It will be hard to follow what happened in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. For the sake of our viewing experience, hopefully, Minnesota can keep it a little closer in the second half in Game 2. It wouldn’t be all that surprising for OKC to storm to another convincing win as heavy -7.5 home favorites though.
Below are three of my favorite NBA player predictions via PrizePicks for Thursday, May 22.
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It will be hard to follow what happened in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. For the sake of our viewing experience, hopefully, Minnesota can keep it a little closer in the second half in Game 2. It wouldn’t be all that surprising for OKC to storm to another convincing win as heavy -7.5 home favorites though.
Below are three of my favorite NBA player predictions via PrizePicks for Thursday, May 22.
Our PrizePicks Cheat Sheet helps bettors by comparing lines from PrizePicks vs. our daily NBA projections >>
Thursday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
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I wagered on this, along with series rebound leader (32/1) prior to Game 1, so it’s only fitting to go right back to it. Edwards is a rebounding machine in the playoffs, going over this line in seven of 11 contests, averaging 8.1 per game. Ant has found at least seven boards in all five games against the Thunder this season, including nine in Game 1, averaging 9.2 per game.
Coming off a 12 PRA Game 1, I’m going right back to the well with Caruso after hitting him numerous times against the Nuggets. He continues to get extended minutes, thanks to his world-class defense, and continues to exceed this line, hitting this in eight of 12 games. Filter out their two blowouts against Memphis, and that goes to eight out of 10, averaging 16.6 PRA per game.
Facing the elite defense of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Randle is going to turn the ball over a ton in this series. He had five turnovers in Game 1 (36 minutes) and four in his lone meeting with OKC in the regular season (27 minutes). Randle also wrapped up the Warriors series with four, four, and five turnovers, so let’s bank the trend continuing in the worst matchup possible. The Thunder forced the most turnovers and were first in defensive net rating this season after all.
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