The Knicks face the Bucks in Milwaukee on Friday night. 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 one-point favorites against the Bucks, with a total of 217.5 on DraftKings Sportsbook. Here are the latest prop bet lines for Karl-Anthony Towns: o/u 26.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 three-pointers.
Karl-Anthony Towns has been an offensive force for the Knicks in recent weeks. However, the Knicks have still yet to find a groove since losing Jalen Brunson to an ankle injury three weeks ago. Their first game without Brunson was against the Clippers on March 7th, and their most recent game was also against the Clippers on Wednesday night. During that ten-game stretch without Brunson, the Knicks were an even 5-5. They are just 2.5 games ahead of the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Standings with ten games left to play. However, dropping to that 4-seed behind the Pacers wouldn’t be that disastrous of a scenario. It wouldn’t make a significant impact on the difficulty of their first-round matchup, and it would send them to Cleveland in the second round instead of Boston. Despite how good Cleveland has been this season, the Knicks would likely feel better about their chances of winning there than in Boston.
Due to those factors, the Knicks don’t have too much to play for in these final ten games. They really just need to stay afloat to get at least the four-seed and hope that Jalen Brunson is ready for the postseason. The Bucks are currently the 6-seed in the Eastern Conference and could be a first-round matchup in the postseason for the Knicks, depending on how things shake out over the final ten games. The Knicks are 2-0 against the Bucks so far this season. One win came early in the season, and Towns had a monster game, going for 32 points in that game. In the more recent game, in January, it was Brunson who dazzled with 44 points in the Knicks’ win.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is questionable for tonight’s game, which, of course, will have a massive impact on the game whichever way it goes. If Antetokounmpo doesn’t play, that will level the size advantage that the Bucks would normally have. Without Antetokounmpo in the lineup, the Bucks would still have Brook Lopez inside, but they would likely slide Kuzma to the power forward spot and slide Gary Trent Jr. into the starting lineup at the small forward spot. That would make fair matchups for Josh Hart and OG Anunoby and even give the Knicks an edge on the wings. That would allow Towns to go to work on Brook Lopez, mostly in one-on-one situations.
Towns has been great on the offensive end of the floor over the past few games. Over his past five games, Towns is averaging 29.4 points per game and 4.2 assists per game. The Knicks will be leaning on him to carry the load offensively again in this matchup, which should keep his rebounding numbers lower. Towns is the second-leading rebounder in the league this season, but his numbers have not been the same without Brunson on the floor. Before Brunson’s injury, Towns was averaging 13.4 rebounds per game. Since that injury, Towns is averaging just 10.1 rebounds per game. Towns has taken on a bigger offensive workload, and the return of Mitchell Robinson has taken some of the rebounding load off of Towns’ shoulders as well. That is why I am backing Towns to have under 12.5 rebounds in this game. He has only cleared this number once in his past ten games, and should go under it again here.
