Since arriving in Utah with a breakout season in 2022-23, Lauri Markkanen has been one of the NBA's best stretch fours and the ninth-year pro is off to a sizzling start this season. Markkanen is averaging 33.0 points per game thus far and has scored 29 points or more in five consecutive games. However, his scoring average is inflated by a 51-point game against the Suns earlier in the year and he needed 28 shots to get to 29 points against the Hornets on Sunday. Now he'll be playing in the second game of a back-to-back against the Celtics , who will have a point to prove defensively after a blowout loss to the Rockets . With the latest NBA prop odds inflating Markkanen's over/under for total points to 26.5, the SportsLine Projection Model is targeting the Under (-125) as one of

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