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Here’s how I would approach today’s slate in NBA Playoffs slate.
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NBA PrizePicks Parlay
Steven Adams Under 20.5 PTS + REB + AST
Steven Adams is certainly not a player who is featured in the offense for the Memphis Grizzlies. In fact, his role as a big man is mostly to set screens, defend the paint, block shots and rebound the basketball.
Even though, Adams' averages during the regular season are high than this projection, in Game 1 he did not have a single shot attempt. Adams finished the game with three rebounds and three assists and four fouls. In fact, Adams finished under this stat projection in five out of the final six games of the regular season.
He has seen a slight tick down in minutes per game lately — just 24 minutes in Game 1 — and over the final five games of the regular season, he played 25 or more minutes in just two games.
I do not expect him to play enough minutes tonight in Game 2 to hit this number, so take the under.
Devin Booker Over 13.5 First Half Points
Devin Booker tends to come out of the gate hot scoring the basketball for the Phoenix Suns.
In fact, during the regular season, Booker ranked eighth in the league in first half scoring where he averaged 13.7 points per game. Booker was even better in first quarter, racking up 9.3 points per game in the opening frame — only Luka Doncic was ahead of him in that department.
This isn't new either. Last season, when the Suns made their run to the NBA Finals, Booker averaged 14.2 points per game in the first half. Booker has scored over 13.5 points in 31 of his 68 games played this season (45.5%), per NBA Advanced Stats. He's had 13 or more in 34 games, essentially making this a coin flip.
The Suns seem to make Booker a priority early on and often on offense in their playoff games. I expect Booker's fast starts to continue tonight in Game 2.
