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Bucks vs. Lakers Player Props, Predictions for Thursday: Best Bets on Giannis, AD

Shane Jackson

Last Updated: February 9, 2023 5:05 PM EST • 2 min 47 sec read.

To cap off Thursday’s four-game slate, the Los Angeles Lakers welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to town. Read on for our Bucks vs. Lakers player props based on the best NBA odds.

Two days after becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James will sit out with an ankle injury in a nationally-televised battle against a hot Bucks team. Milwaukee (37-17) has won eight games in a row, while Los Angeles (25-30) is looking to turn a new leaf after trading away guard Russell Westbrook.

With James sidelined and the Lakers dealing with a shorter roster after an active day of trading, this game serves as a good opportunity for bettors to attack the NBA player prop market to have action on this marquee matchup.

We've looked at the best Bucks vs. Lakers pick, and here are our best Bucks-Lakers player prop picks for Thursday (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook and FanDuel Sportsbook; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

While the Bucks and Lakers are on center stage Thursday, we're also looking at the best Bulls-Nets picks and tracking the NBA Finals odds on the day of the NBA Trade Deadline.

Bucks vs. Lakers player props for Thursday

  • Anthony Davis Under 3.5 assists (+125 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo Over 13.5 rebounds (-132 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Bucks vs. Lakers NBA player props

Anthony Davis Under 3.5 assists (+125 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐

Consider me concerned about Anthony Davis, who scored just 13 points to go along with eight rebounds and two assists against the Thunder. He had a clear mismatch in that game, and simply failed to take advantage. He also looked disinterested on the bench in the midst of LeBron’s once-in-a-lifetime moment on Tuesday.

The Lakers could always make a concerted effort to get Davis more involved in this one, which does scare me off his scoring prop of 26.5. So let’s take the plus-money price on his assist line instead, as he has failed to clear this number in four consecutive games.

NumberFire projects 3.2 assists for Davis, giving us a significant edge at this price on DraftKings. We’d play this down to +120, but there are juiced 4.5 assist lines being offered if you'd prefer to have some extra cushion. After all, this is only a three-star pick because we know home scorekeepers can be a bit generous when crediting assists.

Giannis Antetokounmpo Over 13.5 rebounds (-132 via FanDuel) vs. Lakers ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

Identifying a bet on Giannis Antetokounmpo was more difficult than you’d expect, as projections are mostly in line with his scoring prop and assist prop. Then it hit me, let’s bet on the league’s best rebounder dominating the glass against an inferior Lakers squad.

Antetokounmpo paces the NBA with an average of 12.4 rebounds per game, but that clip is up to 15.7 boards per contest in the month of February. He's cleared this Over in three of his last four games, including a 19-rebound effort against the Clippers.

Fourteen rebounds seems like the most likely outcome for the league’s best player, as a few other sportsbooks have set this line at 14.5 and juiced toward the Under. But I prefer taking the Over at FanDuel, and watching Giannis pile up the rebounds against a Lakers team that has traded away Westbrook and Thomas Bryant over the last 24 hours.

Feel free to play this four-star pick up to -150 at this line, but I'd recommend taking another prop if it goes past that. For Giannis, I am tempted by the +126 offering at FanDuel for him to finish Under 0.5 blocks, as he has failed to swat a shot in four of his last five games.

Bucks vs. Lakers player prop picks made 2/9/2023 at 3 p.m. ET.

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Shane Jackson
Shane Jackson has been writing for Sportsbook Review since 2022, though his passion for sports, writing, and betting runs much longer than that. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a journalism degree in 2017 and has been covering sports ever since, working for MLB.com, Manhattan Mercury, Lawrence Journal-World, WynnBET, Bet Chicago Sports, BetNOLA, and BetMGM. Jackson cares about creating quality sports betting content above all else. He uses a mixture of models, information, film, analysis, and a top-down approach to locate every best bet shared for SBR. He never gives out a pick that he wouldn’t be willing to spend his own money on. Jackson is focused on finding +EV bets on a daily basis for a variety of sports such as NCAAF, NCAAB, NFL, NBA, WNBA, and MLB. He usually bets on props but is willing to wager on a spread or total when there is an edge. Don’t ask him how many bets he has placed on a typical college football Saturday. Jackson doesn’t care if you follow him on social media, but his Twitter account has info on how you can follow his bets through multiple third-party platforms. He just wants you to read all the great work from the SBR team.