Two star centres headline Wednesday’s best NBA prop bets.
The pregame narrative: Alperen Sengun is in a spot he’s shined before, so I’ll gladly take the over on his modest point total. Domantas Sabonis and P.J. Washington are also in positions to feast.
Check out the best NBA prop bets for April 2.
NBA prop bets
Best Bet: Sengun over 19.5 points (-118)
The Utah Jazz is a team Sengun seemingly has circled on the calendar.
Since becoming a focal point in the Rockets’ offence at the beginning of the 2023-24 season, the big man has scored 20-plus points in all four games against the Jazz.
He grabbed 10-plus rebounds in each of those matchups, too, which isn’t important for this wager at a surface level but demonstrates how little resistance Utah has for Sengun in the paint.
The Jazz allow the fifth-most points to centres (24.69), per Fantasy Pros.
Averaging 19.1 PPG on the season, Sengun is liable to cash this bet when a plus matchup comes around. And that’s exactly what he has on Wednesday.
Key stat: Sengun has averaged 30.0 points in two games vs. Utah this season.
Best NBA picks
Washington over 16.5 points (-108): Dallas’ forward recently missed seven games with an injury but has returned to play some of his best ball of the season.
- Washington has played six games since rejoining the lineup, averaging 21.7 points on 56.5% shooting (40.7% from 3-point range).
- He has 16+ points in 5 of those 6 games.
On Monday against the Brooklyn Nets, Washington scored 13 points on just seven shots. So the issue was volume, not efficiency.
He has shot over 50.0% from the field in every game since returning.
Tonight is a nice opportunity to do damage as the Atlanta Hawks allow the second-most PPG to power forwards (24.23).
This matchup has the highest point total of any game on Wednesday (239).
Sabonis over 33.5 points/rebounds (-130): This stat line is very achievable for Sabonis on any night.
He averages 33.0 points/rebounds/assists, but this pick is all about the matchup.
The Washington Wizards give up the most PRA to centres per game (42.96), and it’s not close. For reference, the next team on the list is the New Orleans Pelicans (40.34)).
Sabonis played Washington earlier this season and he dominated. He finished with 29 points and 18 rebounds (47 PRA) in a below-average 31 minutes.
NBA prop picks made at 2:20 p.m. ET on 04/02/2025.
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