UPDATE: Cleveland Cavaliers forward De’Andre Hunter (rest) has been ruled out for tonight’s game against the Toronto Raptors.
The NBA regular season is roughly one-fifth of the way done already, with teams having played between 15 and 18 of their 82 games, so trends are starting to become more real and the awards races are starting to come into focus.
Today, two-thirds of the league will take the court as part of an action-packed 10-game slate, including both New York teams in a Battle of the Boroughs and two clashes between teams currently in the playoff picture in their respective conferences.
With so many stars in action, it may be hard to narrow down the thousands of prop bets available at DraftKings Sportsbook. I’ve parsed through them all and chosen my three favorites:
Top NBA prop bet picks
De’Andre Hunter O2.5 Three-Pointers Made (-103)
After a slow stretch last week, Hunter has re-discovered his jumper in the last three games, averaging 20.7 points per game and making three or more triples in each contest. His improved shooting should be pretty sustainable, given that he made 40.5% of his triples last season, including 42.6% after debuting for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He’s had a lot of poor luck this season, shooting just 17.6% from downtown on passes from Donovan Mitchell and 27.6% on passes from Evan Mobley, both of which are bound to climb back towards the 42.4% and 50.0% from last season. I’m more encouraged by his career-high 6.9 attempts per game than I am discouraged by his inaccuracy.
The Toronto Raptors have had the exact opposite luck. While the Raptors are 11-1 in their last 12 games and have limited opponents to the fifth-fewest three-pointers made on the lowest percentage across that span, they’ve benefited from tremendous fortune. Toronto has conceded the 11th-most attempts with the nearest defender between four and six feet away, and opponents have shot a completely unsustainable 27.7% on such shots. The Raptors have also allowed the 10th-most catch-and-shoot threes but allowed just 31.9% accuracy. Hunter shot 42.4% on open threes and 43.6% on catch-and-shoot looks as a Cavalier last season.
Jalen Brunson 30+ Points (+164)
Brunson has fairly earned the nickname “The King of New York” for his clutch play as the Knicks’ captain, and there’s no better place for him to show up than in a battle against his team’s cross-town rivals. The southpaw has turned his scoring back up to 28.4 points per game so far in 2025-26 despite slightly sub-par long-range shooting by his standards, and he’s hit the 30-point threshold in seven of his 13 starts, including a 33-point, 11-assist masterpiece on Saturday in a defeat against the Orlando Magic.
The Brooklyn Nets should have no chance of slowing him down. This season, the Nets have conceded 122.8 points per 100 possessions, better than only the Washington Wizards, and they’ve allowed the sixth-highest conversion rate on non-restricted paint tries, where Brunson has been among the more prolific players. Brooklyn also starts a pair of non-defenders in the back-court in Terance Mann and Egor Dëmin.
Brunson’s odds are friendly to score 30+ points because the last time he played against the Nets, he managed just 19 on efficient shooting while playing just 29 minutes because of the lopsided scoreline. Since then, New York has slumped, and without OG Anunoby — the league’s most important player by on-off plus/minus so far this season — this game probably won’t be enough of a blowout for Brunson to sit the fourth quarter like he did in the teams’ previous contest.
Alperen Şengün O40.5 Points + Rebounds + Assists (-123)
Despite an off-game in the Houston Rockets’ defeat to the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Şengün has taken yet another leap in the early part of the season, averaging a dominant 23.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 7.4 assists per game in the first eight games of November. He’s proven indispensable for Houston, leading the team in minutes, touches, potential assists, and rebound chances. He’ll be even more critical tonight with Kevin Durant — who ranks third in minutes, third in touches, third in potential assists, and fifth in rebound chances — sidelined due to personal reasons.
The Phoenix Suns won’t make it easy. They’re one of the hottest teams in basketball, going 10-2 across their last 12 games and allowing the second-fewest points, fifth-fewest rebounds, and fourth-fewest assists last game, but as is the case with Toronto, much of that is luck. In particular, they’ve been a below-average rim-protecting team across that span while getting bailed out because of inaccurate three-point shooting, and Şengün almost exclusively operates in one of the two paint zones. In the past 12 games, Phoenix has also gotten lucky to have had the third-most rebound chances and for the fourth-fewest of them to be contested, which could be a tough ask against someone who positions himself as well as the Turk does.
