2023 NBA Play-In Tournament Betting Tips for Wednesday

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After losing last night, the Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves await the winners of tonight's Play-In matchups to determine the final seed in each conference. My somewhat simple DFS model adores two centers this evening, as Nikola Vucevic and Jonas Valanciunas project for right around 40 DraftKings points in their respective games. With everything on the line tonight, these two bankable bigs stand out from Wednesday's player pool.

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Valanciunas paces the Pelicans with 21.4 rebounding chances during the team's last 10 games, more than double the closest teammate. Such a clip leads to a good shot at surpassing rebounding and double-double props against an Oklahoma City Thunder team that sits 25th in rebounding percentage on the season.

Vucevic is also poised to produce against a Toronto team that he averaged 18.7 points and 10 boards against in three meetings this season. With reasonable odds on delivering a double-double this evening, Vucevic is another pivot worth playing in prop markets. Teammate Zach LaVine's assist prop of 4.5 dimes on DraftKings is also appealing given he's hit this mark in 11 of his past 14 outings.

— Jim McCormick

Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors7 p.m. ET, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Records (Against the Spread) Bulls: 40-42