The Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns are all home tonight with the opportunity to close out their series and advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. With all three teams heavily favored, who should be expecting to help them move on to the conference semifinals?
Here are the best PrizePick plays for Tuesday, April 25's NBA action.
This Season: 25-25
Tuesday’s Best PrizePicks Player Predictions
Trae Young struggled in Boston in the first two games of this series. Then, he followed up those two games with back-to-back 30+ point performances. Yes, Young is back in Boston tonight, but in an elimination game, it's hard to imagine him failing to show up.
The Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns are all home tonight with the opportunity to close out their series and advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. With all three teams heavily favored, who should be expecting to help them move on to the conference semifinals?
Here are the best PrizePick plays for Tuesday, April 25's NBA action.
This Season: 25-25
Tuesday’s Best PrizePicks Player Predictions
Trae Young struggled in Boston in the first two games of this series. Then, he followed up those two games with back-to-back 30+ point performances. Yes, Young is back in Boston tonight, but in an elimination game, it's hard to imagine him failing to show up.
Young saw elevated minutes in games three and four, integral to his increased scoring. His scoring at a high clip hasn't hurt the Celtics much. Look for Young to have a big night tonight but for everyone else on the Hawks to struggle, allowing the Celtics to advance.
During the postseason, Derrick White sure hasn't looked like a player who averaged just 12.4 points per game during the regular season. The only time he failed to score at least 18 points in the last four games was when the Celtics lost game three. White scored 24 and 26 in the first two games at TD Garden, and he is primed for another big night tonight.
The Hawks have simply had no answer for White, and he has shot at least 50% in all four games. Considering he has put up at least 13 shots in every contest, it's not hard to see why he has had so much success scoring the ball. At home, in a clinching scenario, there is no reason to expect his scoring to slow in what will likely be another high-scoring game.
Aaron Gordon has only topped this number once during his entire postseason run. That was in the last game, which went into overtime. But Gordon hasn't been far off of this number in his other games, as he has consistently scored between 12 and 14 points.
Models like Gordon to score well above 14 tonight, but we recommend avoiding his point total in case he doesn’t. However, he can dish out three or more assists, as we have seen him do twice this series and many times this season. We will go with him hitting this Over for the second time in this series.
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