{"id":338003,"date":"2025-04-04T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=338003"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:53:25","slug":"nba-prop-bets-april-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-april-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets April 4: Look for Gilgeous-Alexander, Reaves to star on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/shai_gilgeous_alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/austin_reaves\">Austin Reaves<\/a> both have great opportunities to score in bunches on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> I like Reaves on a back-to-back, which is a situation he&#8217;s thrived in this season. SGA has excelled against pretty much everyone, and the Houston Rockets are no exception. Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/donovan_mitchell\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a> is a worthy fade on his points prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for April 4.<\/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 class=\"insights\"><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: Reaves over 2.5 threes (-154)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaves did his best Steph Curry impression last night, going 9-for-16 from beyond the arc in an exciting matchup against the Warriors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love this prop for Reaves, both because he\u2019s shooting it well right now and because opportunities should come his way in the back-to-back setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Luka Doncic might take the night off after playing 37-plus minutes in six consecutive games. He\u2019s rested in three of six back-to-backs since joining the Lakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LeBron James is unlikely to sit out, but his track record as a 3-point shooter is rough when playing on zero rest: 29.4 3PT%, 1.7 makes per game (9 games).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaves has only missed one of L.A.\u2019s 11 back-to-backs this season. I could see him having a significant role against the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of the Pelicans, they should provide a plus matchup for him. On a per-game basis, New Orleans allows the third-most made 3s (14.6) on the second-most attempts (40.0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his past 12 games, Reaves has cashed this bet eight times. He\u2019s shooting 39.4 % from deep on 8.7 attempts in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Reaves is averaging 2.7 threes in 10 games on zero rest this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mitchell under 25.5 points (-106):<\/strong> Without Victor Wembanyama manning the floor, the San Antonio Spurs are an easier team to score against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I think that benefit is more directly tied to big men than to guards like Mitchell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Spurs allow the ninth-fewest points per game to opposing point guards (24.0), according to Betting Pros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mitchell, who averages 24.0 PPG, finished with 25 points when he faced the Spurs last week. And that was without Evan Mobley in the lineup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mobley-Jarrett Allen combo should be a force for Cleveland, and I don\u2019t see Mitchell needing to do as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell has hit this under in eight of his past 11 games, averaging 22.1 PPG in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilgeous-Alexander over 32.5 points (-112):<\/strong> As high as this line is, it actually sits a twinge below Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s scoring average for the year (32.8 PPG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the Rockets have proven to be a desirable matchup for the runaway MVP favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out what he&#8217;s done in seven games against the Rockets since the start of last season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>34.9 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>56.8 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29+ points in 7 of 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32+ points in 5 of 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Rockets last saw him, Gilgeous-Alexander put up 51 points on 18-of-30 shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houston allows the third-most points to opposing PGs \u2014 as well as the second-fewest assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 1:35 p.m. ET on 04\/04\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Austin Reaves both have great opportunities to score in bunches on Friday night. The pregame narrative: I like Reaves on a back-to-back, which is a situation he&#8217;s thrived in this season. SGA has excelled against pretty much everyone, and the Houston Rockets are no exception. Elsewhere, Donovan Mitchell is a worthy fade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":337964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-338003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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 April 4: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 4, 2025. 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