We didn’t close out the regular season on the highest note, going 1-2 last time out. The stakes are higher than ever in the NBA Play-In Tournament with two good matchups in the Bulls versus the Heat and the Kings versus the Mavericks. Let’s dive into my top NBA PrizePicks player predictions for Wednesday, April 16th.
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Wednesday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 42-46 | Last Week: 1-2
We didn’t close out the regular season on the highest note, going 1-2 last time out. The stakes are higher than ever in the NBA Play-In Tournament with two good matchups in the Bulls versus the Heat and the Kings versus the Mavericks. Let’s dive into my top NBA PrizePicks player predictions for Wednesday, April 16th.
Our PrizePicks Cheat Sheet helps bettors by comparing lines from PrizePicks vs. our daily NBA projections >>
Wednesday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 42-46 | Last Week: 1-2
Josh Giddey has cleared this number in the last two matchups against the Heat. Over the three games against them this season, he is averaging 58.1 fantasy points per game.
Tre Jones has already been ruled out, and Lonzo Ball is listed as doubtful. Ball did not play in either game Giddey exceeded this number.
Matas Buzelis has averaged 18 points per game against the Heat and scored at least 13 in all three games. Heading into the NBA Play-In Tournament game, he has exceeded this number in 10 of his last 12 games. The Heat are allowing an average of 20.5 points per game to small forwards.
In seven games with Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington has averaged 3.2 three-point attempts per game and has only had six or more in one game. The Kings rank 19th, allowing 38.2 three-point attempts per game. Washington did have nine attempts against the Kings in December, but that was before Davis’ arrival and in a game Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic didn’t play.
The two games Zach LaVine played against the Mavericks this season were with the Kings, where he attempted six and five threes. Since being dealt to Sacramento in February, LaVine has only attempted nine or more threes in eight out of 32 games.
Malik Monk will miss this game, but that doesn’t seem to impact LaVine in this area much, as he has only exceeded this number in three out of nine games. Dallas ranks fourth in three-point attempts allowed (35.4 per game).
