{"id":692128,"date":"2026-04-01T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692128\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:55:14","slug":"nba-best-bets-today-predictions-prop-bets-for-jalen-brunson-wemby-celtics-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692128\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Best Bets Today (Predictions, Prop Bets for Jalen Brunson, Wemby, Celtics-Heat)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">Less than two weeks remain in the NBA regular season, and a nine-game slate on Wednesday features several teams fighting for playoff position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">So, why don\u2019t we bet on it?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">The San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets will all take the floor on April 1, giving us a ton of teams and players to target.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">All of those teams have something to play for over the final weeks of the regular season, and I\u2019m eyeing one side and two props that involve those squads tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">After a slow finish to the month of March, I\u2019m looking to turn things around heading into the NBA playoffs. Yesterday was a 1-for-4 showing, but Darius Garland continues to nail his 3-point prop in a strong stretch since moving into the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 starting lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">Here\u2019s a look at Wednesday\u2019s NBA Best Bets, which feature picks for two All-NBA caliber players in the prop market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1 Season, 600 Bets: NBA Betting Record2025-26 season record: 228-188 (+4.27 units)2024-25 season record: 281-293-5 (-4.94 units)OVERALL (since 2021-22 season): 1518-1425-27 (+37.42 units)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"88\">Find Peter Dewey&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1BIvWO-S-TFepu-8DBiXfx10kJJ4Zi7ctpMBVYK9oCZQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/betstamp.app\/u\/peter2dewey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBA Best Bets Today<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8e\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/4kJjtBu\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson OVER 23.5 Points (-124)Boston Celtics -4.5 (-118) vs. Miami HeatVictor Wembanyama OVER 11.5 Rebounds (-131)Jalen Brunson OVER 23.5 Points (-124)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8n\">New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson struggled on Tuesday night against the Houston Rockets, scoring just 12 points in a blowout loss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8q\">However, Brunson has a favorable matchup against a Memphis Grizzlies team that he scored 32 points against earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8t\">The Grizzlies are just 28th in the NBA in defensive rating since the All-Star break, and they are allowing over 25 points per game to opposing point guards this season. Brunson has not scored the ball as well as he did before the break, but he\u2019s still averaging 23.8 points per game over his last 20 games, clearing 23.5 points in eight of his last 11 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8w\">I\u2019m buying him to have a bounce-back showing as the Knicks aim to snap a three-game skid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boston Celtics -4.5 (-118) vs. Miami Heat<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"92\">The Boston Celtics dropped Monday\u2019s game against the Atlanta Hawks with Jayson Tatum and Neemias Queta out of the lineup, but the C\u2019s are expected to have both players back in action for Wednesday\u2019s game with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"95\">Miami is just 3-7 in its last 10 games, ranking 20th in the league in net rating (-6.9) during that stretch. Boston, on the other hand, ranks in the top four in the NBA in net rating, defensive rating and offensive rating this season, recording a 9-2 record in the 11 games that Tatum has played in.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"98\">So, I love the C\u2019s as small road favorites in this game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9b\">Boston is 14-8 against the spread as a road favorite this season, and Miami has been pretty shaky against teams that are .500 or better this season, going 21-28. The Heat are 0-3 against Boston in the 2025-26 campaign with two of those losses coming by five or more points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9e\">Miami is looking to avoid the No. 10 seed in the East, but it has not played well down the stretch of the season and is without All-Star Norman Powell on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9h\">I\u2019m going to trust Boston to bounce back after a loss against Atlanta earlier in the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama OVER 11.5 Rebounds (-131)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-25\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9n\">San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is making his case for the league\u2019s MVP award down the stretch of the regular season, and he\u2019s turned in some massive rebounding performances in the process.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9q\">Wemby is coming off a 16-rebound game in a win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday, and he\u2019s pulled down 12 or more boards in seven of his last nine games. The former No. 1 overall pick has 15 or more boards in four straight, making him an exciting prop choice against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9t\">Golden State is just 22nd in the NBA in rebound percentage this season, and Wembanyama has cleared 11.5 boards in two of his three meetings with the Warriors this season. He\u2019s grabbed at least nine boards in every game against them, giving him a solid floor entering Wednesday\u2019s contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-28\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9w\">After recording the third-fastest double-double in NBA history on Monday, Wemby is a worthwhile prop target in this Western Conference clash. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-30\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a1\">Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-31\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a4\">If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-32\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a7\">Claim the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/betting\/sportsbook-promos\/draftkings-promo-code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/4kJjtBu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$200 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than two weeks remain in the NBA regular season, and a nine-game slate on Wednesday features several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,144,295,189,3881,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-692128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-heat","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-miamiheat","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116330270035832800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}