Best NBA Bets Today – Friday, April 18, 2025

Here are the best NBA bets today for Friday, April 18, 2025. FTN is home to the tools, research, models, data, and experts you need to become a smarter sports bettor.

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NBA Best Bets Today (April 18, 2025)

Andrew Wiggins Over 7.5 Assists & Rebounds

-145, Bet365

Andrew Wiggins has at least 8 assists and rebounds in 12 out of 18 (66.7%) games since being traded to Miami, including each of the last six. He’s been even better with Haywood Highsmith in the lineup, recording 3+ assists in nine out of 13 (69.2%) games, including each of the last six, averaging 3.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds within that sample. Up next, Wiggins plays a Hawks defense allowing the most assists plus rebounds to opposing small forwards, clearing 7.5 assists and rebounds in each of the last two head-to-head meetings, averaging 4.5 assists on 6.5 potential assists and 3.5 rebounds on 7.5 chances during that span.

Caris LeVert Over 5.5 Assists & Rebounds

-145, Bet365

Caris LeVert has at least 6 assists and rebounds in 19 out of 27 (70.4%) games since being traded to Atlanta, including each of the last seven, averaging 2.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. He’s been even more consistent at home, recording six-plus assists and rebounds in 10 out of 14 (71.4%) games with the Hawks. LeVert’s usage has also been significantly better without Clint Capela (OUT), exceeding 5.5 assists and rebounds in 14 out of 18 (77.8%) games, including each of the last seven, missing that mark only once in seven games at home, averaging 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds within that sample. Against Miami, LeVert has no less than 6 assists and rebounds in eight out of the last nine (88.9%) games playing more than 20 minutes, averaging 3.8 assists on 8.3 potential assists and 4.1 rebounds on 7.7 chances.

Scotty Pippen Jr. Under 4.5 Rebounds

-125, Bet365

Scotty Pippen Jr. has 4 or fewer rebounds in 58 out of 80 (72.5%) games, averaging 3.3 rebounds per game. He’s been even worse at home, failing to exceed 4 rebounds in 29 out of 39 (74.4%) games, including each of the last four, averaging 3.2 rebounds in Memphis. His rebound rate has also taken a significant hit playing alongside Ja Morant (P), recording no more than 4 rebounds in 40 out of 50 (80%) games, averaging 2.7 rebounds within that sample. With Morant in the lineup and at home, Pippen has gone under his 4.5 rebounds prop in 22 out of 27 (81.5%) games, including each of the last seven, averaging 2.5 rebounds in Memphis. Although Dallas allows the seventh-most rebounds to opposing point guards, Pippen has 4 and 2 rebounds in both career head-to-head meetings against the Mavericks with Morant, averaging only 6.0 chances per game.