NBA Parlay Picks for First Round of Playoffs on Saturday, April 19

It's the first day of the NBA Playoffs on Saturday, April 19 and we're looking to tip things off on a high note with our +525 NBA Playoffs Parlay Picks at bet365 sportsbook.

Four games take the court on Saturday: Bucks-Pacers, Clippers-Nuggets, Pistons-Knicks and Timberwolves-Lakers. You can view our full NBA game predictions to see each game's ML, Spread and total pick, as well as our boxscore projections which are the key part of this NBA playoff parlay, which has been boosted from +369 to +525 at bet365.

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+525 NBA Playoffs Parlay Picks - Saturday, April 19

After simulating tonight's game over 10,000 times, our model has identified the following projections and probabilities for the picks that make up our four parlay legs on Saturday, April 19.

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Leg 1: Giannis Antetokounmpo 30+ Points

First up is the Greek Freak when the 5-seed Bucks travel to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to take on the 4-seed Indiana Pacers in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

The Bucks enter as +5.5-point road underdogs with Giannis Antetokounmpo expected to bring the hammer in Indiana per our model.

Giannis has put up at least 30 in 34 games vs. the Pacers this season and our model projects the superstar for 33.2 points, unsurprisingly the most out of any player in this game, with his line set at 31.5 and odds of -120, meaning the books favor his over as well.

With Damian Lillard expected to return in the playoffs but not this first game, Giannis should dominate as the Bucks look to take 1-0 series.

Leg 2: Nikola Jokic 25+ Points

Next up, we're taking another big man and the unicorn of this league, Nikola Jokic.

The Nuggets will host the Clippers at Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon as short -2.5-point favorites when they open the first round. Despite some end of season drama with the Nuggets firing Head Coach Mike Malone just days before the end of the season, they locked up their spot  and homecourt advantage in this series.

Jokic has hit this number in three of his past five games vs. LA, including two this year with 41 and 28 points. His lone game going under came when he played just 30 minutes in a game the Nuggets won by 22 - this game should be tight and competitive based on our model's 495 probability for the Clippers to cover.

Jokic gets a 27.1-point projection from our model, as well as a line of 27/13/11 for a triple double.

Leg 3: Cade Cunningham 25+ Points

We shift back to the Eastern Conference when the Pistons head to Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks and look for emerging superstar Cade Cunningham to pick up 25 points of his own.

Detroit had a massive improvement this season, going from a bottom-table squad to a playoff contender, avoiding the play-in entirely as the 6-seed, though they're the biggest dogs of the day at +7 on bet365 sportsbook.

In his past six game vs. the Knicks, Cunningham has 36, 36, 29, 22, 32 and 31 points. If he can bring that level of play to the postseason, this one looks good.

He averaged 26.1 PPG in the regular season, good for 7th in the league, and ended the year scoring 25+ in six straight, including three games of 35+ to finish the season (one vs. the Knicks).

We project him for 29.5 on Saturday as the leading scorer of the game.

Leg 4: Anthony Edwards 25+ Points

Finally, we move to the latest game of the night over on the West Coast when Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves hit the road to face the Lakers.

Edwards is the play in this game as we take him for 25+ points, a little under his posted line of 27.5.

The fourth-highest scorer by a per-game average this season, Edwards is looking for a statement game vs. Los Angeles as he's only hit this once in their first meeting back on the first day of the season.

However, he played just 27 and 26 minutes in two of those games, something that won't happen here in the playoffs - he averaged 40.6 minutes per game in last year's run to the Western Conference Finals.

We've got him projected for 28.1 points in Game 1 per our model, the second-highest scoring out put in this game behind Luka Doncic.

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