After Minnesota, Denver, and Oklahoma City punched their ticket to the NBA Western Conference semi-finals with victories the past two days, it’s the Eastern Conference’s teams taking center stage tonight.
Both New York and Indiana have 3-1 leads over Philadelphia and Milwaukee, respectively. Orlando and Cleveland are knotted at 2-2 heading into the pivotal game five.
What players should bettors observe for tonight’s contests? We’ll cover our top six NBA Playoff player prop bets for Tuesday, April 30 below.
In five games against the Knicks this season, Philly center Joel Embiid has yet to cover this player prop bet. For the series, he’s averaging 9.0 rebounds and captured 10 rebounds in two games.
Expect New York to continue cleaning the glass defensively and offensively, holding Embiid to 10 or fewer rebounds Tuesday night.
In eight games this season, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has recorded double figure assists three times. He has three other games with 8-9 assists.
Brunson is sure to hover around the 8.5-assist mark for the night, and with a banged-up knee, expect the guard to continue passing first to create shots for other teammates and cover this player assist prop bet.
In the regular season, Orlando forward Jonathan Isaac was anemic from behind the three-point line against the Cavaliers. In the postseason, however, Isaac’s shot has come alive.
He’s finished with at least two 3-point field goals in three of the team’s four contests thus far. Expect his shooting streak to continue Tuesday as Issac easily covers this player prop bet.
In three home games (including one regular season contest) against Orlando, Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell has surpassed this player combo prop bet. Tonight’s matchup takes place in Cleveland, giving bettors confidence Mitchell will have more than 35 total points, rebounds, and assists against the Magic.
After exploding for back-to-back 35+ points in the series-opening contests, Indiana forward Pascal Siakam has been held in check in games 3 and 4. The seven-year vet has scored 30 points combined in his team’s two wins at home.
With the series returning to Milwaukee, expect the Bucks to continue slowing down Siakam Tuesday night and hold him under 23.5 points.
Without star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks forward Bobby Portis has been gobbling up rebounds for Milwaukee. Only once in the two teams' nine contests this year did Portis exceed this significantly high player prop bet.
Take the trend – even with Giannis in the lineup – and bet the under on this elevated NBA player rebound prop bet.
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Earnest is a 25-year veteran of the newspaper industry. He's spent the majority of his early years working as a sports reporter and editor. He made the move back to the digital world in 2022, joining EatWatchBet as a senior writer. Ernie covers college football betting, fantasy football, and NFL betting for EatWatchBet.