Many NBA teams have already begun their vacations for the All-Star Break. However, there are still three games on the schedule tonight. Three of the six teams played last night, including the Grizzlies, and consequently, Santi Aldama may struggle on the second leg of back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, the Warriors are back in Utah to face the Jazz for the second time this week. The Warriors pulled away for a 129-107 victory on Monday night when Draymond Green was two assists away from a triple-double. Green will look to have another strong all around game against the Jazz tonight.
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Santi Aldama is averaging 10.5 points per game this season, so we are getting a point of cushion with this line. He hasn't eclipsed this line much recently as he has scored 12 points just once in his past six games. Getting the hook here is important because Aldama has scored exactly 11 points twice in that span. If he cracks double digits tonight, it will likely be because of the long ball.
Over half of Aldama's field goal attempts this season are 3s, but he is only making 34.1% of them. In February, that percentage has dipped slightly to 32.5% as he is also just 4-for-21 (19%) from 3 over his last three games. Aldama is +180 on FanDuel to make three 3s tonight, but he has done that just eight times all season.
The Bucks did allow 19 3s on Tuesday night against Miami, including 10 to forwards Nikola Jovic and Kevin Love, but that has not been a regular occurrence. The Bucks are allowing the ninth-fewest 3s per game and rank seventh in 3-point percentage defense this season.
Additionally, when Aldama tries to score inside, he will be attacking the strength of Milwaukee's defense with Brook Lopez, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis looming near the rim.
Aldama has hit this line in just 35% of games this season and 33% on the second night of back-to-back games. If his shooting slump continues, those trends will likely continue as well.
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Draymond Green played just 23 minutes in Monday night's game because of foul trouble. However, that was enough time for him to pull down 10 rebounds and dish out eight assists. Green is averaging 15.5 combined rebounds and assists in his last 10 games as the Warriors have begun to hit their stride. He has hit this line in five of them and finished with 14 in two others.
The Jazz have a lot of length, and with a top-10 Offensive Rating over the last 15 games, they are not an easy team to stack rebounds against. They are allowing the sixth-fewest rebounds per game this season, but that did not affect Green on Monday night. He has had at least six rebounds in each of his last 10 games, including 10 rebounds in six of them.
The Jazz are more generous in terms of assists as they are 29th in assists allowed per game. Green is averaging 6.7 assists over his last 10 games and has had at least six assists in six of his last 10 games. Several of his assists will likely to be Stephen Curry, who is on a heater right now.
Last night, Curry became the first player in NBA history to make seven 3s in four consecutive games. Since Green returned from suspension, Curry is averaging 31 points per game.
This is a great prop for Green when he is at center, which he has been playing a lot lately with the Warriors' smaller lineup. He was on pace for a triple-double in Monday's game and would have had a great shot at getting two more assists if he had another five to 10 minutes of playing time. He is +1800 on FanDuel to get a triple-double if you want to sprinkle him getting one tonight.
