We enter the meat of the NBA Conference Finals as the Timberwolves looks to tie up the series with the Mavericks 1-1 at home after losing outright as a favorite in the Western Conference Finals opener, and it is time to exploit the player prop market once again. This season, I am 62-42 for a +14.4% ROI on the season with NBA player prop bets in this article series. Here are my favorite NBA player prop bets for Game 2 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Luka Doncic (DAL) Over 6.5 1st quarter points (+100)
Line available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Recommended 1.25u wager.
In Game 1 of this series, Luka Doncic showed why he is on a Hall of Fame path by cooking in clutch time against the league's best defense to lead his team to a victory. The MVP candidate finished the game with 33 points while seeing some of the most tortuous defense the NBA has to offer in Jaden McDaniels. However, this was after a relatively rough start as he failed to clear this line in the first quarter.