{"id":35147,"date":"2025-05-30T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=35147"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:50:56","slug":"expert-player-props-for-may-31-2025-best-nba-props-for-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/nba\/expert-player-props-for-may-31-2025-best-nba-props-for-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Player Props For May 31, 2025 &#8211; Best NBA Props For Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA Player Props For May 31, 2025!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the free <strong>NBA player props for May 31, 2025<\/strong>! <a href=\"https:\/\/sm.buzz\/SS\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"sm.buzz\/SS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportsmemo&#8217;s Steve Seagrave<\/a> drops the best picks for <strong>NBA <strong>player props<\/strong><\/strong> with a stellar suggestions to check out for Saturday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WagerTalk, the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\">picks<\/a> site online, offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/nba\">NBA FREE PICKS<\/a> every day, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/picks\/nba\">cheap premium paid NBA picks<\/a> from expert professional handicappers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expert NBA Player Props for Saturday: TJ McConnell, Pacers OVER 13.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-104)\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indiana Pacers have utilized TJ McConnell off the bench to push the pace and score in transition, and he&#8217;s been very aggressive in this series with 5, 9, 8, 4 and 9 shot attempts in limited minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McConnell has covered this line in 6 of his last 8 head-to-head games against the New York Knicks while averaging 14.1 PRAs per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes 4 of 5 games in this series where McConnell has logged 17, 18, 16, 9 and 16 PRAs. He&#8217;s also seen plenty of rebound chances and potential assists with 12, 12, 16, 11 and 9 combined opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knicks defense has struggled with transition defense throughout this entire series, and they can&#8217;t key in on McConnell as the Pacers have plenty of other scoring options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After letting us down in Game 4, McConnell bounced back strong with a 17 PRA effort across 18 minutes of play in Game 5. Let&#8217;s look for him to continue to thrive with high energy minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expert NBA Player Props for Saturday: Josh Hart, Knicks OVER 9.5 Rebounds (+105)\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an elimination game for the New York Knicks and Josh Hart is a hustle player that thrives on the boards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hart&#8217;s rebound numbers haven&#8217;t been affected by coming off the bench as he&#8217;s logged 10, 10, &amp; 11 rebounds on 18, 14 &amp; 19 rebound chances while playing 34, 34 &amp; 36 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hart has cleared this line in 4 of 5 games in this series while averaging 10 rebounds on 17.6 rebound chances per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s always been in a great spot to clean the glass while defending Obi Toppin, Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard. Hart has only taken the backseat to Karl-Anthony Towns when it comes collecting boards in this series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has shown a ton of heart while collecting rebounds late in games with pure hustle and I see another double-digit effort regardless of if he starts of comes off the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GoldSheet Top Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need an extra hand breaking down today&#8217;s basketball slate? 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Check out the free NBA player props for May 31, 2025! Sportsmemo&#8217;s Steve Seagrave drops the best picks for NBA player props with a stellar suggestions to check out for Saturday! 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He's also seen plenty of rebound chances and potential assists with 12, 12, 16, 11 and 9 combined opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Knicks defense has struggled with transition defense throughout this entire series, and they can't key in on McConnell as the Pacers have plenty of other scoring options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>After letting us down in Game 4, McConnell bounced back strong with a 17 PRA effort across 18 minutes of play in Game 5. Let's look for him to continue to thrive with high energy minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expert NBA Player Props for Saturday: Josh Hart, Knicks OVER 9.5 Rebounds (+105)\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is an elimination game for the New York Knicks and Josh Hart is a hustle player that thrives on the boards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hart's rebound numbers haven't been affected by coming off the bench as he's logged 10, 10, &amp; 11 rebounds on 18, 14 &amp; 19 rebound chances while playing 34, 34 &amp; 36 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hart has cleared this line in 4 of 5 games in this series while averaging 10 rebounds on 17.6 rebound chances per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He's always been in a great spot to clean the glass while defending Obi Toppin, Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard. Hart has only taken the backseat to Karl-Anthony Towns when it comes collecting boards in this series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He has shown a ton of heart while collecting rebounds late in games with pure hustle and I see another double-digit effort regardless of if he starts of comes off the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GoldSheet Top Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Need an extra hand breaking down today's basketball slate? 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