The Utah Jazz take to the court Thursday for a night of NBA Playoff basketball with plenty of betting action. Let’s focus in on Royce O’Neale’s prop bets and lines for his upcoming matchup. The over/under for O’Neale’s points in Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers is 7.5.

O’Neale finishes with an average of 7.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest this season, while connecting on 45.0% of his shot attempts. Over just his last five games, he’s averaged 12 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals in each matchup and has shot 55.3% from the floor.

The Jazz are being picked to win the contest by sportsbooks, who list them as 3-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 222.5 points. The teams will meet on Thursday in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals, starting at 10:00 PM ET. Let’s take a look at how O’Neale has fared this season and in recent outings to provide insights into his betting lines for this matchup.

Royce O’Neale prop bets breakdown

• Points Over/Under: 7.5
• Over Odds: 100
• Under Odds: -133
• Points per game: 7.3

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
Lines last updated at 1:49 PM EST on June 10, 2021.

Royce O’Neale points insights

• The 7.3 points O’Neale has scored per game this season is 0.2 fewer points than his points prop total set for Thursday (7.5).
• In 49.4% of his games this season (38 of 77 matchups) O’Neale has scored more than 7.5 points.
• O’Neale’s season-long average points prop bet total, 7.1 points, is 0.2 fewer points than his per-game scoring average.
• 53.3% of O’Neale’s outings this year have seen him hit the over on his point prop total (32 out of 60 chances).
• In less than half of his games — 38 of 77 this year (49.4%) — O’Neale has gone over his season average points prop bet total (7.1).
• The Clippers’ opponents are scoring 109.9 points per game, which is the 18th-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.

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Royce O’Neale rebound insights

• O’Neale’s per-game rebound average — 6.9 — is 0.6 less rebounds than his prop bet over/under in Thursday’s game (7.5).
• In 32 out of 77 games this season (41.6%), O’Neale has snagged more than 7.5 rebounds.
• The average prop bet over/under O’Neale has had set for rebounds this year is 6.4. He often has gone over that number as he has pulled down 6.9 rebounds per game, 0.5 more boards than his average prop.
• 50.8% of the time this season (31 out of 61 chances), O’Neale has outpaced his rebounds prop bet total.
• In 41 of his 77 games (53.2%), O’Neale has outpaced his average rebounds prop bet total of 6.4 boards.
• The Clippers’ opponents are averaging 45.3 rebounds per game, which is the 14th-most allowed by an NBA squad this season.

Royce O’Neale assists insights

• O’Neale’s year-long assist average — 2.5 per game — is 1.0 assist higher than Thursday’s assist prop bet total (1.5).
• In 55 out of 77 games this season (71.4%) O’Neale has dished out more than 1.5 assists.
• O’Neale’s per-game assist average (2.5) is 0.1 more than his average assist prop bet over/under (2.4).
• O’Neale has recorded 2.4 or more assists (his average assist prop over/under) in 40 of 77 of his games (51.9%).
• Opponents of the Clippers have averaged 23.7 assists per game this season, the 22nd-most against any NBA squad.

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