Yeah, we’d like to jump back on the Jimmy Butler Prop Wagon as we were on Saturday (except for the parlay we had with his points and the Sixers winning), but while the number (19.5 points) is easily attainable, the risk (-155 or so) is not worth it.
Instead, we are going to relay on the Sixers’ determination and pride and assume they will come out and have a good first quarter. Shopped around and was able to find a -2.5, which was a lot better than the -4 at the first place we looked. (We really wanted no parts of the -4 and may have just had to go a different way if that’s what we were struck with.)
By the way, if you must Buy Butler (which we aren’t), think about the Pts+Reb+Ast Over 29.5 rather than the Points Over 19.5, just in case Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris can get their points columns entries into double-digits.
Pick: Sixers First Quarter -2.5 (-116)