Hello and welcome back to another edition of Blaise's Best Bets. It was another unpredictable night in Miami with the Celtics winning in a defensive slugfest. Tonight is another opportunity to win big playing Thrive Fantasy especially if you take advantage of Pine's new partnership. We got Mavericks Warriors on deck, as Luka Doncic and Co try to make a historic comeback. Lets get into it. 

Klay Thompson: Under 26.5 PAR (100 Thrive Points) 

Who would've thought Klay would be back here. The same sentiment goes for the rest of the Warriors but Thompson especially. His struggles with injuries threatened to end his career but here he is fighting for another ring. He's not been the same Klay though and with a line like 26.5, I'm taking the under. He's averaging 24.7 combined points, rebounds, and assists in his past ten games. Against Dallas, that number drops to 22.5. Dallas is the second best team at defending shooting guards, thanks to their stingy guard rotation. Plus, it's only game five so any threat of "Game Six Klay" coming out is null, for now. 


Draymond Green: Over 12.5 Rebounds+Assists (85 Thrive Points) 


Draymond Green makes yet another appearance in one of my articles, but for the first time I'm calling an over for him. Draymond is averaging 13.3 rebounds and assists per game over his past ten. He ranks fourth in rebounds and third in assists among remaining players. Yes, Dallas is tough defensively against Power Forwards and yes, Draymond Green's scoring role has taken more precedence over his role as ball handler. But, I believe in order to win this game Draymond will have to be the glue guy he was in Memphis and let Curry, Wiggins, and Thompson handle business. Here's the remaining leaders in Rebounds + Assists. 





Luka Doncic: Under 34.5 Points (105 Thrive Points) 


A lot has been said about Luka's performance in playoff elimination games but Pine's Robot rejects your narrative and gives Luka a 71% chance of hitting the under. 

 It's a risky bet. But it's an underdog I believe in. He's averaging 31 a game and has only scored more than 34 against Golden State three times in eight games. Luka's performances in elimination games come from a lack of production from his Maverick peers. But in Game Five, we saw four other Mavericks in double figures. If Dallas's role players come out ice cold, I could see an over here. But the likely scenario is they come out red hot, Luka puts up a modest 31 and this series moves to a game six.

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