{"id":340742,"date":"2025-04-20T16:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340742"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T20:31:27","slug":"heat-vs-cavaliers-prop-picks-april-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/heat-vs-cavaliers-prop-picks-april-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat vs. Cavaliers Game 1 prop picks April 20: Herro, Jerome should fill the net in series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers host the Miami Heat on Sunday night in Game 1 of their opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Ty Jerome is a bit of an unsung hero for the Cavaliers, and I think his points prop is in bargain territory. On the other side, Tyler Herro is a reliable, high-volume shooter from 3-point range that should can a few triples tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Heat vs. Cavaliers prop picks for April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heat vs. Cavaliers prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><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: Herro over 2.5 threes (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three reasons why I think this is a great pick for Game 1 of tonight&#8217;s series between Miami and Cleveland:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Herro shot 37.5% from 3-point range on 8.7 attempts this year. That means he was routinely putting himself in position to cash this bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He&#8217;s been torching the Cavaliers in recent matchups. Herro has 3+ threes in five straight games against Cleveland. In two meetings this season, he shot 9-for-19 from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Herro came up clutch in the play-in tournament. In a pair of must-win games, he dropped 30+ points twice and shot 8-for-17 from deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleveland posted a top-10 defensive rating this season, but the more fearsome component of its defence is the interior tandem of Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cavaliers ranked 13th in the NBA in 3-point percentage, attempts and makes this season. So not a plus matchup, per se, but not a terrible one, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love where Herro&#8217;s 3-point volume has been all season, and his recent form combined with success against the Cavs makes this worth a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Including the play-in games, Herro has cashed this bet in 51 of 79 games (64.6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerome over 8.5 points (-130):<\/strong> Through his first five NBA seasons, Jerome averaged just 7.0 PPG and bounced between four organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems he&#8217;s found a home in Cleveland, though, where he blossomed into a remarkably productive bench option this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome played 70 games (three starts) and averaged 12.5 PPG on 51.6\/43.9\/87.2 shooting splits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He hit the 10-point milestone in 43 of 70 games (61.4%) \u2014 including all three against the Heat. And he only shot 4-for-15 from deep in the Miami matchups, so it&#8217;s not like he just happened to get hot beyond the arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Heat vs. Cavaliers<\/em> <em>prop picks made at 4:21 p.m. ET 04\/20\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers host the Miami Heat on Sunday night in Game 1 of their opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series. The pregame narrative: Ty Jerome is a bit of an unsung hero for the Cavaliers, and I think his points prop is in bargain territory. On the other side, Tyler Herro is a reliable, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":340643,"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-340742","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>Heat vs. Cavaliers prop picks and predictions: April 20 | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Heat vs. Cavaliers prop picks for Game 1. 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