2023-24 NBA Player Props, Breakdown, Odds, and Picks (Dec 1)

• Who will score more tonight – Jayson Tatum or Joel Embiid?
• Will the Knicks be able to contain the Raptors’ scoring leader Pascal Siakam?
• We suspect that Kevin Durant’s high-scoring spree may come to an end tonight.

We’ve got some NBA player props for you for Friday, December 1!

The first day of December brings us plenty of action in the 2023-24 NBA. There are six games on the program this evening, three of which look ideal for NBA player props. We’re now going to analyze those games, sharing our prop picks along the way.

76ers vs. Celtics

How to Watch

• When: Friday, December 1, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. ET
• Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts                                          
• Channel: ESPN

Odds

Prop Pick

Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid is the 2023-24 NBA points leader with 32.0 PPG. Boston’s Jayson Tatum is 10^th on the list with 27.7 PPG. Knowing this, it’s only logical to assume that Embiid will score more than Tatum this evening.

However, tonight’s 76ers vs. Celtics game is played at TD Garden, where Tatum always seems to show up. In fact, he scored 36 more points than Embiid the last time these two teams met in Massachusetts.

Another reason why we think that Tatum could outscore Embiid once again is that Philly’s superstar is reportedly struggling with illness.

Knicks vs. Raptors

How to Watch

• When: Friday, December 1, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. ET
• Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario                                         
• Channel: NBA League Pass

Odds

Prop Pick

The New York Knicks are second in the 2023-24 NBA in defense, conceding just 105.4 points per game. That number probably won’t increase tonight after the game with the Toronto Raptors. Why? Because the Raptors are the league’s eighth-worst offense, scoring just 111.5 points on average.

Pascal Siakam is their scoring leader with 19.9 PPG, but that’s mostly thanks to a couple of high-scoring performances (over 30 points) against teams with horrible defense – the Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards, and so on.

His points margin for today’s Knicks vs. Raptors games is set at 21.5, and we think he’s gonna go under. It’s just that the Cameroon power forward has scored over 21.5 points in only 36.36% of the games he’s played in the 2023-24 season.

Suns vs. Nuggets

How to Watch

• When: Friday, December 1, 2023, at 10:00 p.m. ET
• Where: Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona                                           
• Channel: ESPN

Odds

Prop Pick

The Phoenix Suns are seventh in the league when it comes to scoring, with their average being 116.4 points per game. More than one quarter of those are the work of Kevin Durant whose average is 31.3 PPG.

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The 35-year-old has scored 30+ in each of the last six games he’s played. But will he be able to do the same against the NBA’s seventh defense?

He didn’t do it in the last three Phoenix vs. Denver games. In fact, KD has only scored 30 or more in three of the nine games the Suns have played against the Nuggets since his arrival to Arizona last February.