NBA Best Player Prop Picks, Odds, Predictions for Friday, May 8, 2026
After an intriguing Thursday night where the two home favorites toughed out victories, we’re set for our first set of Game 3 clashes Friday night as the Knicks and Sixers and Spurs and Timberwolves do battle in each of the series underdogs’ home floors. As usual, we have three player props we deem worthy of consideration.
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Friday’s Best NBA Player Props
- Mikal Bridges (NYK) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
- Tyrese Maxey (PHI) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
- Naz Reid (MIN) – Over Points + Rebounds
2026 Playoff Prop Bet Tracker: 36-22 (+10.76 units)
Mikal Bridges (NYK) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
Bridges has come out of a forgettable stretch in the first round against the Hawks to once again look like the multi-category contributor he’s typically proven to be. The veteran wing has averaged 27.0 points + rebounds + assists across 30.7 minutes over the last three postseason games overall, a surge that’s been largely fueled by an absurd 74.3% success rate from the floor, including 55.6% from three-point range. Bridges has also put up double-digit shot attempts in all three of those games after averaging just 6.4 over the first five games of the playoffs.
Despite the recent success, Bridges’ lines remain very reasonable, affording us an opportunity to take advantage for the time being. Bridges also averaged 26.3 points + rebounds + assists across 33.0 minutes in four regular-season meetings with the 76ers, so his numbers over the first two games aren’t entirely surprising. Additionally, the 54.5 total rebounds per game, which includes 55.2 per home game, that Philly is surrendering since the start of the regular season are the highest figure of any squad in the original 16-team playoff field.
Original Line Publish: 21.5
Tyrese Maxey (PHI) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
Maxey had some shooting struggles over the first two games, but thanks to volume and a strong 7-for-9 showing from the free-throw line, he did double up the 13 points he was limited to in Game 1 during Game 2 while also putting up 14 more shot attempts in 20 additional minutes. Maxey is just 1-for-9 from behind the arc over that first pair of contests of the current series as well, but he naturally has the ability to bounce back, particularly on his home floor.
Maxey averaged 37.6 points + rebounds + assists across 37.6 minutes per contest over 35 regular-season home contests, and he’s put up 35.6 points + rebounds + assists over 40.1 minutes in nine playoff games thus far. Maxey also supplied 39.1 points + rebounds + assists over 36.3 minutes in four regular-season matchups against the Knicks while shooting 51.2%, including 50.0% from downtown. Given the dire straits the Sixers find themselves in and Maxey’s typical body of work at home, his 34.5 number is very much in play.
Original Line Publish: 34.5
Naz Reid (MIN) – Over Points + Rebounds
Although the first two games of this series were in stark contrast to one another from the Timberwolves’ perspective, Reid’s productive ways have been a constant. The versatile veteran is averaging 19.5 points + rebounds in that span while shooting 60%, including 71.4% from three-point range. Reid is averaging 25.5 minutes per game against the Spurs thus far, which is a reasonable expectation in terms of a benchmark for playing time again Friday as the series shifts to Minnesota. Additionally, even in Wednesday’s blowout scenario, it was encouraging to see Reid log 21 minutes off the bench.
The big man has put together a solid body of work against the Spurs beyond the first two games of the semifinal round as well, as he also averaged 24.0 points + rebounds while shooting 42.9% from three-point range in his first two regular-season encounters with San Antonio. Reid then played just five minutes in the third game, making it the only time in five contests versus the Spurs since the start of the season in which he hasn’t cashed this prop. With Minnesota gunning to take a 2-1 series lead and atone for their Game 2 embarrassment in the process, Reid should remain aggressive Friday.
Original Line Publish: 17.5
Photo Credit: AP/Abbie Parr
