{"id":340848,"date":"2025-04-21T12:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340848"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:10:42","slug":"nba-playoff-prop-bets-for-april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-for-april-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA playoff prop bets April 21: Bet on Karl-Anthony Towns and Christian Braun on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve got one prop bet from each of Monday&#8217;s NBA playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Christian Braun eats up big minutes for the Denver Nuggets, and I expect him to stuff the stat sheet against the Los Angeles Clippers. Before that, look for Karl-Anthony Towns to hit a pair of 3s against the Detroit Pistons.<\/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 21.<\/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: Braun over 6.5 rebounds and assists (-154)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the sexiest pick, and it&#8217;s definitely not the sexiest price, but I believe it&#8217;s a bet worth making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun had a decent outing on Sunday, scoring 11 points (5-of-10 shooting) with three rebounds and one assist in 45 minutes of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He fell well short of this line, but let&#8217;s look at the positives. Interim head coach David Adelman ran the guard out for an absurd amount of playing time thanks to his defensive prowess. Braun should see 35-plus minutes again on Monday, and I expect him to stuff the stat sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Braun averaged 5.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 25 games following the all-star break.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In that span, he recorded 7+ rebounds\/assists 18 times. That 72.0% hit rate far exceeds the 58.85% implied probability of this wager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clippers allow the fewest rebounds (5.77) and the fifth-fewest assists (4.59) per game to shooting guards, according to Fantasy Pros. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a tough matchup, but Braun should get enough opportunity to coast by this modest total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Braun cleared this line in both regular-season games against the Clippers where he played 30-plus minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Towns over 1.5 threes (+130):<\/strong> Towns has played the Pistons twice in the last 11 days and shot a combined 1-for-4 from 3-point range. That&#8217;s not great, but I expect the big man to be more active from deep on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Towns has averaged 2.0+ threes per game in each of the last six seasons. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He shot 42.0% from deep this year, which led all centres and was the 16th-best rate in the NBA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KAT cleared this mark in both games against the Pistons before April 10, shooting a combined 7-for-15 from deep in those contests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit had the sixth-highest opponent 3-point percentage (36.7) in the NBA and allowed the eighth-most 3s per game to opposing centres this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 8:48 a.m. ET on 04\/21\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got one prop bet from each of Monday&#8217;s NBA playoff games. The pregame narrative: Christian Braun eats up big minutes for the Denver Nuggets, and I expect him to stuff the stat sheet against the Los Angeles Clippers. Before that, look for Karl-Anthony Towns to hit a pair of 3s against the Detroit Pistons. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":340780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-340848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-nba"],"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 21: Playoff picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 21, 2025. 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