Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons goes up for a shot past Sacramento’s Willie Cauley-Stein on March 15 (Matt Slocum)Associated Press
No Jimmy Butler Monday in Dallas for the Sixers, so we checked out Ben Simmons’ point production in the eight games Butler has missed with the Sixers. In reverse order (latest first) –
26 . . . 19 . . . 21 . . . 9 . . . 20 . . . 29 . . . 18 . . . 22
Now, the math side of our brain may still be a little singed from counting Carsen Edwards three-pointers on Saturday, but six of those eight games seem to clear the 18.5 O/U points being posted for Simmons Monday . . . and the other was an 18 on a 4-for-8 night from the foul line, so it’s real close to a 7-1.
Pick: Ben Simmons Over 18.5 Points (-122)