Tonight’s Best Player Props in the Association | NBA (1/18)
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Sun Jan 18, 2026, 2:41 pm ET
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It's Sunday and if you're favorite team is still playing football, congratulations. We've got full slate of NBA games to get into so let's get it started.
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Trey Murphy o20.5 Points (+100) | Lucky Rebel
Trey Murphy's been so good for the New Orleans Pelicans. He's averaging 22.2 points per game, .2 rebounds and 3.6 assists pee game. He's shooting 49.8% from the field and 38.8% from beyond the arc. Murphy's been even better since the beginning for 2026; averaging 30.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
He's seeing a 26.2% usage rate over the team's last 10 games, playing 36.9 minutes per game and he's cleared this line in 9 of the 10 games. The Rockets do present a tough defensive opponent but Murhphy's had great success against Houston. Murphy's cleared this line in 4 of his L5 games against the Rockets, the most recent coming just over a month ago.
Murphy finished with 27 points, shot 69.2% from the field and took only two 3-point attempts. He's averaging 18.8 shot attempts per game in his L10 and he's taken 20+ shot attempts in 4 of his L6 games. Look for Murphy to have a big impact in tonight's game and possibly catch this Rockets' defense sleeping.
Aaron Gordon o1.5 3s (-130) | Lucky Rebel
Aaron Gordon was looking like the third best player in Denver at the end of last year and due to some injuries this year we've seen him regress just a little bit. Gordon's finally back to playing a full compliment of minutes, playing on back to backs and ramping up his usage to the same level it was at prior to the injury.
Gordon's still averaging 18.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He's shooting 51% fro the field, 40.9% from 3, and 80.2% from the free throw line. Gordon is Denver's third leading scorer but he's averaged 28.2 minutes per game this year due to the injuries and constrictions on playing time.
Gordon's now played 30+ minutes in four straight games and looks ready to play tonight on the 2nd night of a back to back. Charlotte ranks 29th in opponent 3-point percentage, 18th in 3s allowed and bottom-5 in 3s allowed to both the PFs and Centers.
With both Jokic and Valanciunas still out of the lineup, Gordon's been doing a lot more in the big man role and I'm expecting him to stretch the floor tonight against Charlotte.
Lastly, Gordon's been great on the 2nd night of a back to back. Going back to last year, Gordon's played in 7 games on the 2nd night of a back to back; he's shooting over 50% from the field and over 40% from beyond the arc. This is Charlotte's last game of this 5-game, West Coast road trip so I'd expect some tired legs and lazier closeouts.
Brandon Ingram o24.5 Points (+100) | Lucky Rebel
Brandon Ingram's averaging 21.8 points per game this year but Vegas has this line set to 23/24. This is purely a narrative bet and a 'Lakers defense is terrible' bet. Los Angeles ranks 28th in opponent effective field goal percentage, 17th in points allowed and rank dead last in points allowed to the SF position.
This will be the first time Ingram returns to the Staples Center with his new team and that's why I'm most intrigued. The Raptors have been a team this year that have very much been riding on vibes and team chemistry. Head Coach Darko Rajaković has the Raptors roster feeling good and fully bought in. I wouldn't be surprised to see the offense run through Ingram tonight in a little bit of a revenge game.
Ingram was in the trade that brought Anthony Davis to Los Angeles. He played six seasons with the Pelicans as a full time starter and even helped the team make the postseason twice in that time. Now he's apart of a Raptors' team that's 4th in Eastern Conference and looking at potentially home court in the playoffs.
So much of the Raptors success can be attributed to Ingram and with tonight's game being back in Los Angeles; don't be surprised when he's had another big game tonight.
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