Best NBA Player Prop Bets 1/20/26

We’re back today with another exciting NBA slate featuring some of our favorite matchups here at Basketball Forever. With the help of advanced simulations and machine learning, our Basketball Forever bot has run thousands of simulations on every game to expertly pinpoint our best player prop bets for tonight.

1. TRE JONES OVER 4.5 TOTAL ASSISTS (+112)

Odds: +112Probability: 57.2%Projection: 5.9Edge: 10%Game: Clippers vs Bulls (8PM EST)

The best player bet our Basketball Forever betting bot has uncovered for today’s NBA slate takes us to Chicago where the Clippers vs Bulls play tonight. In this game, our Basketball Forever betting bot narrowed down Tre Jones Over 4.5 Total Assists made prop market. Lately, Jones has been moving the ball well, putting up 10/5/8/7/5 assists per game over his last five matchups. Our model is projecting Jones to finish tonight’s game with a total of 5.9 assists made, giving us confidence in this particular wager.

Our model recommends placing a wager on Tre Jones Over 4.5 Total Assists at +112 odds and an attractive 10% edge, making this our best player bet of the day.

2. LEBRON JAMES OVER 6.5 TOTAL ASSISTS (+110)

Odds: +110Probability: 53.2%Projection: 7.1Edge: 5.6%Game: Lakers vs Nuggets (10PM EST)

The next NBA player prop bet our betting bot recommends playing comes in the Lakers vs Nuggets game, with LeBron James showing value in the total assists made prop market.

So far this season James has been moving the ball around well, averaging 6.9 APG throughout the season. Throughout his last 5 matchups, LeBron was able to exceed this line in 3/5 matchups, showing 7/8/6/10/3 assist made. Our model is projecting him to finish tonight’s game with a total of 7.1 assists made, giving our model a high degree of confidence in this particular wager.

The Basketball Forever betting bot predicts LeBron James Over 6.5 Total Assists in tonight’s game, which gives us a 5.6% edge on the +110 odds.

3. DEVIN BOOKER OVER 6.5 TOTAL ASSISTS (+118)

Odds: +118Probability: 52%Projection: 6.9Edge: 6.2%Game: Suns vs 76ers (7PM EST)

According to our model, the last best player prop bet for today’s NBA slate also takes place in the Suns vs 76ers game, with Devin Booker showing value in the total assists made prop market.

Over the course of the 25/26 season, Booker has been able to average a total of 6.4 AST per game, with a 6.4 average over the last 10 games. Recently, Booker has exceeded this line in 3/5 of his most recent matchups, showing 4/4/9/8/8. With Booker showing consistency when it comes to assists along with our model projecting Booker to finish tonight’s game with a total of 6.9 assists made, we have a high degree of confidence on this particular wager.

Our Basketball Forever betting bot recommends placing a wager on Devin Booker Over 6.5 Total Assists, with an edge of 6.2% at +118 odds.

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