Tonight’s Best Player Props in the Association | NBA (1/16)
Written by: Varun Sharma
Last Update: Fri Jan 16, 2026, 1:45 pm ET
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Friday is finally here and we've got a small six game slate in the NBA. I've got a few props I love tonight, so let's jump right into it.
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Today's Best Bets
Donte DiVincenzo o24.5 PRA (-105) | Lucky Rebel
The Houston Rockets are slipping and slipping hard. They've lost four of their last five games, they're coming off a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and their offense is nowhere to be found. The Rockets come into tonight's game on the 2nd night of a back to back and that's a situation the team's struggled with all year.
The Rockets are 0-3 on the 2nd leg of a back to back and giving up 126.7 points per game. These three games came against the Kings, Jazz and Mavericks. It's getting ugly in Houston and I'm looking for a way to take advantage.
Donte DiVincenzo's been the super inconsistent hitting this line in just two of his last 10 games, averaging a combined 22.0 points/rebounds/assists. However, in games without Antman is when we see Donte come alive.
This season he's played eight games without Edwards, averaging 17.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. He's taking almost 14 shot attempts per game and shooting 42.5% from beyond the arc. Houston ranks bottom 10 in wide open 3-point attempts allowed and have struggled defensively when playing off no rest.
Alexandar Sarr o25.5 P/R (-110) | Lucky Rebel
We're going to the Frenchman, Alexander Sarr. The Kings are riding high, winners of three straight games, all three coming against contenders. Sacremento's looking to win four straight for the first time this year and they may even get their star center back on the court tonight.
Domantas Sabonis officially logged his first full practice in almost four weeks and we could see him return tonight against the Wizards. So why am I targeting Sarr? Simple, this Kings front court is terrible. Sacremento ranks 29th in points allowed to centers, 30th in rebounds allowed to the position and rank bottom-10 in both categories to the PF position.
Even if Sabonis does play tonight, I'd expect his minute to be capped at close to 24/25 minutes and I wouldn't be surprised if he started the game off the bench. After such a big injury (meniscus tear) and such a long hiatus, there's no way he returns tonight and is ready to play a full compliment of minutes.
Excluding the ejection, Sarr's cleared this line in six of his last nine games, averaging a combined 28.0 points/rebounds. The Kings rank bottom 10 in rebounds allowed and opponent offensive rebound rate. Sarr leads the Wizards in offensive rebounds, averaging 2.3 offensive rebounds per game.
Sacremento ranks 29th in both 2nd chance points allowed and points allowed in the paint. Sarr leads the team in both categories and we've seen his game take a huge step forward this year. Look for that to continue tonight, fresh off his first career ejection.
Johnny Furphy o12.5 P/R (-118) | Lucky Rebel
Let's close it off with another young kid, Johnny Furphy. The kid's started nine games so far in his sophomore year and he's averaging 6.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the nine games. He's still averaging just 16.3 minutes per game and Head Coach Rick Carlisle has been stingy with his minutes even when he does get the starting nod.
This year in games Furphy plays north of 18 minuts, he's cleared this line in seven of the nine games, averaging 8.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. He's shooting 42% from beyond the arc in these nine games and nearly 60% from the field.
The Pelicans rank 29th in opponent effecitive field goal percentage, 27th in opponent offensive rebound rate, 23rd in rebounds allowed and allow the most wide open 3-point attempts of all 32 teams in the NBA. They rank bottom five in points allowed in the paint, fast break points allowed and 2nd chance points allowed.
We just need Furphy to see 20 minutes of game time tonight and we should be sitting pretty.
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