{"id":340049,"date":"2025-04-17T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340049"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:07:06","slug":"nba-playoff-parlay-picks-april-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-parlay-picks-april-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA playoff parlay picks April 19: Bet on Pistons to score in bunches, Lakers to beat Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first round of the NBA playoffs begin on Saturday, and I&#8217;ve built a +329 parlay that covers most of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> It&#8217;s been a while since the Los Angeles Clippers have faced the Denver Nuggets, and I think the Clips are positioned well to have a strong result in the series opener. I&#8217;m also taking the over on the Detroit Pistons&#8217; team total and am backing the Los Angeles Lakers to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the full NBA parlay picks for postseason action on April 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA parlay picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Pistons over 106.5 points | Clippers +5.5 | Lakers ML (+329)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112599\">Embed: #112599<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pistons over 106.5 points (-114):<\/strong> The Pistons&#8217; epic turnaround this season started at the top of the roster, with Cade Cunningham rounding into all-star form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cunningham posted career-highs in points per game (26.1) and effective field goal percentage (52.1%) this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s cruising right now, too, with 25-plus points in 12 of 14 games since March 3 \u2014 averaging 29.8 PPG in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously helpful having a certified bucket-getter when you want to bet the over on a team total. And this is a total Cunningham and the Pistons are accustomed to clearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detroit averaged 115.5 points in the regular season, clearing a 106.5-point total in 62 of 82 games (75.6%). <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pistons have scored 115+ points in three straight against the Knicks, including their most recent matchup on April 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>New York is known to play hard with a short bench, but the defence hasn&#8217;t been elite this season. The Knicks, who&#8217;ve allowed 111.7 PPG, rank 13th in defensive rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Clippers +5.5 <\/strong>(-200):<\/strong> The Clippers and Nuggets split their season series, 2-2, but they haven&#8217;t seen each other since early January. And Kawhi Leonard didn&#8217;t play in any of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard has kicked into overdrive recently, helping the Clippers to a 15-4 record in games he&#8217;s played since the start of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that span, the Klaw has averaged 25.7 points (with 42.9% 3-point shooting), 7.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals. He&#8217;s going to be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. enters this matchup in much better form, going 15-2 SU (13-4 ATS) in its past 17 games. Denver, meanwhile, is 7-15 ATS since the start of March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d rather bank points with the team playing much better basketball lately (and one that didn&#8217;t just hand its head coach a pink slip). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lakers moneyline (-195):<\/strong> After leading the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals a season ago, Luka Doncic embarks on a new postseason journey with his new team. And all I&#8217;m looking for is a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncic&#8217;s Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves at home on Feb. 27, jumping out to a 33-17 lead in the first quarter and never relinquishing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. is 31-10 at home this season, including a 25-7 mark as the favourite, per Team Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minnesota went 7-7 SU as a road underdog this season, which is actually a very impressive record. But against a Lakers team with both of its megastars healthy, I expect the Timberwolves to come up short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 4:03 p.m. on 04\/16\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first round of the NBA playoffs begin on Saturday, and I&#8217;ve built a +329 parlay that covers most of the action. The pregame narrative: It&#8217;s been a while since the Los Angeles Clippers have faced the Denver Nuggets, and I think the Clips are positioned well to have a strong result in the series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":340063,"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-340049","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 parlay picks: April 19 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View our NBA parlay picks for April 19. 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