The Hawks are hosting the Magic on Tuesday. On DraftKings Sportsbook, Orlando is favored by 3.5 points and this game carries a total of 228.5 points.
Below, I dive into three of my favorite player prop bets for Tuesday’s matchup between the Hawks and the Magic on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Best Hawks vs. Magic Player Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
Dyson Daniels O 25.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-108)
While this isn’t a great matchup vs. the Magic, who rank 11th in defensive rating this season, this PRA line is simply too low for Daniels with Trae Young (knee) sidelined. Tuesday will be the seventh start Daniels has made without Young in the last two seasons. Daniels is averaging 20 points, 5.6 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game in those contests.
The reigning Most Improved Player of the Year has exceeded 25.5 PRA in all but one of these six games and with Young inactive, Daniels’ usage rises 4.3 percentage points to 22.4% and his assist rate rises 4.9 percentage points to 22.1%. Daniels gets the benefit of competing on his home floor tonight and clearing 25.5 PRA shouldn’t be difficult for the wing.
Desmond Bane U 1.5 Made Three Pointers (+118)
Bane has struggled with his outside shot with the Magic this season and he is an intriguing bet for under 1.5 made three pointers Tuesday at this attractive +118 price. Through his first seven games of the season, Bane is shooting a career-worst 26% from beyond the arc and he is only averaging 1.1 made three-pointers on 4.4 attempts per game, which is a big drop from the 6.1 three-point attempts per game he averaged with the Grizzlies last season.
Orlando is just a much different offense than Bane is accustomed to, as the Magic play slow and they don’t rely on their outside shooting. This season, Orlando ranks third-to-last in three-point attempts per game (30.8). Bane is due for some positive regression efficiency-wise as a shooter, but the volume should remain low by his standards and tonight’s matchup vs. the Hawks isn’t an ideal spot for him to regain his shooting form. This season, Atlanta is limiting their opponents to the third-lowest three-point percentage in the NBA (32.1%).
Kristaps Porzingis U 16.5 Points (-104)
Porzingis is averaging 18.2 PPG this season, but this average is inflated after he scored 20 and 27 points in his first two starts of the season. Since then, Porzingis has scored 15 points or less in three consecutive games, despite Young missing the last two. The Hawks have been very cautious with Porzingis this season, with the often injured big man only logging 25.4 minutes per game and facing the Magic isn’t an ideal matchup for Porzingis.
As noted above, Orlando ranks 11th in defensive rating this season and the Magic have held Porzingis to single digits in three of his last five matchups with the club. 16.5 points is just too high of a bar for Porzingis in this spot, regardless of Young’s absence, and Porzingis should fall short of this number Tuesday.
