{"id":341807,"date":"2025-04-26T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=341807"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T14:30:00","slug":"nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-prop-bets-april-26-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA playoff prop bets April 26: Bet on Davion Mitchell, Jamal Murray to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coming off strong outings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/jamal_murray\">Jamal Murray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/davion_mitchell\">Davion Mitchell<\/a> are two of my three NBA prop targets for Saturday&#8217;s playoff slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Murray and Mitchell are both solid options to clear their points\/assists props tonight, which they&#8217;ve been making a habit of recently. On a more negative note, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/fred_van_vleet\">Fred VanVleet<\/a> is worth a fade amid some truly nightmarish shooting performances.<\/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 26.<\/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: Mitchell over 17.5 points\/assists (-121)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell has earned himself a nice raise this offseason, as the restricted-free-agent-to-be is putting up some sweet postseason numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 1:<\/strong> 18 pts (8-of-12 shooting), nine assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game 2:<\/strong> 18 points (7-of-9 shooting), six assists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we have a situation where the fourth-year guard has cashed this bet with his scoring production alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine that with the fact that he&#8217;s acting as the team&#8217;s primary facilitator, and we&#8217;ve got something cooking here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell is averaging 19.0 potential assists per game through two playoff matchups. That&#8217;s second in the NBA behind only Nikola Jokic. He also leads the Heat in passes made and received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since March 23, Mitchell has cashed this bet in 10 of 13 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: In three games against Cleveland since the beginning of March, Mitchell has averaged 15.0 points and 7.3 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113004\">Embed: #113004<\/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>VanVleet under 12.5 points (-108):<\/strong> I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/rockets-vs-warriors-prop-picks-game-3-2025\">already touted this pick elsewhere<\/a>, but in case you missed it, I think it&#8217;s worth repeating for emphasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VanVleet is 6-for-27 from the floor in this series, totalling just 17 points and finishing under this total in both games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last time out, the Rockets won by 15 points in a game where VanVleet had seven points on eight shots. So it&#8217;s not like they need him to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his final 20 games of the regular season, VanVleet averaged 11.7 PPG on 34.2% shooting. Woof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, he&#8217;s gone under 12.5 points in five of six games against the Warriors this season, finishing at exactly 13 points in the outlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Murray over 26.5 points\/assists (-118):<\/strong> I targeted Murray on this prop market in Game 3, and he cashed it despite Denver&#8217;s overall struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray had 23 of the Nuggets&#8217; 83 points, and he added four assists as well. He&#8217;s 3-0 against this line so far in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Nikola Jokic steers the ship for the Nuggets, but Murray is a competent co-pilot who should continue to be relied upon for significant minutes and offensive production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray is 5-2 vs. this line when facing the Clippers this season, averaging 27.0 PA in those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 9:55 a.m. ET on 04\/26\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off strong outings, Jamal Murray and Davion Mitchell are two of my three NBA prop targets for Saturday&#8217;s playoff slate. The pregame narrative: Murray and Mitchell are both solid options to clear their points\/assists props tonight, which they&#8217;ve been making a habit of recently. On a more negative note, Fred VanVleet is worth a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":341853,"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-341807","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 26: Playoff picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 26, 2025. 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