Expert Player Props For May 5, 2025 – Best NBA Props For Today

Best NBA Player Props For May 5, 2025!

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Expert NBA Player Props for Monday: Josh Hart, Knicks OVER 10.5 Points (-120)

The Boston Celtics defense blankets spot-up and long-distance shooters which is beneficial to Josh Hart as he’s one of the strongest drivers on the New York Knicks.

Hart will also be defended by one of the Celtics bigs which sets him up to utilize his speed when Jayson Tatum switches to Karl Anthony-Towns.

He has covered this line in 3 of the 4 head-to-head meetings with Boston with 12, 17, 20 & 10 points across 25, 38, 40 & 48 minutes (OT) of play.

He also logged 14+ field goal attempts in 3 of those 4 games with 6 in the game where he only played 25 minutes.

Hart just cleared this number in 4 of his last 6 games in the series against the Detroit Pistons including each of the last three games where he scored 13, 14 and 15 points.

I’m not trying to compare Josh Hart to Franz Wagner, but Wagner did just thrive from the small forward position against Boston with 23+ points in all five games.

Expert NBA Player Props for Monday: Russell Westbrook, Nuggets OVER 8.5 Rebounds + Assists (-115) 

You might question Russell Westbrooks shot selection, but you can’t question his heart and hustle, and he will be highly motivated in a series against a Thunder team that he spent the first 11 season of his career with.

He’s a perfect player to target from a Rebound + Assist standpoint and he logged 10+ RA in 4/4 head-to-head games against OKC.

The Thunder have elite defensive guards (Dort, SGA & Caruso) that will force Westbrook into more passing situations, and they allowed the 5th most rebounds to opposing point guards with 6.4 per game.

Denver ran a tight rotation in Games 6 & 7 against the Clippers, but Westbrook was their must heavily utilized bench player with 16 & 10 RA across 35 & 27 minutes.

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