January 19th NBA Player Props – Best Bets Among Wednesday’s Huge Slate of Games

• There are 13 NBA games on the schedule for Wednesday, January 19^th
• The top matchup has the Memphis Grizzlies visiting the Milwaukee Bucks
• Let’s look at the best prop bets for Wednesday

A large slate of games is on tap for Wednesday in the NBA, 13 in all and headlined by the Memphis Grizzlies visiting the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Grizzlies lead the Southwest Division and have won 11 of their last 12 games going into the 8:00 p.m. ET game at Fiserv Forum. The defending NBA champion Bucks (27-19) have lost six of their last eight games.

The game features the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is third in the league in scoring at 28.5 points a game. Star point guard Ja Morant has a 24.4 scoring average for the Grizzlies. Antetokounmpo’s over/under for the showdown is 29.5 and Morant’s is 25.5

The Bucks are favored by 6.5 points and over/under is 225.

January 19th NBA Player Props

Odds as of January 19th at FanDuel

Part-Time Kyrie Better Than No Kyrie

Kyrie Irving’s odd arrangement with the Brooklyn Nets continues. The unvaccinated star guard can play in road games but cannot take part in home games because of COVID-19 mandates in New York City concerning arenas.

Irving made his season debut Jan. 5 and has had an immediate impact. In four games, he is averaging 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists.

KYRIE IRVING.

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— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) January 17, 2022

After Kevin Durant sustained a sprained ligament in his left knee last Saturday that will sideline him indefinitely, Irving becomes even more important to the Nets. Irving had a season-high 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds on Monday in a loss to the Cavaliers in Cleveland in the Nets first game since Durant’s injury.

Irving gets a favorable matchup Wednesday when the Nets visit Washington. The Wizards are 22^nd in the NBA in defensive rating, allowing 111.6 points per 100 possessions.

Look for Irving to also play with a little bit of anger. He was perturbed by the media questioning his vaccination status following Monday’s game. A mad Kyrie usually means good results.

He was angry Monday. With New York online sports betting now launched, Brooklynites and New Yorkers can ride the wave of Angry Kyrie to the over on his points total.

“Got y’all a championship and motherf**kers still ungrateful”

Kyrie to a Cavs fan heckling him.

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— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) January 18, 2022

• The Pick: Kyrie Irving over 23.5 points (-118)

Morant Will Rise to Occasion

The Grizzlies will be shorthanded against the Bucks. Desmond Bane and Kyle Anderson are in the NBA’s health and safety protocols and Dillon Brooks is sidelined by an ankle injury.

That puts more of the scoring load on Ja Morant. Few players love being asked to carry their team more than the third-year guard, though.

Morant came into the season hoping to be selected to his first All-Star Game. Now he is in the MVP conversation with averages of 24.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists while shooting a career-best 35.5% on three-pointers.

Ja Morant’s highlight reel this season is unreal. 🔥

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— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) January 17, 2022

Morant is one of just five players in the league averaging at least 24 points, five rebounds and six assists. The others: Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Luke Doncic and Nikola Jokic.

While the Bucks are eighth in the NBA in defensive rating, look for Morant to rise to the occasion in the Grizzlies’ first meeting of the year with the defending league champions.

• The Pick: Ja Morant over 25.5 points (-122)