(4/29) NBA | Tonight’s Best Player Props in the Association: Postseason Hump Day
Written by: Varun Sharma
Last Update: Tue May 05, 2026, 1:10 pm ET
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The NBA Playoffs are in full swing and we've got three games on the docket today; with two potential series clinching games. The night starts in Motor City, Michigan. The Detroit Pistons will host the Orlando Magic, down 3-1 and on the brink of elimination.
I don't think anyone saw this coming, especially with the way the Magic played out the last month or so of the regular season. Orlando lost to the Celtics' second team, lost their first play-in game; but managed to sneak into the playoffs with a win over the Hornets. Now this team is one win away from upsetting the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Starting shortly after the Magic/Pistons, we've got the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Toronto Raptors for Game 5 of their series. Neither team has won a game on the road yet and tonight we'll see if the Cavaliers can continue the trend and protect home court. For the Raptors, well they'll have to win one at least one game on the road; could that be tonight?
The night finishes with a potential elimination game in Hollywood. The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets will face off at Crypto Arena tonight; one team looking to finish the series and the other just hoping to stay alive for one more game.
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Duncan Robinson o2.5 3s (+130) | Lucky Rebel
The Detroit Pistons have not been able to score the ball so far in the postseason. Through the first four games of this series, out of 16 playoff teams, Detroit ranks last in points per game (98.0), threes made per game (8.3), and 3-point percentage (27.5%). The team's 13th in field goal percentage (41.9%) and just can't score the ball.
In Game 4 it got ugly. Detroit scored just 88 points, they shot under 40% from the field and just 20% from three. The Pistons turned the ball over 20 times, gave up 23 points off those turnovers and allowed 16 second chance points. That's a total of 39 points from turnovers and offensive rebounds and the Magic still only scored 94 points.
Detroit's defense has been great in this series, but offensively they just can't keep up. In Game 4 we saw Duncan Robinson play 29 minutes, go 1/6 from three and he finished as a -18 in a 6-point loss. If Duncan isn't hitting threes, he becomes a huge issue for Detroit. The problem is, no one else in Detroit can shoot the ball.
Robinson is the only guy on the team shooting above 35% from the perimeter and making more than 2 threes per game. They need him to hit these shots if they're going to win this game and maybe come back in this series.
Scottie Barnes o34.5 PRA (-110) | Lucky Rebel
Scottie Barnes has been the best player on the court so far in this series. He's averaging 25.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game in the postseason and it's his scoring explosion that's stood out the most. The Raptors looked dead early on this quarterfinal and it's really because of how bad Brandon Ingram's looked; especially in Games 1 and 2.
Ingram's shooting 33.8% from the field through four games and despite scoring 23 in their most recent win; it took him 23 shots to do it. Ingram lead the Raps in scoring during the regular season but with him playing so poorly, Barnes stepped up in a big way.
Barnes has cleared this line in three of the four games so far and in two of the three regular season matchups. Across all seven games, Barnes is averaging 23.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game. He's shot the ball 52.6% from the field in these seven games and so far in the postseason he's seeing a 27.2% usage rate.
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