Beef Stew

**Isaiah Stewart over 8.5 pts (-125 on FD)** Going right back to the well with Beef Stew tonight. He burned us last game with a 2/7 dud against Brooklyn, but the situational context tonight is too good to ignore. The 76ers' injury report is comical. They are already without Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Paul George, and Kelly Oubre. More importantly for Stewart, their entire center depth chart is eradicated. Johni Broome and Adem Bona are OUT, and Andre Drummond was just downgraded to Questionable. Philadelphia is going to be forced to run out undersized forwards like Dominick Barlow and Trendon Watford at the five. Even before these injuries, the Sixers ranked 26th in defending the Restricted Area. Stewart gets 74% of his shot diet from within 10 feet of the rim. Putbacks and cuts are on the menu against a completely nonexistent interior defense. Stewart plays 20-22 minutes off the bench regardless of the script. Now, he probably wont get extra run, but the hope here is that he gets to bully some tired legs/undersized players in Barlow and Watford at the 5 with his rotation minutes. Without Ausar Thompson, he hits this 8.5 number in 75% of his games. Great bounce back spot.