{"id":341395,"date":"2025-04-24T10:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=341395"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:07:24","slug":"nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA playoff prop bets April 24: Look for Jalen Brunson, Jamal Murray to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A trio of guards make up my NBA prop bets for Thursday&#8217;s playoff tripleheader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\/points\/season\">Jamal Murray<\/a> has been solid for the Denver Nuggets, and he needs to keep that up in order for his squad to have a chance at moving on. The same goes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/jalen_brunson\">Jalen Brunson<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/desmond_bane\">Desmond Bane<\/a> is my favourite fade candidate right now.<\/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 24.<\/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<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best Bet: Murray over 26.5 points\/assists (-112)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not one to doubt Nikola Jokic, but I don&#8217;t think his workload is sustainable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jokic played 46 minutes in Game 1 and 43 minutes in Game 2. He had <em>never<\/em> played 43-plus minutes in consecutive games in his NBA career before this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, the Nuggets need as much (or more) from Murray as they&#8217;ve gotten so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some so-so shooting in Game 1, Murray has put up strong enough numbers to cash this bet in both matchups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 1:<\/strong> 21 points (7-for-20), seven assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 2:<\/strong> 23 points (9-for-17), six assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Jokic is the primary scorer, rebounder and facilitator for the Nuggets. He had an MVP-calibre season and will need to keep chugging along to give Denver a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just think the Nuggets will need to put a governor on him if they want a shot at a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray averaged 27.4 points\/assists during the regular season, so this number is within reach even if he doesn&#8217;t elevate his usage rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Murray has cashed this bet in three consecutive games against the Clippers, and he&#8217;s averaging 27.0 PA against them this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112901\">Embed: #112901<\/a><\/p>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bane under 2.5 threes (+117):<\/strong> I faded Bane at this number last time out, and it cashed. So of course I&#8217;m content to run it back with plus-money odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the regular season, the Thunder allowed the NBA&#8217;s lowest opponent 3-point percentage (34.2%). So far in this series, they&#8217;ve held the Grizzlies to 16-of-65 (24.6%) shooting from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bane has now seen OKC six times and is shooting 27.5% beyond the arc. He&#8217;s just 5-for-25 from deep against the Thunder in the past four meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, Bane has gone under 2.5 threes in 44 of 71 games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great price to fade Bane in a brutal matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brunson over 28.5 points (-110):<\/strong> Whether all his points are ethically sourced or not, Brunson is putting up huge numbers on the offensive end, and I expect that to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brunson shot 12-for-27 in Games 1 and 2 and had 10-plus free-throw attempts in both games as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whistle might be less friendly in Detroit, but the all-star guard is capable of getting buckets in a myriad of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And nobody has to remind the Pistons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In six matchups against Detroit this season, Brunson has averaged 30.7 PPG and cashed this bet five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 9:45 a.m. ET on 04\/24\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of guards make up my NBA prop bets for Thursday&#8217;s playoff tripleheader. The pregame narrative: Jamal Murray has been solid for the Denver Nuggets, and he needs to keep that up in order for his squad to have a chance at moving on. The same goes for Jalen Brunson, while Desmond Bane is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":341401,"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-341395","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 prop bets April 24: Playoff picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 24, 2025. 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