SportsLine backs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander over 31.5 in Wednesday player-prop picks

SportsLine's projection model is backing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to go over 31.5 points in Wednesday night's game and has locked in several other player-prop picks, Cbssports reports.

Oklahoma City is leading the league at 36-8 and Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 31.8 points per game; the model projects him for 35.5 points and lists his prop at Over 31.5 (-115). Other top player-prop selections include Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers, Over 29.5 points (-120) — with teammate Darius Garland sidelined and the model projecting 32.5 points — and Andrew Nembhard, Pacers, Under 7.5 assists (-120), with the Pacers ranking last in field-goal percentage (44.3%) and the model projecting 6.5 assists for Nembhard.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and, according to the report, has returned well over $10,000 in betting profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past eight-plus seasons; it enters Week 14 of the 2025-26 season on a 35-15 roll on top-rated spread picks dating back to last season. SportsLine also provides projections for every player prop for Wednesday's slate.

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