Three Ways to Bet on Damian Lillard's Milwaukee Bucks Debut

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We're locked and loaded for an exciting night of basketball as Damian Lillard makes his regular-season debut with the Milwaukee Bucks after being acquired in a blockbuster offseason trade. Naturally, we want to bet on this marquee game so we're matching our NBA predictions against the sportsbook lines to find out the best bets to make on Dame Time tonight.

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How to Bet on Damian Lillard on Thursday

Philadelphia 76ers @ Milwaukee Bucks, 7:30PM ET

Damian Lillard 30+ Points with FanDuel

Our first prop is straight and to the point. Damian Lillard is famous for being a scoring machine, especially from deep. Last season, Dame averaged 32.2 points per game, the third-best mark in the entire NBA, and his highest ever in a season. He did play "only" 58 games, so it's possible this would have leveled out had he played in the last two months of the year, but the fact is Dame is a pure scorer and the Bucks didn't acquire him to not do what he does.

The preseason numbers aren't inspiring, making just 4 of 21 three-pointers, but on the big stage against a top team like the 76ers, our model expects Dame to get it going and find his shot. His line is set at 27.5 on FanDuel and DimersBOT projects Lillard for 30 on the dot. You can take his regular line at -104, but if you grab him for 30+ points, you're looking at +145. And don't forget, betting just $5 on either line will net you three months of NBA League Pass!

Damian Lillard Under 4.5 Rebounds (-130, boost to +115) with DraftKings

Time for an under, this time on Lillard's rebounds prop. This line is right in line with where Dame has historically been as a rebounder; his highest career marks are 4.9 in 2016-17 and 4.8 last season. On the Bucks, he'll have Giannis and Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez in the starting lineup alone, who are all more capable and obvious rebounders than Lillard. Combine that with his penchant for deep shooting and the formula suggests he's less likely to pick up the boards at his usual clip on this Milwaukee squad.

Our model projects him to go just under with 4 rebounds on the night. His odds are a little juicy at -130,  but over at DraftKings Sportsbook here, you can get a 50% boost to use on any NBA bet tonight, turning these odds into +115!

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Damian Lillard Under 7.5 Assists (-130) with FanDuel

The odds have moved on this one a bit, however as of this writing they're at their best so far. Lillard had the tenth-best assist average last year in the NBA and still averaged under this number at 7.3. He's surrounded by the best starting lineup of his career now, which may very well open him up to more dimes over his Bucks tenure, but for tonight, our model is projecting the under. At six assists, DimersBOT sees him going under this mark by a full two assists which suggest substantial value.

If you take all three of these props and bet them together on FanDuel, you'll get odds +660 right now, and they have a 50% SGP boost you can use, turning this parlay all the way into +990 odds!

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