Day: April 22, 2026

Guide to Picking Prop Bets in the NBA Playoffs

The NBA Playoffs have begun, and if you’re picking the side, totals and money line, there are several other options to earn a profit in these two months of the postseason.

If you want to bet on exact scores, quarters, individual player performances and more, then NBA Props bets are a strong option.

The most popular are stat props, which are usually the over/under on points. So for example, on Tuesday, Boston’s  Jaylen Brown is 26+ (-111) against Philadelphia (on DraftKings), which means he needs to score at least 27 to win the bet or there is a push if he scores 26, but you lose the juice. A more profitable bet would be to take Brown 30+ (+205). The best option is to go to any decent website. Pick ESPN.com, for example, and look at Brown’s splits. He’s averaging 28.7 points per game, 27.9 points at home, 30.6 points in April and 27 points against Philly this season. It’s that simple but it takes some time and work.

You can also wager on rebounds, assists, 3-pointers made, steals, blocks, turnovers, etc. In the Portland/San Antonio game, Victor Wembanyama for the Spurs set at 45+ (+109) in points+rebounds+assists. This is a combo prop, also called PRA. “Wemby” recorded 35 points, five rebounds and one assist in his last game. So he would have gone under, but if he normally puts up 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, which still would have put him under that total. However, in the last 10 games, he’s averaging 30.7 points, 4.1 assists, and 14.3 rebounds, which would put him over that 45 total.

There are also triple-double and double-double bets, which are known as yes/no bets. Those are a little more difficult, unless you’re talking about players who average double-doubles or triple-doubles. But then there isn’t much value to picking Nikola Jokic to get a triple double when Denver meets the Timberwolves in Minnesota on Thursday.

Team props are about betting on the first team to score, a winning margin range, team rebounds, team total points, etc. You can also go with same-game parlays, picking a player’s points, another player’s assists and a team’s over, for example.

This is a three-point league and a lot of teams have players who can get hot from beyond the arc and carry them. If you really want to make a score, look at some of the good three-point shooters and check if you can find good value. Payton Pritchard of Boston is 3+ (+135), and he’s averaging 20.3 points per game over the last nine, shooting 49.2% from 3-point range. He hasn’t shot that well from 3-point range against Philadelphia (12%). Without doing research, it seemed like a good play to pick him over 3, but on the other hand, under might be the play here.

If you are a beginner when it comes to picking props in the NBA, keep it simple. Make sure you have a strategy and do the research.

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