It’s Day 2 of the NBA Playoffs, and it’s a banger of a Sunday with four games on the slate.
The Thunder will host the play-in-tested Grizzlies, followed by the Celtics starting their repeat quest at home against the Magic. Elsewhere, the East-leading Cavs host the 10th-seeded Heat, and it wraps up in Houston, as the Warriors visit the Rockets.
We’ve got plenty of NBA player props to choose from, wrapped into a pair of three-legged same-game parlays. Check our free NBA picks below.
Today's best NBA Playoff parlays: April 20
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Over 32.5 points
Cole Anthony Over 7.5 points
Jimmy Butler Over 22.5 points
If we’re going to start anywhere, why not with the betting favorite to capture the NBA MVP award? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander powered the Oklahoma City Thunder to a league-best 68 wins, and he led the NBA in scoring at 32.7 points per game on a crisp 51.9% shooting from the field.
He was a wrecking ball against the Memphis Grizzlies in the regular season, averaging 36.3 points in four straight wins over Memphis this season, topping his 32.5 scoring line three times. In a prove-it layoff, SGA doesn’t waste time showing he’s ready for a run.
From one of the league’s most well-known point guards to one just trying to carve a name for himself. Cole Anthony has been assigned a reachable 7.5-point scoring line for Sunday's game against the Boston Celtics, and his Play-In effort has me optimistic about his contributions in Game 1.
Anthony lit up the Hawks for 26 points on 10-for-17 shooting in just 20 tidy minutes of work, giving him 8+ points in seven of his last 11 starts. In 14 career games against Boston, he’s gone Over his total in three straight, and 11 times overall, hitting double-digits 10 times.
With Paolo Banchero drawing major defensive attention, Anthony should get some open looks in his limited minutes.
We’ll finish with the legend that is Playoff Jimmy Butler. After riding in cruise control for much of the regular season after his trade to the Warriors, he’s shown just why he’s such a valuable commodity when games matter most.
Butler is coming off a 38-point gem in the win-and-in game against the Grizzlies, the fourth straight game he's scored 24+ points. Steph Curry is going to need a scoring wingman against a hounding Houston defense, and Butler should be up to the challenge.
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Draymond Green Over 5.5 assists
Tyler Herro Over 23.5 points
Desmond Bane Over 2.5 threes
We’ll start our next SGP with veteran Draymond Green. As Jimmy Butler’s role is to get buckets, Green’s job is so singular in the playoffs on offense, too: facilitate.
In his last six playoff seasons, Green has averaged at least six assists per game and has a career playoff average of 6.2.
Against Memphis in the Play-In, he took just five shots and scored four points but doled out 10 dimes. I like him in this spot to pick up at least six against Houston, with plus-money odds to boot.
Tyler Herro has been a scoring machine for the Miami Heat, cracking the 30-point plateau in both Play-In games, helping Miami become the first No. 10 seed to hit the playoffs.
He’s shooting a crisp 57.5% from the floor while averaging 34.5 points and will need to be as potent for the Heat to contend with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.
I don’t see Herro hitting those lofty Play-In heights, but he’s been solid against the Cavs, averaging 23.8 points against them in his last six games. He’s topped his 23.5-point line twice, but three other times was just a bucket from hitting the Over, so the books have him just rightly priced.
Let’s wrap with the sharp shooting of Memphis guard Desmond Bane. Somehow, the books have him listed at just 2.5 made threes against the Thunder for Game 1.
This is a figure he's topped in eight of his last 10, as he’s shooting a stellar 46.1% from beyond the arc. Bane’s in a mini-slump against OKC, with just two 3-point makes in the last two meetings, but he had hit at least three triples in six previous head-to-heads.
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