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Three teams will have the chance to advance to the second round of the playoffs in tonight’s NBA slate, with some great player props available in all three games.
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My NBA predictions for tonight include seeing OG Anunoby and Payton Pritchard helping their teams finish off their opponents, while I also like Jamal Murray to help force a Game 7.
Read on below to see why I’m backing these player props and get my free NBA picks for Thursday, April 30.
Best NBA player props today
Player
Pick
OG Anunoby
Over 7.5 rebounds
-105
Payton Pritchard
Over 4.5 assists
+120
Jamal Murray
Over 38.5 points + rebounds + assists
-110
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Prop #1: OG Anunoby Over 7.5 rebounds
-105 at bet365
The New York Knicks have regained control of their series against the Atlanta Hawks behind outstanding performances by Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns. But OG Anunoby has also been key to New York’s success, averaging 20.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in the series.
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So far, Anunoby hasn’t had fewer than eight rebounds in a game in the series, grabbing 10 in both Game 4 and Game 5. That’s way up from his regular season average (5.2 rebounds per game), but there are two good reasons for the increase.
First, Anunoby is playing more, getting 37.6 minutes per game in the series. The Hawks are also a relatively poor rebounding team, ranking 20th this season in rebound rate (49.0%). I expect Anunoby to keep crashing the boards as the Knicks likely put away this series tonight.
Prop #2: Payton Pritchard Over 4.5 assists
+120 at bet365
Payton Pritchard had a rough game shooting from deep in Game 5, going just 1-for-5 from beyond the arc in the Philadelphia 76ers 113-97 win over the Boston Celtics. Pritchard has been up-and-down in his scoring, averaging 15.0 ppg in the series with a high of 32 points and a low of just four.
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One place where Pritchard has remained consistent, however, has been as a distributor. In four of the five games of this series, the Celtics guard has had 5+ assists, a reminder that he dished out…
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