Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will begin the quest to begin a second-half surge on Friday night when Miami takes on the Milwaukee Bucks in a primetime Eastern Conference showdown. The game carries a little more prominence as an ESPN broadcast, and bettors will likely be looking to find the best Heat-Bucks bets when eyeing the board. Luckily, there is one Butler player prop rated highly on OddsShopper NBA tools when sifting through the best NBA props available.
Best NBA Props: Fade Jimmy Butler in Heat-Bucks
Although the Heat will likely be looking to Butler to be their catalyst on Friday night, the OddsShopper tools say the under on 32.5 points + assists + rebounds (-105 on DraftKings Sportsbook) should be a strong play. The models give this bet a 54% chance of hitting, making for a positive ROI of 6%. It is the highest-rated Heat-Bucks bet on the board.
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Butler and the Heat have struggled to find any real consistency this season thanks in large part to injuries causing different faces to shuffle in and out of the lineup. They currently hold the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and would be forced to participate in the play-in tournament if the season were to end today.
“I think we’ll be alright,” said Butler, according to Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel. “No. 7, No. 6, No. 8, we’re going to win some games when we come out of this break. All the teams that are ahead of us, we play them if not multiple times.
“So we’re going to really have to show who we’re made of and who we are as a group. We’re not backing down from any challenge. I think everybody knows that. So it’s time to say ‘put up or shut up,’ we’ve got to go compete.”
Butler has continued to do his part, averaging 21.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.1 assists. But Miami will be facing a defensively-sound Bucks team that will be trying to keep Butler’s contributions minimal. The Heat forward scored less than 20 points in the previous two matchups against the Bucks this season.
Although the Heat are a strong candidate to click in the second half of the season, look for them to get off to a slow start on Friday, with this Butler player prop carrying significant value.
Best NBA Props: Jimmy Butler Under 32.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-105 on DraftKings Sportsbook)
