{"id":329872,"date":"2025-02-22T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329872"},"modified":"2025-02-22T10:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:59:13","slug":"nba-prop-bets-february-22-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-february-22-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets Feb. 22: Bet on LeBron, Durant to fill the net"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/le_bron_james\">LeBron James<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/kevin_durant\">Kevin Durant<\/a> are the headliners in my Saturday NBA prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Both LeBron and KD are lighting it up as scorers right now, and I expect that to continue. I&#8217;m also bullish on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/alperen_sengun\">Alperen Sengun<\/a> in a plus matchup against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out how I&#8217;m betting on them in the best NBA prop bets for Feb. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">Best NBA prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Durant 3+ threes (-122)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:109970\">Embed: #109970<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that Durant gets most of his buckets in the mid-range, his stellar 3-point shooting often goes overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as prop markets go, Durant&#8217;s problem is volume \u2014 not efficiency. When he puts up enough 3s, plenty are bound to go in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since 2020-21, Durant has a 40.9 3PT% on 5.4 attempts. He&#8217;s averaged 40.0 3PT% or better in four of those five seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 125 games with the Suns, Durant has averaged 2.3 made 3s on 41.8 3PT%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to feel good about Durant hitting this milestone, you need to see him matched up with a team that allows a lot of 3s. I trust his efficiency enough that I&#8217;m just looking for a volume-based matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks in part to their fast-paced play, the Bulls allow the second-most 3s in the NBA (39.7\/game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fairness to the Bulls, they also allow the third-lowest opponent 3PT% (34.4). But I&#8217;ll take that trade-off since I&#8217;m just looking for Durant to get shots up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant should also be encouraged to heave deep shots based on how well it&#8217;s going right now. In his past 10 games, Durant is shooting 48.5% beyond the arc and averaging 3.3 makes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Durant has 3+ threes in 13 of 22 home games this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sengun 20+ points (-124)<\/strong>: Sengun has seen starter&#8217;s minutes in two previous matchups against the Jazz, and he put in some solid work against them both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jan. 5, 2023<\/strong>: 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting (32 min)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jan. 20, 2024:<\/strong> 37 points on 15-of-26 shooting (42 min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sengun&#8217;s scoring average this season (18.9 PPG) isn&#8217;t quite at this milestone. But I&#8217;m a fan of the matchup, so a slight uptick in production is well within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah allows 23.8 PPG to opposing centres, per Betting Pros, which is the sixth-highest total in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excluding a recent game that he left early due to injury, Sengun has averaged 20.2 points since Jan. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LeBron 25+ points (-132):<\/strong> Eventually, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/luka_doncic\">Luka Doncic<\/a> will regain his shooting stroke and this scoring milestone will be more difficult for LeBron to obtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But right now, with Doncic still ramping up after a few underwhelming games in Lakers colours, LeBron is worth a play at this price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The King has dropped 40-plus points twice already this month. And he&#8217;s cashed this prop in nine of his past 15 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Denver Nuggets are a strong team, but they don&#8217;t excel defensively (17th in defensive rating). LeBron has 25-plus points in seven of eight games against Denver since last February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>Picks made at 10:30 a.m. ET on 02\/22\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the headliners in my Saturday NBA prop bets. The pregame narrative: Both LeBron and KD are lighting it up as scorers right now, and I expect that to continue. I&#8217;m also bullish on Alperen Sengun in a plus matchup against the Utah Jazz. Check out how I&#8217;m betting on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":329881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-329872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA prop bets Feb. 22: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for Feb. 22, 2025. 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