The Knicks face the 76ers at Madison Square Garden in a rematch from last year’s postseason. Here are the best player props to consider for Karl-Anthony Towns on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Best Karl-Anthony Towns Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
The Knicks are 10-point favorites against the 76ers, with a total of 231.5 on DraftKings Sportsbook. Here are the latest prop bet lines for Karl-Anthony Towns: o/u 23.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 three-pointers.
Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks need a strong bounce back win on Wednesday night against the 76ers. Their last two games have been against the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics and the Cavaliers, and they lost both of those games. Now they face a spiraling 76ers team. The Knicks should beat them comfortably. New York now only leads the Pacers by 4.5 games in the Eastern Conference, and there is a big group of teams in that pack just behind Indiana. The Knicks need to finish strong in the regular season to ensure that they keep a top four seed at the very least. Towns is questionable heading into this game, but he was able to practice on Tuesday so that is a good indicator that he could be good to go.
The Knicks are 2-0 against the 76ers this season, however, Towns did not play in the most recent matchup between the two teams. Towns played well in the first matchup between the teams with 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Notably, Joel Embiid also played in that first matchup between these two teams. Embiid has dealt with severe injury issues all season that have kept him out of a lot of games, but Towns performed well in that first matchup even with Embiid on the floor. Embiid has once again been ruled out for Wednesday night’s game against the Knicks. If Towns is able to go, he should be able to dominate in the paint with no Embiid. Guerschon Yabusele is also out for the 76ers, which leaves them especially short-handed in the paint.
With all of these front court injuries exacerbating the major problems that the 76ers were already suffering, Towns should have a lot of success if he is able to play. My favorite prop bet for Towns is for him to go over 13.5 rebounds. Towns is second in the NBA in rebounds per game with 13.5. Towns had 13 rebounds in the first matchup against the 76ers this season and that was with Embiid on the court. So, without Embiid he should go well over that number. Towns only played 29 minutes against the Cavaliers last week, but Towns went for 18 rebounds in each of the Knicks’ two other games post-All Star Weekend. The 76ers rank dead last in the NBA in rebound percentage and with two of their strongest rebounders out for this game, Towns should have a field day on the boards.
