The Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers are both in action on Monday night.
In fact, most of the NBA and NHL will take to the court and ice in the traditional cram-all-games-in-before-Christmas move.
The Sixers are at home against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, while the Flyers are on the road in Pittsburgh.
Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Co. are six-point favorites, while the Flyers are the slightest of underdogs. A Sixers/Flyers money line parlay pays out about +190, depending on your choice of sportsbook.
Here’s a bit of a deeper look at both games.
Spurs at Sixers (-6) (Over/Under: 217)
The Sixers are still one of the worst teams against the spread in the NBA.
They are 10-16 ATS, and the record is even worse when Joel Embiid is in the lineup. The Sixers are 1-6 ATS in Embiid’s seven appearances this season.
That record might get a bit better on Monday since Embiid is facing a Spurs team that he posted 70 points against last January at the Wells Fargo Center.
Embiid had 70 points and 18 rebounds in that game, which the Sixers won by 10 points, so I’d look into his points prop of over/under 30.5.
Wembanyama had 33 points in defeat in his first trip to Philadelphia. The Frenchman’s points prop sits at over/under 22.5 for Monday.
I’d look into some sort of Embiid 30/Wemby 20 Same Game Parlay that can get you just over even money.
Even an Embiid ladder up to 40 points is worth a small look since he scored 34 points on 24 field goal attempts in 31 minutes on Friday night against another struggling team, the Charlotte Hornets.
It’s also worth noting San Antonio is 5-2 to the over in its last seven games and is one of the better teams to the over in the NBA at 15-13.
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Flyers (+102) at Penguins (O/U: 6.5)
Well, at least the overs have been fun to hit in the last few Flyers games.
Twenty-nine total goals, 17 of which were for the Flyers’ opponents, have been scored in the last three contests.
The Penguins are 3-1 to the under in their last four, but they still have one of the worst defensive records in the NHL with 3.66 goals against per game.
The Flyers aren’t too far behind with 3.56 GAA per game.
The big difference between the two Pennsylvania teams is the Flyers give up close to four fewer shots per game compared to the Penguins.
Owen Tippett is the hot hand to bet on the player prop market. He has six points in his last three games and at least two shots on goal in seven of nine December games.
Tippett’s shots on goal prop is down to over/under 2.5 from its typical 3.5, so that may be a number worth attacking.
