Alright, we were on Jaylen Brown to clear his PRA late in 2025 and it didn’t land but it’s a new year and he’s coming in off a massive 50-piece.
Look at the recent run: 30, 37, 23, 29 and 50 across his last five. The ceiling is clearly there.Chicago are thin at centre with Nikola Vučević set to soak up the minutes, and with no Zach Collins or Jalen Smith, the rim protection isn’t exactly intimidating.
That should allow Brown to lean into his strengths, attack downhill and keep the scoring pressure on.
I’ve gone a little off the usual path for this New York–Detroit matchup.We kick off the two-leg same game multi with Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Knicks lean heavily on KAT for both scoring and boards, and he’s coming off a 23-point, 14-rebound outing. He’ll need to be right in the mix again against this Detroit outfit.Jalen Brunson is the engine for New York.
He’s averaged 30-plus points across his last 10 games against the Pistons, but Detroit will clearly try to throw extra attention his way.That makes a more modest line of 25+ points more appealing here, helping get the multi to just over the $2 mark.