Morning team. Saraf had an absolute stinker yesterday to cost us a 3-0 day but with Okongwu and Siakam sneaking over their respective lines, it was still a 2-1 record and a winning day. Couple of nice ones for today.
Warriors @ Bucks - Brandon Podziemski over 2.5 assists
Extremely juicy line here I think. Podziemski has been a really solid contributor for the Warriors over his two years in the league, with his assists average for both of those seasons sitting right around 3.5. So far this season, his minutes have ticked up from around 26 to around 30, and there's no reason to think that won't remain the case, which makes an assists line a full stat beneath his career average a bit bewildering. After a slow start to the season in this category he's picked up 4 and then 6 dimes in his past two games with the Warriors entrusting him with plenty of ball-handling responsibilities, and in the roughly 30 minutes he will likely play he should be able to pick up something around those numbers again.
Heat @ Spurs - Jaime Jaquez Jr over 3.5 assists
The Heat are short-handed in the backcourt with injuries to both Herro and Norm Powell (and obviously no Terry Rozier), which has opened the door for a couple of players, perhaps most notably Jaime Jaquez Jr. He's had a great start to his third season in the league averaging 18.8 points, and after a solitary assist in his first game he's also picked up 6, 5 and 5 of them in his last three games. Davion Mitchell is their official starting point guard for the moment, but Jaquez Jr is playing close to 30 minutes a game off the bench and handling the ball plenty when he's on the floor. I looked at his points total of around 14.5 too but he has been extremely efficient in his first few games, and that won't last forever. The amount he's running the offense at the moment, however, the 5-6 assists he's been putting up over the past few games should persist, at least while the rest of the Heat's backcourt is sitting on the sidelines.
Best of luck.
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