NBA Best Player Prop Picks, Odds, Predictions for Saturday, April 18, 2026
After an exciting Play-In Tournament, we’re set for the official start of the playoffs Saturday as four first-round series tip off. As customary, we’re diving into three of our favorite player props for the day.
Also, be sure to check out our daily NBA betting trends page for odds and data on every game.
Saturday’s Best NBA Player Props
- Scottie Barnes (TOR) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
- OG Anunoby (NYK) – Over Points + Rebounds
- Julius Randle (MIN) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
2026 Play-In Tournament Prop Bet Tracker: 2-7 (-5.2 units)
Scottie Barnes (TOR) – Over Points + Rebounds
Barnes heads into Game 1 fresh off another outstanding regular season, one where he delivered a signature well-balanced stat line that included 31.5 points + rebounds + assists across 33.5 minutes over 80 games. The versatile forward averaged an even more robust 36.6 points + rebounds + assists in three games against the Cavaliers, shooting 53.1% along the way in that sample. Barnes also had a hot hand as the season wound down, as he drained 54.3% of his attempts, including 37.5% from distance, in his last 10 games.
The Cavaliers were targetable in the frontcourt this season, as they surrendered the seventh-highest offensive efficiency rating to power forwards (27.9), along with 47% shooting to the position. Cleveland also gave up the fourth-most points to fours in the last 15 games of the regular season (26.5), along with the eighth-most rebounds (10.1) and fourth-most assists (4.8) per game to PFs on the season.
Original Line Publish: 30.5
OG Anunoby (NYK) – Over Points + Rebounds
Anunoby has been cleared of his ankle issue ahead of Game 1, so he should be ready to roll after a week of rest against an opponent he tormented this season. Anunoby finished the regular season running hot as well, as he averaged 24.7 points + rebounds while shooting 51.9%, including 45.1% from behind the arc, over his last 17 non-injury-shortened games. That sample included a 22-point, five-rebound performance against Atlanta on April 6.
That was one of three productive games for Anunoby against Atlanta, as he averaged 27.0 points + rebounds across 36.7 minutes in three games against the Hawks. Atlanta notably finished the regular season surrendering an NBA-high 12.7 rebounds per game to power forwards over the last seven contests, and the Hawks conceded the 10th-most points + rebounds (172.1) and eighth-highest two-point shooting success rate (56.5%) per road game, two other metrics that suggest Anunoby could clear this number.
Original Line Publish: 20.5
Julius Randle (MIN) – Over Points + Rebounds + Assists
Randle is another big man that in a good spot on paper for his series’ opening game. Perhaps the biggest factor in the veteran forward’s overall outlook Saturday is the status of Anthony Edwards (knee), who’s listed as questionable due to his knee injury. Randle already comes into Game 1 with an optimistic outlook, however, considering he lit up the Nuggets for 39.7 points + rebounds + assists over his first three meetings with Denver this season.
Randle tallied a more subdued but still impressive 30 points + rebounds + assists in 32 minutes in the last of the four meetings between the teams, so his per-minute production against the Nuggets has been outstanding overall. Then, Randle generated a 29.7% usage rate and averaged 39.5 points + rebounds + assists per 36 minutes with Edwards off the floor this season, so if Ant does indeed sit out, this prop will naturally be an even higher-percentage proposition against a Nuggets squad that allowed the seventh-highest offensive efficiency rating to PFs on the season (27.9).
Original Line Publish: 31.5
Photo Credit: AP/David Zalubowski
