Best NBA Prop Bets Today (Steph Curry, Brook Lopez Among Players to Back)

Golden State Warriors stars Steph Curry and Draymond Green.
Golden State Warriors stars Steph Curry and Draymond Green. / Ezra Shaw/GettyImages
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The BetSided team is all in on player props for this NBA season, sharing our favorite and best prop bet picks each day during the year. 

Best NBA Prop Bets Record to Date

Here are the plays we are eyeing for tonight’s slate with all odds via WynnBET:

Best NBA Prop Bets Today

  • Stephen Curry 5+ 3-Pointers (+145)
  • Dillon Brooks UNDER 27.5 Points, Rebounds and Assists (-120)
  • Desmond Bane UNDER 16.5 Points (+100)
  • Brook Lopez OVER 5.5 Rebounds (-130)

Stephen Curry 5+ 3-Pointers Made (+145)

Last time I backed this prop, Steph Curry came up short. Yet, I’m going back to the well. I’ve never seen the Warriors shoot as bad as they did in Game 4 and Curry was a major part of that. 

With a chance to close out the Grizzlies tonight and get some extra rest, I expect Curry to have a great game. Curry hit this mark in Game 1, going 5-12. He is always going to get the volume and at plus money, I’ll alway back Curry to have a good game from deep. – Donnavan Smoot

Dillon Brooks UNDER 27.5 Points, Rebounds and Assists (-120)

The volume is going to be there for Dillon Brooks in Game 5, but I can’t get behind him to go over this number given his playoff shooting struggles. 

Brooks was just 5-for-19 in Game 4, and he finished with 25 PRA. He’s only cleared this number in one game this postseason, and he needed to score 24 points to do so. 

The Warriors have defended Brooks well, and I think this number is still a bit high given the lack of secondary stats he has provided. – Peter Dewey

Desmond Bane UNDER 16.5 Points (+100)

Desmond Bane is clearly hobbled by a back issue and has seen his prop dropping game over game. While conventional wisdom says that he will not only play better at home but also get more shots with Ja Morant out, that's likely not the case. Bane has averaged 9.5 points this series and only got eight shots up in Game 4 with Morant out.

For the series, he has averaged 8.75 field goal attempts and has taken more than five 3-pointers once after doing it in all but one time in the first series. Bane can't move as well with a bulky back and the Warriors are now hell bent on shutting him down.

This total is still too high as Bane has scored double digits once this series and I'll continue to let the knife drop on Bane's output. – Reed Wallach

Brook Lopez OVER 5.5 Rebounds (-130)

The juice on Brook Lopez's rebounds is continuing to climb, so I'm jumping on board before it's way out of reach.

He's averaged over eight rebounds per game, and has hit the over in all four games in the series.

Also, as daily fantasy analyst Sal Vetri points out, not only has Lopez seen a ton of opportunities to bring down the basketball, but 53% of his rebounding chances are uncontested. It's basically him alone when he looks to crash the boards more than half the time!

This might be my favorite prop opportunity of the series tonight, and until oddsmakers bring the number up, I'm going to keep hammering it. -- Ben Heisler