There are only three days left of the regular season before the Play-In Tournament starts on Tuesday, April 11. Player prop analysis gets a little difficult around this time of the year with so many teams calling it quits and resting players, so target teams with something to play for.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for NBA action on Friday, April 7.
Friday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 27-25
I’m going back to the well on Spicy P and the Raptors, who play the Boston Celtics once again. Toronto is playing for better seeding, trying to take over the Hawks for the 8th spot. They are just a game behind them, so they’re still running the typical starting five out there. Over the last two seasons, Siakam has led the league in minutes per game and should see plenty of time on the floor tonight.
There are only three days left of the regular season before the Play-In Tournament starts on Tuesday, April 11. Player prop analysis gets a little difficult around this time of the year with so many teams calling it quits and resting players, so target teams with something to play for.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for NBA action on Friday, April 7.
Friday’s Best NBA PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 27-25
I’m going back to the well on Spicy P and the Raptors, who play the Boston Celtics once again. Toronto is playing for better seeding, trying to take over the Hawks for the 8th spot. They are just a game behind them, so they’re still running the typical starting five out there. Over the last two seasons, Siakam has led the league in minutes per game and should see plenty of time on the floor tonight.
He just put up 28 points against the Celtics on Wednesday, adding to his success against them this season. Spicy P scored 29 in each of his other two games versus Boston, who will likely be resting a lot of their key contributors with their playoff spot locked up. Siakam is averaging 24.3 points per game on the season and has cleared this in eight of his last 11 games. He should make that nine of his last 12 by the end of tonight’s game.
Svi Mykhailiuk Over 16.5 Points
It appears that the Hornets have elected to shut their starting five down for the rest of the season. Stepping up in their absence is the Ukrainian Maker, Svi Mykhailiuk, who has started six straight games and is averaging nearly 35 minutes per game over this span. He has scored 16+ points in four straight games and has done it in some tough matchups against the Bulls and Raptors.
The Hornets’ opponent tonight is significantly easier, with the Rockets traveling to Charlotte. Houston has the 2nd worst Defensive Net Rating and allows the most three-pointers per game by a large margin. Svi should get plenty of looks tonight in this barn burner.
The Bulls are one of the toughest matchups for Guards, but Luka Legend isn’t any ordinary Guard. He has yet to win an MVP award, but that should come with time. Doncic stated the other day that the Mavericks aren’t out just yet, and he’s right. They’re just a game out of the 10th seed and are still playing to win here.
Even if the Bulls end up resting some of their studs, it’s hard to see the Mavericks really running away with this game with the way they have been playing as of late. This line is well below Luka’s 32.7 PPG average, and when he has played 29+ minutes, he has cleared this in 43 of 60 (72%) games this season. With the season on the line, look for Luka to take over and get the Mavs a dub.
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