Top NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Advice for NBA Playoffs - 4/25/25

A trio of Game 3’s take place in the NBA Playoffs on Friday night. We’ll give you four of the top NBA player picks for NBA DFS on PrizePicks in Friday night’s Playoff games.

The Celtics travel to Orlando tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN seeking a commanding 3-0 series lead. Meanwhile, the Bucks head home trailing 0-2, to face the Pacers, 2-0 at 8 p.m. ET on NBA TV. The night is capped off with the featured game, as the Lakers and LeBron James head to Minnesota, with the series tied at 1-1, at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. 

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Let’s break down some of the best NBA picks to target for the Friday NBA DFS slate on PrizePicks.

NBA DFS Picks Today for PrizePicks: April 25

Here are four of the top NBA DFS picks for Friday, April 25, on PrizePicks. Use this analysis to help you make your NBA player picks on PrizePicks. Click each pick to read more.

• Lakers SF LeBron James — 29 Pts+Asts
• Pacers C Myles Turner — 15.5 Points
• Magic C Wendell Carter, Jr. — 18 Pts+Rebs
• Timberwolves C Naz Reid — 14 Pts+Asts

Lakers SF LeBron James — 29 Pts+Asts

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• Lakers SF LeBron James has finished with less than 28 points and assists in each of the first two games against Minnesota.
• James scored 21 points in the Game 2 victory over the Wolves, but has made only two 3-pointers on 10 attempts in this series. 
• James was held to less than 16 points in two regular season matchups with Minnesota. 
• His best performance came in a 33-point output on February 27, a 111-102 home victory.
• In five matchups with Minnesota this season, James is averaging 4.8 assists per game. The seven assists in Game 2 marked his most against the Wolves. 
• Since scoring 40 points at Portland on February 20, James is posting 22.2 points per game in the last nine road contests.

Pacers C Myles Turner — 15.5 Points

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• Pacers C Myles Turner put together a pair of solid offensive performances in the first two games against the Bucks. Turner scored 19 points in Game 1, followed by a 15-point output in Game 2.
• Turner averaged 14.5 points per game in the four regular season matchups with Milwaukee.
• Turner is shooting 59% from the floor in this series, a massive improvement from the 48% clip in the regular season. 
• Since February 28, Turner is averaging 16.1 points per game in his last 10 road contests.

Magic C Wendell Carter, Jr. — 18 Pts+Rebs

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• Magic C Wendell Carter, Jr. averaged 9.1 points per game in the regular season.
• However, Carter poured in 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Game 2 loss to Boston. 
• In the first two games against the Celtics, Carter has pulled down 21 rebounds. In the three regular season matchups with Boston, he compiled 19 boards.
• The other huge factor to Carter’s scoring success in Game 2 was knocking down all three attempts from 3-point range. During the regular season, he converted only 23.4% of his shots from downtown.
• In four of the five meetings with the Celtics, the former Duke standout attempted a total of two free throws. 
• On January 17, Carter went to the line 10 times and made six free throws.

Timberwolves C Naz Reid — 14 Pts+Asts

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• Timberwolves C Naz Reid scored 23 points in the series opening win over the Lakers, including hitting six 3-pointers. However, Reid struggled in Game 2 with nine points, while knocking down only one 3-pointer.
• Prior to the huge performance from deep in Game 1, Reid converted six 3-point attempts in the previous seven games.
• In the four regular season matchups against the Lakers, Reid averaged 10.0 points per game. Reid made six of 16 tries from 3-point range in those four games.
• Reid hasn’t been much of an assist machine of late, putting up three assists in the series and 16 assists in the past eight games.

Popular NBA Picks Tonight on PrizePicks

Here are the most popular NBA picks for Friday’s NBA Playoffs games on PrizePicks.

• Boston G Derrick White — 28.5 Pts+Rebs+Asts
• Magic PF Paolo Banchero — 28.5 Points
• Lakers G Luka Doncic — 24.5 Points (Goblin)
• Magic PF Paolo Banchero — 42.5 Pts+Rebs+Asts
• Celtics SF Jaylen Brown — 24 Points
• Pacers PG Tyrese Haliburton — 14.5 Rebs+Asts
• Bucks PF Giannis Antetokounmpo — 33 Points
• Pacers SG Bennedict Mathurin — 11.5 Points
• Lakers SF LeBron James — 17.5 Points (Goblin)

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