In one of the final games of Sunday’s NBA schedule, the Phoenix Suns host the Atlanta Hawks at Mortgage Matchup Center. Both teams are 8-5 after strong starts despite key injuries. The Suns have been without Jalen Green, and the Hawks have been without Trae Young. Despite their absences, the Suns have won five straight, and the Hawks have won four straight.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, the Hawks are slight 1.5-point road favorites, with the game total set at O/U 227.5 points.
In addition to the main game line, DraftKings Sportsbook has a host of player prop bets for Sunday night’s matchup. In this post, I’ll take a look at a few of my favorite player props on the board. Let’s dive in.
Hawks vs. Suns Best Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
Dyson Daniels over 11.5 Rebounds + Assists (+106)
Daniels is due for a bounce-back game in Phoenix after a down statistical performance while he focused on shutting down Lauri Markkanen on Thursday. Daniels didn’t even attempt a shot in the first half of that game and finished with just two points, two rebounds and three assists.
The night before that, though, he had 14 rebounds + assists against the Kings, giving him over this combo line in four of his previous five games. In the one game in those five contests in which he came up short, he had three rebounds and eight assists for a total of 11 rebounds + assists.
He’s averaging 5.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists for 11 rebounds + assists, but he picked that production up in the games without Trae Young.
The Great Barrier Thief should be poised for a bounce-back performance against the Suns, and while I think his scoring will be solid, I prefer targeting his assists and rebounds as one of my favorite player props in Sunday’s game.
Ryan Dunn under 8.5 points (+101)
Dunn has been crowded out of playing time in the last few games, with veterans Royce O’Neale, Dillon Brooks, and Grayson Allen logging most of the time at forward. Allen (quad) is out for this matchup, but even with that, I still like the under on Dunn’s points.
In the team’s last game on Thursday against the Pacers, Allen was limited to only 12 minutes, and Dunn still played only 19 minutes and had three points against the Pacers in a 32-point Suns’ romp. He has finished under this scoring line in four straight games after finishing over it for five games in a row while Brooks was banged up.
With Allen out, though, it was Collin Gillespie who filled in his role, not Dunn, who is playing behind Brooks. Dunn still has long-term potential and the raw ability to go over this scoring line in any contest, but getting it for plus money while he’s in such a limited role makes it one of my favorite player props from Sunday night’s contest.
Dillon Brooks 18+ points (-101)
Instead of Dunn, I think Brooks will be more active in the offense with Allen out. Brooks is averaging 20.3 points per game in his first year with the Suns, and he has scored at least 18 points in three straight games after dropping a season-high 32 points on Thursday when Allen had to leave early. Brooks has been a very good fit for the Suns, and he’ll look to stay hot on Sunday night.
With Allen out, he should have plenty of opportunities, and playing him to go over his point line and Dunn under is a good way to build in some correlation into your picks if you’re constructing a parlay or even just looking to hit multiple picks from the Suns side of this contest.
