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Underdog Fantasy NBA Daily Pick ‘Em Plays – May 9
Jayson Tatum – Higher than 7.5 1st Quarter Points
Jayson Tatum hasn’t blown us away these playoffs in terms of his stat line. However, the one thing he is doing is regularly giving the Celtics a good first quarter base. He gets after it early and gets to the line often in the first quarter. In the last two games, he’s gone for exactly nine points each. I see no reason why he wouldn’t try to get the Celtics another hot start on Thursday.
Max Strus – Lower than 9.5 Points
In the four road games during this playoffs, Strus has only gone over this projection one time, and it was by half a point. Over those games, he’s averaging just 6.5 points per game. He’s also taking far less shots on the road. In the four home games, he’s taken 26 three-pointers, but on the road, he’s only taken 17. The numbers get even more drastic when we talk just about field goals. So, with none of the attempts and a low success rate, we have to side with the ‘Lower than’.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Lower than 29.5 Points
While Gilgeous-Alexander had a season average that was higher than this projection, he hasn’t been putting up numbers like this in the post-season. In fact, in the Pelicans’ series, he scored just 27.3 points per game and came up short in game one of this series as well. He’s filling out the rest of the stat sheet nicely in these games, but the points should remain low on Thursday.
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