{"id":332672,"date":"2025-03-08T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T17:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=332672"},"modified":"2025-03-08T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:07:21","slug":"nba-prop-bets-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets March 8: Back Adebayo, James and Siakam on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s NBA prop bets include taking three all-star players to go over their point totals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Bam Adebayo has seen an uptick in offensive production, which should continue in a prime matchup. I also like overs for LeBron James and Pascal Siakam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NBA prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report-news\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\"><strong>NBA player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\"><strong>NBA standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: <strong>Adebayo over 22.5 points (-118)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at Adebayo&#8217;s stats since Feb. 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23.0 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>56.0 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>36.7 3PT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All of those numbers are well above his season averages with the most noticeable being his points sitting almost six points higher over that stretch (17.7 PPG for the season).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, this is a fantastic matchup. Adebayo spends time at centre and power forward and the Chicago Bulls are bad at defending both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2nd most PPG allowed to centres (25.31).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5th most PPG allowed to power forwards (24.07).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Adebayo has cleared this mark in five straight games against the Bulls, dating back to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>James over 25.5 points (-112)<\/strong>: Since the Los Angeles Lakers acquisition of Luka Doncic, it&#8217;s been LeBron who&#8217;s cooking. Take a look at his stats since the trade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>27.5 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>52.8 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25+ points in 8\/11 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>James has always played his most productive basketball alongside another elite ball handler so it&#8217;s unsurprising. Just look at what he did in his career with Kyrie Irving or Dwyane Wade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the Boston Celtics are no easy matchup, providing the fifth-best defensive rating in the NBA (112.0), but LeBron&#8217;s been matchup-proof over this 9-2 run that the Lakers are currently on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect Los Angeles to keep this game close and James to put on a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Siakam over 23.5 points (-108)<\/strong>: On March 6, Siakam scored 35 points against the Atlanta Hawks in a game that finished with 242 total points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more scoring is expected tonight with the total being higher at 243 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the Hawks allow the second most points per game (24.40) to opposing power forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Indiana Pacers could once again be without Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin who both missed the last game with injuries. They are ruled as game-time decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If either is out again tonight, it would open up more volume for Siakam who excels in this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since being traded to Indiana, he has scored 20-plus in all three games against Atlanta and is 2-1 against this wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>Picks made at 9:52 a.m. ET on 03\/08\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday&#8217;s NBA prop bets include taking three all-star players to go over their point totals. The pregame narrative: Bam Adebayo has seen an uptick in offensive production, which should continue in a prime matchup. I also like overs for LeBron James and Pascal Siakam. Check out the best NBA prop bets for March 8. NBA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":332475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[83,12],"class_list":["post-332672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-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 March 8: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday&#039;s NBA games.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBA prop bets March 8: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday&#039;s NBA games.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-08T17:46:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-08T20:07:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/03\/NBAprops-5.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spencer_Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/\",\"name\":\"NBA prop bets March 8: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-08T17:46:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-08T20:07:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\"},\"description\":\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday's NBA games.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/\",\"name\":\"The Boost\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\",\"name\":\"Spencer Closs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Spencer Closs\"},\"description\":\"Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NBA prop bets March 8: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","description":"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday's NBA games.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NBA prop bets March 8: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","og_description":"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday's NBA games.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/","og_site_name":"The Boost","article_published_time":"2025-03-08T17:46:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-08T20:07:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/03\/NBAprops-5.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Spencer Closs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spencer_Closs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Spencer Closs","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/","name":"NBA prop bets March 8: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-03-08T17:46:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-08T20:07:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d"},"description":"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 8, 2025. Basketball betting odds and predictions for Saturday's NBA games.","inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-8\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/","name":"The Boost","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d","name":"Spencer Closs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","caption":"Spencer Closs"},"description":"Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs"],"url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332684,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332672\/revisions\/332684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}