We've got nine NBA Cup games on Saturday, including a Western Conference showdown between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs.
Golden State Warriors @ San Antonio Spurs
This NBA Cup fixture was looking much more enticing a few days ago, but unfortunately the very in-form Steph Curry has succumbed to injury and will be out of action for a few weeks.
As a result, the Spurs are red-hot favourites and really shouldn't have any problems against this Warriors outfit.
Victor Wembanyama has been on fire lately and is the MVP favourite off the back of a big couple of weeks, while Yaxel Lendeborg has a chance to cement his Rookie of the Year favouritism.
Same Game Multi
Leg 1 - Victor Wembanyama 25+ Points
He's producing an MVP-calibre season, and Wemby's recent form has been off the charts.
Wemby has hit 25+ points in eight of his last nine games, averaging 33.7 points per game during this stretch.
What's more impressive is that he's doing this in just 29 minutes per game, putting his per-36-minute points production at 41.2 during this run.
Leg 2 - Yaxel Lendeborg 20+ Points
Without Steph Curry, Yaxel Lendeborg is Golden State's primary offensive option.
Yaxel has played two games without Steph already this season and has hit 20+ points in both fairly comfortably, with 26 against the Suns and 37 against the Clippers, while he had 25 against the Rockets last start when Steph got injured.
The Spurs matchup will be tough for him, but the usage will be there to hit this mark.
Leg 3 - De'Anthony Melton 2+ 3PM
Starter or not, I still think De'Anthony Melton plays big minutes, and he's played well without Steph this season.
Melton has averaged 23 points a game from the two games without Curry, but more importantly for this leg, he's shot the ball extremely well from deep.
Against the Suns, Melton had four triples, but he went up a notch against the Clippers, knocking down six from deep. He's had 3+ in his last two games entering this, so with more usage he shouldn't have trouble hitting two.
Wemby 25+ Points / Lendeborg 20+ Points / Melton 2+ 3PM @ $3.40
Value Bet
Dylan Harper 7+ Assists @ $3.80
Harper enters this NBA Cup clash with the Warriors off the back of a big assist game against the Bulls, finishing with ten.
Prior to this he wasn't recording massive assist numbers, but with this recent game plus the fact that De'Aaron Fox is questionable entering this contest, we could see another big Harper game here.
He's had his big assist efforts against poor teams this season, but could that include a Curry-less Golden State?
