{"id":342733,"date":"2025-04-28T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=342733"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:25:36","slug":"nba-playoff-parlay-picks-april-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-playoff-parlay-picks-april-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA playoff parlay picks April 29: Take an alt over in Celtics vs. Magic, back Knicks to win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tuesday night features a four-pack of NBA games, and I&#8217;ve got picks from three of them in this +269 parlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: The New York Knicks try to close out their series at home against the Detroit Pistons, and I say they do it. I&#8217;m also backing a pair of alt totals, including the over in the Orlando Magic vs. Boston Celtics matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my NBA parlay picks for first-round playoff action on April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA parlay picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Knicks ML | Clippers\/Nuggets u212.5 points | Magic\/Celtics o196.5 points (+269)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Knicks moneyline <\/strong><\/strong>(-230):<\/strong> The Knicks were lucky to get out of Detroit with a pair of wins. Those games were decided by a combined three points, and one ended on a blown foul called (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BradGalli\/status\/1916598937617682824\">as admitted<\/a> by the Game 3 crew chief).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, I think it&#8217;s closing time for this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit really needed to win one at home, and now New York is back inside Madison Square Garden, where the home team is 28-11 as a favourite this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jalen Brunson is clearly not at full strength, but he&#8217;s the best player in this series and it shows. He has 12-plus points in the fourth quarter of all four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another tight game wouldn&#8217;t be surprising at all, which is why I&#8217;m simply making a moneyline pick for this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113104\">Embed: #113104<\/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\">More NBA parlay legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Clippers\/Nuggets under 212.5 points<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-162):<\/strong> Unders are 4-0 in this series, and I like for that trend to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest-scoring game was the series opener, but only because of overtime. In regulation, none of the four games have surpassed 207 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key reason for the limited offence has been the teams&#8217; willingness to play a slow, methodical brand of basketball. They&#8217;re averaging just 91.13 possessions per game, which is the second-lowest of the eight series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s more than five possessions\/game lower than the slowest team during the regular season (Magic, 96.51).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unders are 4-1 when the Nuggets and Clippers face off in Denver, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Magic\/Celtics over 196.5 points<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-175):<\/strong> Betting the over when these two teams meet is scary, but it&#8217;s reasonable at this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The average total in seven head-to-head matchups between the Magic and Celtics this year is 198.6 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At this alt total, overs are 4-3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The venue could make a difference as well, given that games tend to be more high-scoring in Boston than in Orlando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating back to December 2023, these teams have averaged 212.6 total points in five matchups at TD Garden, cashing this bet four times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, overs are 14-9 this year when Orlando is a road underdog, per Team Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NBA parlay picks made at 3:00 p.m. ET 04\/28\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday night features a four-pack of NBA games, and I&#8217;ve got picks from three of them in this +269 parlay. The pregame narrative: The New York Knicks try to close out their series at home against the Detroit Pistons, and I say they do it. I&#8217;m also backing a pair of alt totals, including the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":342760,"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-342733","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 parlay picks April 29: Playoff picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA parlay picks for April 29, 2025. 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