenix is a 2.5-point road favorite with -155 odds to win on the Moneyline. The game total is set at 218.5 combined points.
Here are the top Suns vs. Trail Blazers prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for this matchup.
Best Suns vs. Trail Blazers player prop bets
Dillon Brooks over 22.5 points (-114)
A career-best season from Dillon Brooks has resulted in what one could argue is a case for Most Improved Player when awards season rolls around. The veteran averages 21.1 PPG in a featured role for Phoenix, shutting up plenty of naysayers who spoke on him over the last few years. Brooks did just produce a new career-high last week with a 40-point performance against the Pistons, shooting 13-for-22 overall with eight boards and four assists as well.
His success hasn’t been limited solely to that outing, though. Brooks has tallied 22, 27, 40, 26 and 26 points across his last five games while Booker has been sidelined. With a sizable workload of 14+ shots per game (and often 20 or more), Brooks can keep firing away tonight against a lowly Portland defense. The Trail Blazers are 19th in DEFRTG and 23rd in opponent PPG allowed (117.9), so it’s evident this unit is quite vulnerable. The last game between these sides saw a total of 237 points scored, and while the Suns do try to slow the pace typically, the volume Brooks sees should get him over 22.5 points.
Donovan Clingan over 11.5 rebounds (-115)
I love a good rebounds prop, and few players have excelled in that area of the game lately in a more dominant fashion than Donovan Clingan. The second-year big man averages 11.1 rebounds per game on the campaign, but he’s taken an even more impressive jump in recent weeks. Over his last 10 contests, the former lottery pick has pulled down 12, 20, 15, 16, 17, 11 and 12 boards. Again, that’s four games of 15+ rebounds and seven contests over 11.5 among his last 10 chances. To top it off, Clingan eclipsed 30 minutes on the floor in just one of those games as well.
The kid is demolishing opposing big men at the moment and shows no signs of slowing down. Clingan uses his 7-foot-2, 280-pound frame to his advantage and generally makes the other team’s center look silly a few times a night. In this one, he gets a date against Mark Williams, who’s an inch shorter and roughly 40 pounds lighter than Clingan. While Williams does average 8.0 rebounds, he’s no match for his opponent tonight. Clingan pulled down 12 rebounds in the matchup against Phoenix earlier this season back in November and should continue to hit the glass in the late window.