Keyonte George (Utah Jazz) — Over 5.5 Assists
Using our new Player Props Projections tool, we see a massive edge on a player prop tonight.
Keyonte George’s season average is 6.3 assists. Milwaukee allows the 6th most assists to opposing point guards. Layer in the Bucks’ strong SOS against opposing point guards and you have a matchup that inflates assist opportunities further. George is projected at 6.9 assists by our positional matchup model.
But the real story is Isaiah Collier being out. When Collier has been sidelined this season, George is the primary playmaker, averaging 7.9 assists and 34.6 minutes across 8 games without him. That’s not a small sample quirk, that’s a clear role that shows up every time. And the results back it up: 7 out of those 8 games (87.5%) went over 5.5 assists.