Good on the Knicks and Warriors for treating us to some more playoff basketball. Both teams won at home to force a Game 6 and let’s hope they can get us to a Game 7. It definitely won’t be easy on the road, but the Warriors are undoubtedly capable of clutching up. The Knicks, on the other hand… it’s hard to have much faith. But who knows?
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Call me a broken record, why don’t you, but I can’t quit this play. The boards fell well short of the line last game, as Julius Randle finished with just five rebounds. That said, he did have 13 rebound chances, and he cleared this in the three previous games with nine, 12 and 14 rebounds.
Good on the Knicks and Warriors for treating us to some more playoff basketball. Both teams won at home to force a Game 6 and let’s hope they can get us to a Game 7. It definitely won’t be easy on the road, but the Warriors are undoubtedly capable of clutching up. The Knicks, on the other hand… it’s hard to have much faith. But who knows?
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for NBA action on Friday, May 10.
Friday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
Call me a broken record, why don’t you, but I can’t quit this play. The boards fell well short of the line last game, as Julius Randle finished with just five rebounds. That said, he did have 13 rebound chances, and he cleared this in the three previous games with nine, 12 and 14 rebounds.
Despite his shortcomings in Game 5, Randle is still one of the best rebounders on the Knicks and should be on the floor for nearly 40 minutes. He leads the teams with 17 rebound chances per game this series. In the regular season, he averaged 10 rebounds per game and cleared this in 73% of games when he played 31 minutes or more. Randle will go all out tonight as the Knicks try to force a Game 7.
Without Immanuel Quickley around, the Knicks are playing shorthanded in the backcourt. Over the last two games without Quickley, the Knicks have relied on Quentin Grimes for a whopping 42 and 48 minutes. He might not make it easy, but this line is simply too low with that much time on the floor. He has cleared this in the last two games with 16 and 17 PRA. In 11 regular season games with 38 minutes or more, Grimes cleared this in nine of 11.
I have hounded on this prop all series long since he fell an assist short of a triple-double in Game 2. Draymond Green got into foul trouble in Game 3 but has cleared this mark in each of the past two games as he continues to start at Center over Kevon Looney. The two are still hardly sharing the floor, which is great for Green in the rebounding department. Despite Steph Curry‘s consistent dishing, Green still leads the Warriors in potential assists per game in the series with 12.7 per contest. In the point-forward role, he is always looking to feed his teammates.
With that said, last game, we saw him take advantage of the open looks the Lakers gave to him. They consistently blitzed Curry and Co. on the pick-and-roll, and Green finished with 20 points for just the second time all season. Lastly, he has a fantastic track record in these elimination games. We’re dating back to 2014, but he has cleared this in 10 of 12 elimination games, averaging nearly 32 PRA per game. With the season on the line as road underdogs, Green should step up in a big way as he usually does.
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