{"id":340259,"date":"2025-04-18T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340259"},"modified":"2025-04-18T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:30:24","slug":"nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA playoff prop bets April 19: Fade Jalen Duren, count on Kawhi Leonard staying hot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the first day of the NBA playoffs, I&#8217;m targeting a trio of prop bets from the four-game slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/kawhi_leonard\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> has been on fire for weeks, and he&#8217;s worth backing on his points prop against the Denver Nuggets. I&#8217;m also taking the over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/donte_di_vincenzo\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a>&#8216;s 3s prop and fading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/jalen_duren\">Jalen Duren<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for first-round playoff action on April 19.<\/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: Leonard over 24.5 points (-130)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How long will Leonard be at the top of his game? I&#8217;m not sure, but I&#8217;ll ride the wave while I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard has only played 51.1% of regular-season games over the past eight seasons. His injury woes are well-documented &#8230; but so are his on-court accolades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And right now, we&#8217;re seeing a version of The Claw that should put the rest of the playoff field on notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out how Leonard performed in the final 15 games of the year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>26.5 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>55.2 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49.3 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>84.7 FT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Also of note is the fact that Leonard played 42-plus minutes in back-to-back games to close out the season. He hadn&#8217;t done that since April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re spooked by Leonard&#8217;s lengthy injury history, maybe steer clear of the Clippers on the NBA Finals futures market. But taking things one game at a time, Leonard is a player to target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard didn&#8217;t face Denver during the season, but the Nuggets allowed the sixth-most points to opposing small forwards, per Betting Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Leonard has 20-plus points in 15 consecutive games, cashing this bet in 10 of those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DiVincenzo over 2.5 threes (-106):<\/strong> A toe sprain caused DiVincenzo to miss almost six weeks of action this season, but he&#8217;s been excellent since returning in late February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over his final 22 games, the former Knick put on a clinic from 3-point range:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>44.7 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2+ threes in 20 of 22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3+ threes in 15 of 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In his first game post-injury, DiVincenzo went 3-for-6 from deep against the Los Angeles Lakers, who he&#8217;ll face on Saturday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves run through Anthony Edwards, obviously, but DiVincenzo has been crushing it off the bench and looks like fair value in this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duren under 22.5 points\/rebounds (-125): <\/strong>The Detroit Pistons went 3-1 against the New York Knicks this season, but Duren didn&#8217;t do much to help the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In four games against the Knicks, Duren averaged 11.3 points and 7.8 rebounds (19.1 PR). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Duren finished below 22.5 PR in 3 of 4 games. In the lone exception, he was a perfect 9-for-9 from the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the season, Duren averaged 11.8 points and 10.3 rebounds (22.1 PR), so this number is just a whisker above his average. And given how tough the matchup is, I think the under is the play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knicks allow the third-fewest points and the fewest rebounds to opposing centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 4:25 p.m. ET on 04\/18\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first day of the NBA playoffs, I&#8217;m targeting a trio of prop bets from the four-game slate. The pregame narrative: Kawhi Leonard has been on fire for weeks, and he&#8217;s worth backing on his points prop against the Denver Nuggets. I&#8217;m also taking the over on Donte DiVincenzo&#8216;s 3s prop and fading Jalen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":340242,"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-340259","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 19: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 19, 2025. 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