{"id":337331,"date":"2025-03-31T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=337331"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:12:29","slug":"nba-prop-bets-march-31-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-march-31-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets March 31: Anthony Davis, Ja Morant headline Monday&#8217;s top picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve got three prop bets for Monday&#8217;s eight-game NBA slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/anthony_davis\">Anthony Davis<\/a> is playing his way back from injury, and his recent results have me bullish on his points prop. Elsewhere, I have picks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/ja_morant\">Ja Morant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/keegan_murray\">Keegan Murray.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for March 31.<\/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><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: Davis over 23.5 points (-122)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><a href=\"cacheembed:111927\">Embed: #111927<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\">There&#8217;s a pretty big disclaimer to this pick and it&#8217;s that Davis hasn&#8217;t topped this total since returning from injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His high mark, over three games, is 18. That was in his last outing against the Chicago Bulls. But there are some positives to explore, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Davis&#8217; playing time has increased each game, leading to 30-plus minutes on Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s attempted an average of 21 shots per game over the last two but is shooting a woeful 28.6% from the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d be a fool not to expect better efficiency in his upcoming games, and the Brooklyn Nets feel like the right matchup to get back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nets have the eighth-worst defensive rating in the NBA (117.0). Brooklyn has been starting 6-foot-9, 185-pound Ziaire Williams at power forward. He&#8217;s there for his sharpshooting, not his defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AD should be able to find mismatches in the paint early and often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Davis is 25-17 against this line when playing more than 30 minutes this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morant over 35.5 points\/rebounds\/assists (-120)<\/strong>: The athletic point guard has missed his fair share of time with injury this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when he&#8217;s in the lineup, he&#8217;s been very productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morant just recently missed six games and came back to immediately make an impact against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He played a full workload of 31 minutes, tallying 22 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists. He took a healthy 23 shots, which is great volume to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, his last 10 games have been excellent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>28.5 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.1 assists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4.2 rebounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8-2 against this line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Morant shot above 50% in just two of those games. That demonstrates his ability to fill the statsheet when healthy, even with below-average shooting performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boston Celtics are an elite defensive team, but I can&#8217;t pass on this Morant prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murray over 12.5 points (-115):<\/strong> Murray has been playing his best ball of the season and has a great matchup to do damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Indiana Pacers allow the fifth-most points per game to power forwards (24.02), per Fantasy Pros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the all-star break, Murray has averaged 14.1 points on 47.7% from the field and 40.9% from downtown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s encouraging to see when over half of his shot attempts are from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over that 19-game sample, he&#8217;s 13-6 against this wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This game has the second-highest total of any contest tonight (234), so expect an uptick in volume for most players, including Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 9:40 a.m. ET on 03\/31\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got three prop bets for Monday&#8217;s eight-game NBA slate. The pregame narrative: Anthony Davis is playing his way back from injury, and his recent results have me bullish on his points prop. Elsewhere, I have picks on Ja Morant and Keegan Murray. Check out the best NBA prop bets for March 31. NBA prop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":337347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12,208],"class_list":["post-337331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-props"],"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 31: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for March 31, 2025. 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