NBA Picks Today: Best Bets and Player Props for Tuesday, January 21

NBA Picks Today: Best Bets and Player Props for Tuesday, January 21

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Best NBA Bets Today

Austin Reaves over 4.5 first quarter points (-136) vs. Wizards

FanDuel, 3:18 PM CT

Alex Barutha: Washington continues to neglect the defensive end of the floor, allowing the most points per 48 minutes (125.5) across the past 10 games. However, I'm worried about a blowout, so I'll just take Reaves on the first quarter rather than risk him sitting out the fourth. Over Reaves' past 10 first quarters, he's averaging 5.4 points.

Paolo Banchero over 4.5 assists (-160) at Toronto

BetMGM, 3:30 PM CT

Alex Barutha: Toronto is allowing the third-most assists per 48 minutes (28.8) across the past 10 games. Banchero is still working his way back into form but has played 29 minutes in back-to-back games. Despite the limited run, he's averaging 4.0 assists in his first five games back, and this is a good opportunity for him to exceed his average. Also, this game has a 212.5 over/under with a -1.5 spread in favor of Orlando, and Banchero is averaging 5.4 assists when the Magic score at least 100 points.

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Alex Barutha
Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.
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