{"id":340997,"date":"2025-04-22T10:43:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340997"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:43:31","slug":"nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA playoff prop bets April 22: Fade Bane, back DiVincenzo from 3-point range"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are three NBA playoff games tonight, and I&#8217;ve got a prop bet from each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: In the nightcap, I like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/donte_di_vincenzo\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> to cash a plus-money 3s prop against the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier on, I&#8217;m fading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/desmond_bane\">Desmond Bane<\/a> and looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/pascal_siakam\">Pascal Siakam<\/a> to fill the net.<\/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 22.<\/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: Siakam over 20.5 points (-108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pacers have a balanced scoring attack, but Siakam is still the No. 1 option. And with that in mind, this is a perfectly attainable number for him to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ex-Raptor led the Pacers in points per game (20.2) during the regular season and had a team-high 25 points in Game 1 against the Bucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a tidy shooting effort against Milwaukee, as Siakam shot 10-for-15 from the floor (3-for-5 from 3-point range). That&#8217;s nothing new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In five matchups against Milwaukee this season, Siakam is averaging 24.2 PPG on 57.3% shooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 20+ points in 5 of 5 games \u2014 and 25+ points in 4 of 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Cleaning The Glass, the Bucks allow the highest rate of long mid-range shots in the NBA (9.5%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a stylistic fit for Siakam, who ranks in the 91st percentile in long mid-range shot attempts (13.0%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: In the past 15 days, Milwaukee has allowed the sixth-most PPG to opposing power forwards, according to Betting Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bane under 2.5 threes (-110):<\/strong> After getting run out of the building in Game 1 against the top-seeded Thunder, the Grizzlies desperately need a spark on offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just don&#8217;t think Bane will be the one to provide it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the regular season, OKC allowed the lowest opponent 3-point percentage (34.2%). And the Thunder have largely had the clamps on Bane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In five matchups this season against OKC, Bane is shooting 27.3% from deep. He&#8217;s just 3-for-18 beyond the arc in the past three meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, Bane has gone under 2.5 threes in 43 of 70 games. I don&#8217;t expect him to buck that trend in this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DiVincenzo over 2.5 threes (+105):<\/strong> The Timberwolves seemingly couldn&#8217;t miss from 3-point range in Game 1 against the Lakers. Well, except for DiVincenzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shooting guard went 1-for-5 from deep, while the rest of his team shot 20-for-37. Sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you watched the game, you should&#8217;ve come away encouraged by the quality of looks DiVincenzo saw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NBA.com, all five of his attempted 3s were either &#8220;open&#8221; (4-to-6 feet from the closest defender) or &#8220;wide open&#8221; (6+ feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that keeps up, the shots should start to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After missing several weeks with a toe injury, DiVincenzo finished the regular season shooting 44.7% from 3-point range in his final 22 games. He cashed this bet 16 times in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 10:28 a.m. ET on 04\/22\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three NBA playoff games tonight, and I&#8217;ve got a prop bet from each of them. The pregame narrative: In the nightcap, I like Donte DiVincenzo to cash a plus-money 3s prop against the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier on, I&#8217;m fading Desmond Bane and looking for Pascal Siakam to fill the net. Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":340992,"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-340997","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 22: Playoff picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 22, 2025. 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