There will be two game 5's on Tuesday night, with the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets playing at home as they look to take 3-2 series leads. There have been some incredible individual performances in both of these series, but there was none more impressive than Nikola Jokic's 53-point game against the Suns in game 3. Yet, the Suns still secured the win.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, May 9th's NBA action.
Tuesday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 30-29
Brown has been the most consistent player for the Celtics in their series against the 76ers. He has 23 points in three of the four games, and the only time he didn't score 23, he scored 25. That is why we are avoiding his points total. The line is too on the money.
There will be two game 5's on Tuesday night, with the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets playing at home as they look to take 3-2 series leads. There have been some incredible individual performances in both of these series, but there was none more impressive than Nikola Jokic's 53-point game against the Suns in game 3. Yet, the Suns still secured the win.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, May 9th's NBA action.
Tuesday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 30-29
Brown has been the most consistent player for the Celtics in their series against the 76ers. He has 23 points in three of the four games, and the only time he didn't score 23, he scored 25. That is why we are avoiding his points total. The line is too on the money.
But there is value in his PRA over. Brown has only topped his season average of 6.9 rebounds three times all postseason. Both times he did, his PRA number was over 33.5. Coming off just a three-rebound night, we like him to get up closer to his average while still scoring in the mid-20s like usual. Then it will come down to his assists. Well, he has at least four in five of his last six games.
Initially, it seemed like a good idea to take Maxey's under for rebounds. He is coming off an eight-rebound performance, and he has 14 in his last two games. Additionally, he only had a combined four boards in the first two games of the series against the Celtics.
But this number is too low. Maxey has pulled down at least three rebounds in all but one of his playoff games this season. Obviously, three rebounds won't be enough to get us the over, but this number should likely be closer to 4.5 with the way he has been playing. We recommend this over a combo for Maxey since his assists have been low, and his scoring has been inconsistent.
After scoring a combined 39 points in the first two games of the series, Gordon went quiet when the Nuggets went on the road to Phoenix. He scored just 11 points in game 4, and in game 3, he scored in single digits for the first time this postseason.
Yet, after Jokic's monster game on Sunday, the Suns are going to try to make other Denver players beat them. One of the players who is poised to step up is Gordon. This number being at 14 is a bit frightening, considering Gordon hit that number exactly three times in the opening series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. But he has been all or nothing against the Suns, and we expect tonight to be one of his bigger games.
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