Top Sports Betting Odds Boosts for Monday: Cooper Kupp, LeBron James Under Spotlight

Scott Cullen

Last Updated: January 17, 2022 9:21 AM EST • 2 min 64 sec read. Twitter link Google News Link

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Many legal sportsbooks offer special daily odds boosts and, in some cases, those boosts can present opportunities for an improved payoff. We're finding value across sports with Cooper Kupp, Kyler Murray, LeBron James, and more on Monday.

Looking for value in the boosted odds today, I’m expecting big games from star players as well as taking advantage of some slumping college basketball teams.

As always, value is the objective and when the odds get boosted there is a better chance to reap the rewards.

Here are Monday's top daily odds boosts:

Monday’s Odds Boosts

Cooper Kupp 100+ receiving yards and Kyler Murray 40+ rushing yards (+320 via FanDuel Sportsbook)LeBron James 50+ points, rebounds, assists (+250 via DraftKings Sportsbook)Indiana and Delaware both to win (+170 via FanDuel)

Picks for Monday's Top Odds Boosts

Kupp 100+ receiving yards and Murray 40+ rushing yards

Regular odds: +240BOOSTED ODDS: +320

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Kupp is always good for 90-plus receiving yards. He topped 100 receiving yards in five of the last six games in the regular season but he had 90 or more receiving yards in 16 of 17 games this season. Relentlessly productive.

Oddly enough, the Arizona Cardinals were the only team to keep Kupp under 90 receiving yards in a game this season, holding him to five catches for 64 yards in Week 4. Kupp responded with 13 catches for 123 yards at Arizona in Week 13 but it is notable how consistently productive Kupp was this season and, if this Wild Card game is not an early blowout win for the Rams, then Kupp should get plenty of opportunities to put up his numbers Monday night.

Murray was over 40 yards rushing in four of six games after returning from injury. Pressure from the Rams in their last head-to-head game forced him from the pocket and he could gain big chunks of yardage on the ground, especially if Arizona’s receiving corps can’t get open and the absence of DeAndre Hopkins late in the season has probably contributed to Murray’s tendency to run a little more. The good thing about Murray’s total is that he should have the opportunity to put up rushing yards no matter the score.

If the Cardinals are leading, he still might need to scramble for the occasional first down. If the Rams have the lead, Murray will have to do everything, including run, to give the Cardinals a shot at the comeback.

In any case, getting +320 for two reasonable outcomes is worth considering.

SEE ALSO: Cardinals vs. Rams Picks and Props

James 50+ points, rebounds, assists

Regular odds: +175BOOSTED ODDS: +250

Combining for 50 points, rebounds, and assists in a game is a monster statistical performance and should be recognized as such but in his past 10 home games, LeBron has done it five times. He wasn’t putting up those stat lines early in the year but, with forward Anthony Davis out and guard Russell Westbrook struggling, the Lakers are leaning on LeBron to carry a heavy load and he delivers these huge performances.

The Lakers are hosting the Utah Jazz on Monday and while the Jazz are a strong team, with the third-best record in the Western Conference, they are also on the second game of a back-to-back, having routed the Denver Nuggets on Sunday as center Rudy Gobert returned to the lineup.

LeBron probably needs to have a huge game to keep the Lakers in it but, if the game is close, he will be invested and play an integral role in the outcome. If that is the case, then he will have a shot at crossing the threshold of 50 combined points, rebounds, and assists.

Indiana and Delaware both to win

Regular odds: +130BOOSTED ODDS: +170

The Indiana Hoosiers have been decent this season, going 3-3 in Big Ten Play and 12-4 overall, and it all started with a 68-55 win at home against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The Hoosiers visit the Huskers on Monday, a team that has dropped 10 of its last 11 games, with the only win in that stretch coming against Kennesaw State. The Cornhuskers have had some reasonably competitive games in that stretch against the likes of NC State, Ohio State, Michigan State, and Illinois, but they ultimately lost them all and that is just what is required for the Hoosiers to carry their end of the bargain on Monday.

The Delaware Blue Hens are a respectable enough side, with an 11-6 overall record this season, though they have lost three of their last five games.

Delaware has a favorable matchup, however, at Northeastern. The Huskies have lost six in a row and all it takes is to run that streak to seven and for the boosted odds on this two-teamer to kick in.

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Written By:
Scott Cullen

Scott Cullen is SportsbookReview.com's Sports Betting Analyst and is one of the most well-known sports betting writers on the web. He wrote about fantasy sports for TSN for many years, and he has also written for The Athletic, NHL.com, The Hockey News, Monkey Knife Fight, and McKeen's Hockey. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Cullen was an Economics major at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and played for the Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team.