Jonas Valanciunas crushed his rebounds prop on Friday night to cash our final Look of the Day last week, and we're looking to keep the momentum rolling into the new week. Let's start it off right with our favorite NBA player prop for Monday's playoff slate.
The Philadelphia 76ers received a surprise on Monday morning when Tyrese Maxey popped up on the injury report with an illness. The star point guard didn't participate in the shoot-around and is listed as questionable for Game 2 against the New York Knicks, so we're targeting a correlated player prop with Maxey not being 100 percent.
Kyle Lowry played 39 minutes in Game 1, and he was one of the best players on the floor for the Sixers. He finished the game with 18 points on 5-9 shooting, four rebounds and two assists, so he's going to be a big piece of Philly's game plan again on Monday night.
In five games without Maxey on the court this season, Lowry averaged 5.8 assists. He went over 3.5 assists in four of those five games. If Maxey ends up missing the game, Lowry will step in as the main playmaker for the 76ers at the point guard position. If Maxey does suit up, he likely won't be able to handle his normal workload while battling an illness.
Nick Nurse is going to lean on Lowry's experience in a crucial Game 2, so this number is too low if we're assuming Maxey won't be his normal self.
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