Suns vs Warriors Prediction, Picks & Player Props on Jan 31

• The Golden State Warriors are 1.5-point home favorites when they host the Phoenix Suns Friday night
• The 11th-place Warriors are just a half-game back of Phoenix, who sit ninth in the West
• See the Suns vs Warriors predictions, player props, and best available odds on Jan. 31

If the Golden State Warriors (24-23, 14-12 home) plan to move into the Western Conference’s 10 postseason slots, then winning games like Friday’s against the visiting Phoenix Suns (24-22, 9-13 away) is a must. Phoenix starts Friday in ninth, just a half game up on the Dubs, who are currently sitting in 11th. Action tips off from Chase Center in San Francisco at 10pm ET, with ESPN carry the broadcast coverage. It’s been an even head-to-head so far this season, part of the reason the books have kept this one pretty close in the NBA odds.

Suns vs Warriors Odds

The Dubs are slight 1.5-point home favorites, with the Suns a light +100 underdog on the moneyline. The total comes it at 226.5, with -110 odds on either side of the score.

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Phoenix comes into ‘Frisco without a single player on its injury report, while the Warriors will again be without forward Draymond Green (calf) and Jonathan Kuminga (ankle).

PHX vs GSW Player Props

NBA player props from DraftKings Sportsbook on January 31.

The 1-2 combination of Devin Booker (26.5 points) and Kevin Durant (25.5) top the scoring props Friday, with Golden State’s Steph Curry the only Warriors player in the 20-point range at 23.5.

The Suns’ supposed other piece of the Big Three, Bradley Beal, is getting just a 12.5 scoring line, a product of recently being moved to the bench unit.

Notable that Andrew Wiggins — who has led Golden State in scoring in three of the last five games — sits at a very gettable 19.5 points.

Phoenix big man Nick Richards has the highest rebounding prop at 8.5 boards, while Curry and Booker are tied for the top assist total at 6.5. Steph rules above all in 3-point shooting, with a 4.5 make line.

Suns vs Warriors Prediction

• Suns vs Warriors pick: Suns -1.5 (-110)
• Suns vs Warriors prop bet: Beal Over 12.5 points (-120)

Golden State will be seeking its first 3-game win streak since taking out OKC, Dallas and Memphis in mid-November to go to 10-2 on the season. If that seems like a while ago, it was: the Dubs have gone 14-21 since.

The good news is they have won two straight and three of the last four, including absorbing a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 50-bomb and still beating the West-leading Thunder 116-109.

This isn’t your heyday Warriors, as they rank in the bottom half of the league in scoring, putting up just 111.3 points per game. But their defense is allowing 111.2 points, limiting opponents to 45.9% shooting from the field and 35.6% from 3-point range, which are all Top 10 figures.

It’s about the best they can do for now: keep things close and hope Steph can carry them past the finish line, as they wait for Green and Kuminga to return and give them more of everything.

The Suns just had their three-game win streak snapped by the Timberwolves, closing out a three-game homestand before hitting the road for four straight.

You’d think that a roster with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker would set the stage for a high-octane offense, but even Mike Budenholzer can only get them to 14th in scoring at 112.7 points per game. While their defense is 18th allowing 113.7 points per game, allowed just 100.7 points per game to power their recent win streak.

Phoenix has been a better bet in this head-to-head, going 7-3 straight up, and 8-2-0 against the spread over the last 10 meetings.

They’ve split two meetings this year, with Phoenix taking a 113-105 home win on November 30, and the Warriors returning the favor 109-105 at Chase Center on Dec 28.

When the Warriors did beat the Suns, Durant and Booker combined for 59 points, but Kuminga erupted for 34 to help Steph. Green also added 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

Without those guys, I just don’t think Curry has enough scoring support to keep up with KD and Book.