NBA Cup: Best Player Props and Predictions for Tuesday, December 3

We are keying in on two NBA Cup matchups tonight. The 3-0 Bucks look to win their group over the surprising 3-0 Pistons and Cade Cunningham, while the Houston Rockets will look to finish the NBA Cup Group Play undefeated as they travel to Sacramento.

G Damian Lillard (MIL) OVER 24.5 Points

The Milwaukee Bucks take on the Detroit Pistons as two 3-0 NBA Cup teams will battle it out to figure out who will top their group.

One player on the Bucks we are going to heavily target is Damian Lillard. Dame has been hot over his last three, scoring 31/37/25 while shooting above 50% from beyond the arc over this stretch.

He’ll face a Detroit defense that sits in the bottom half of the league in 3P% allowed and are coming off a game where Tyrese Maxey torched them for 28 points. I’m sticking with the hot hand in Lillard tonight.

G Cade Cunningham (DET) OVER 14.5 Rebs + Assts

Staying with this game, Cade Cunningham has put together the best season of his young career thus far with a small sample size. The jumbo guard is averaging 16.2 RA per contest while shooting a career-high 37.5% from beyond the arc.

Detroit will need him to show up on both ends in this one if they have a chance at finishing with a 4-0 record by the end of the night.

Cade dropped 11 dimes and 7 boards in a close loss to Milwaukee on November 13th and in the month of November, easily averaged this RA mark with 17.4.

G Fred VanVleet (HOU) OVER 2.5 3-Pointers

After scoring a season-high 38 points in Ime Udoka’s first signature win as the Rockets head coach, VanVleet should get extra volume in the 3-0 Rockets’ NBA Cup finale against Sacramento tonight.

FVV has shot 9/9/12 3PA over his last three while hanging around the 50% mark over this stretch. With the Kings allowing the 3rd worst 3PT percentage of any team this season, the net should be on fire for VanVleet and the 2nd place western conference Houston Rockets.

F Keegan Murray (SAC) OVER 1.5 3-Pointers

Sticking with this game, the Rockets should be able to pour it on from downtown, so why not look on the other side of the ball in this potential shootout?

Keegan Murray has been quiet as of late, going 1 of 12 from downtown over his last three in an extremely cold stretch. Looking ahead, the Rockets are coming off a grueling victory against Oklahoma City and might have some tired legs in an away matchup.

I’m trusting in Keegan Murray and the Kings’ scheme to get him some more open looks this game and make this a tight matchup.