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The Golden State Warriors aim to take a 2-0 series lead on Wednesday when they take on the Houston Rockets. Despite entering the postseason as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, the Warriors were favored in this series with the Rockets, who are the No. 2 seed in the West. Golden State took Game 1 95-85 on Sunday.

The Rockets are 3.5-point favorites at home, according to SportsLine consensus odds, and are -162 on the money line (bet $162 to win $100). The Warriors are +137 money line underdogs (bet $100 to win $137). The over/under for this matchup is 204.5. 

Jimmy Butler was a key part of the Warriors' success on Sunday, scoring 25 points, dishing out six assists and pulling down seven rebounds while making 10 of 19 shots from the field. Will Butler have that kind of success on Wednesday? He's part of Wednesday's top NBA same-game parlay for Warriors-Rockets. That parlay was created with the help of the SportsLine Projection Model, and we can tell you the model is targeting Butler's points + rebounds + assists (PRA) prop as its highest-rated prop of this Game 2 matchup.

If you're looking to make any prop bets on Warriors-Rockets Game 2, including on Butler's PRA line, you need to be following what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say. It refreshes the most recent data and can help you spot discrepancies in the lines. The SportsLine model, which can be found on every game forecast page on SportsLine under the "Prop Picks" tab, assigns ratings of up to five stars for each projected value play on every NBA slate. Those picks can help build winning parlays on DraftKings, FanDuel, PrizePicks, Underdog Fantasy or Sleeper Fantasy and in same-game parlays on any betting site.

Here are the SportsLine model's three highest-rated player prop recommendations for Warriors-Rockets as well as what the payout would be if they were put into a same-game parlay. To see the latest projections for Warriors-Rockets, along with expert picks for the NBA Playoffs, make sure to visit SportsLine.

Warriors-Rockets Same Game Parlay (+540)

Jimmy Butler Under 34.5 total points + rebounds + assists (-106): 4 stars
Amen Thompson Over 7.5 total rebounds (-128): 3 stars
Brandin Podziemski Under 9.5 rebounds + assists (-118): 3 stars

Butler's PRA prop is the model's highest-graded prop for this Game 2 matchup, as it's rated as a 4-star play. The model likes the Under for Butler's PRA line of 34.5 despite him recording 38 PRA in Game 1. Butler has gone Under his PRA line in four of his last five road games against teams with top-10 defenses, averaging just 22.0 PRA per game over that span. The model projects him to finish Wednesday with 30.0 PRA.

Thompson's rebounds prop line for Wednesday is 7.5, and he had nine rebounds in Game 1. The Rockets forward has gone Over his rebounds prop in eight of his last 10 home games against winning teams. He's averaging 10.3 rebounds per game over that timeframe, and the model projects him to have 8.1 rebounds on Wednesday. 

Podziemski had 13 total rebounds + assists in Game 1, but the model is taking the Under on his 9.5 line with a projection of 9.3. He's gone Under his rebounds + assists line in six of his last 10 road games against winning teams.