Anthony Edwards made the Nuggets pay for disrespecting him in Game 1, and our NBA betting picks believe that won't happen again in Game 2. That will work to the benefit of Karl-Anthony Towns.
Ant’s dominance should create an edge to target in Game 2, one more cautious than betting on Minnesota to keep its winning streak goingis ready for this moment. The 22-year-old is confident enough to take tough shots in a playoff atmosphere and calm enough to make them. He went 17-of-29 for 43 points to make it clear the defending champions do not have a defensive answer for him.
Some of it also ties to Edwards’ being too strong for the Nuggets’ best defender, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and too fast for their usual contingency plan in those moments, Aaron Gordon. Denver learned the hard way in Game 1 that it has no choice but to send double-teams at Edwards. There is no defender to stop him, and when he is left to choose his defender via switches on screens, he exploits Murray’s lack of explosion.’ benefit.
Grabbing Edwards at Over 5.5 rebounds makes plenty of sense, but adding his assists prop to this same-game parlay specifically makes more sense. Towns scoring will come from Edwards moving the ball; the two are correlated to that extent.After the Timberwolves’ Game 1 win, this spread opened with Denver favored by 5, half a point greater than the Game 1 spread closed. Then this Game 2 number moved to -5.5 by the end of Saturday night.
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