Two of Friday’s top NBA prop bets for Halloween night take us to the desert in Arizona.
Tonight’s NBA prop narrative: Lauri Markkanen and Devin Booker both went off when the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz met earlier in the week, and I expect the surging stars to do so in the rematch.
Check out my favourite NBA player prop predictions for Oct. 31, featuring a pick on the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic.
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NBA player prop predictions
Best bet: Markkanen over 25.5 points (-120)
The Suns are a mess, allowing 126.0 points per game and ranking 28th in defensive efficiency.
They’ve dropped four straight, including an overtime game to the Jazz on Monday.
Markannen lit Phoenix on fire that game.
- Career-high 51 points
- Six three-pointers
- 17-of-17 from the line
It’s safe to say Markkanen’s 34.0-point-per-game average (fifth in the NBA) won’t last. But he was probably due for some positive regression.
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In last year’s injury-filled season, he averaged 19.0 PPG on the tanking Jazz. That came after he scored 23.2 points the year before, and a career-high 25.6 in his first season in Utah (2022-23).
Markkanen’s volume is sky-high to start the season, and he’s converting efficiently. Don’t expect this to be the game that he falls off.
Key stat: Markkanen has scored 30-plus points in three straight.
NBA prop bets
Booker over 30.5 points (-117): Sticking with the Jazz vs. Suns game, I’m all in on Booker as a scorer early on.
He has no Kevin Durant to compete with or Bradley Beal, to a lesser extent, and offseason acquisition Jalen Green remains out.
There are as many shots available to Booker as he wants.
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- Booker has taken 26 shots in back-to-back games (one of them being the OT loss to Utah).
- He’s attempted double-digit shots from long range in both those contests.
- The Suns guard is averaging 10.0 free-throw attempts per game, a career-high mark.
Booker can hurt teams from anywhere, and he’s a sure bet to continue piling up big point totals. His 3-point shooting could really drive up his scoring tonight.
Utah allows an NBA-high 17.3 threes per game.
The 29-year-old is 4-1 against this big number through five games.
Jokic under 27.5 points (-118): It’s not easy fading Jokic, but this is still a big number for any player to hit.
And it’s not a number Jokic has hit once this season.
- Vs. NO: 21 points
- @ MIN: 25 points
- Vs. PHX: 14 points
- @ GS: 21 points
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His rebound and assist production have been there — he’s triple-doubled in four straight — but the shot volume has been extremely light.
The three-time MVP’s shot attempts over the last three games: 15, 10, 8.
He’s going to continue struggling to get this number if that doesn’t soar soon, especially with such low volume at the line (3.8 attempts/game).
Jamal Murray has been lighting it up, and the Portland Trail Blazers have been steamrolled by point guards, allowing the most points to the position in the game.
So this could be another game where Jokic takes a back seat and Murray does the heavy lifting for Denver.
NBA player prop predictions made at 3:20 p.m. ET on 10/31/25.
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Chris joined NorthStar Gaming from Covers.com where he was a publishing editor and wrote betting content. Before that, he was the sports editor at VICE Canada, worked for theScore and covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com. In addition to filling out the lineup card each day for the editorial team, Chris writes frequently himself, primarily on the NBA and MLB.