2023-24 NBA Player Props, Breakdown, Odds, and Picks (Jan 20)

• We’ve got three interesting NBA player props for you for Saturday, January 20, 2024!
• We predict DeMar DeRozan will have a high-scoring game tonight in Chicago.
• Utah’s Lauri Markkanen and Oklahoma’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might not score as much as usual.

The 2023-24 NBA brings us eight interesting games on Saturday, January 20, 2024. The three of those with the kickoff at 8:00 p.m. ET are the ones that caught our eye for being great for NBA player props. We’re now going to analyze those games and share our top picks along the way.

Grizzlies vs. Bulls

How to Watch

• When: Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. ET
• Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois   
• Channel: NBA League Pass

Prop Pick

Chicago’s points leader is DeMar DeRozan with 22.0 points per game. However, the 34-year-old hasn’t been scoring much lately. He went over 22 in only four of the seven games he’s played so far in 2024. Is he going to do better tonight?

We think he might, the No. 1 reason being that he is playing in Chicago for the first time in a week. Further, in his last outing, DeRozan scored 24 points against the Toronto Raptors in Canada.

Finally, he and the Bulls are playing against the Memphis Grizzlies, a team he scored 31 points against the last time they met.

Jazz vs. Rockets

How to Watch

• When: Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. ET
• Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas    
• Channel: NBA League Pass

Prop Pick

Until recently, the Houston Rockets were one of the NBA’s best defenses, but they then got demolished by the Boston Celtics 145-113, as well as the Philadelphia 76ers 124-115, and the New York Knicks 109-94.

All of these games they played on the road, but tonight, they’re playing against the Utah Jazz on their turf. If they’re going to win, they need to do well defensively, which shouldn’t be too difficult against the team that’s scoring 117.1 PPG.

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Utah’s highest-scoring player is Lauri Markkanen with a PPG of 24.1. We think that if the Rockets are going to win tonight, they need to keep him to under that number.

Thunder vs. Timberwolves

How to Watch

• When: Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. ET
• Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota  
• Channel: NBA League Pass

Prop Pick

The Minnesota Timberwolves concede fewer points than any other team in the league. They’re allowing just 107.4 points per game, which is almost seven points fewer than their next opponent.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, on the other hand, is much better offensively, scoring 122.2 points per game, which is almost nine more than the Timberwolves. The man most responsible for this is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander whose PPG is 31.0.

So, the big question is whether Minnesota can stop him from scoring so many points. We think they can.