2023 NBA playoffs - Odds, picks, betting tips for Tuesday Game 5s - ESPN

ESPN's fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN's proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds for Tuesday are provided by Caesars Sportsbook.

If Monday was defined by the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat capturing commanding leads, Tuesday's NBA narrative appears to be about two truly competitive matchups. The Phoenix Suns held down home court over the weekend to tie their series with the Denver Nuggets, while the Philadelphia 76ers are enjoying some vintage James Harden performances in order to even things with the rival Boston Celtics. Both Denver and Boston are healthy favorites this evening, while our experts below aim to help you find which sides to play.

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Looking into the player pool for these games, Jamal Murray stands out as the top value in my DFS model thanks to reasonable pricing on DraftKings ($8,100) and a robust shot diet that includes at least 24 attempts from the floor in three of the four games in this series thus far. Teammate Michael Porter Jr. proves appealing given consecutive double-double performances and the potential to ascend as a scoring force given his affinity for lofting from deep. «MPJ's» shooting props even appear interesting given he's taken 19 shots from beyond the arc in the past two games.

In what is a pivotal matchup in Boston, Joel Embiid has the second-highest blend of floor and ceiling of the slate, behind only fellow MVP talent Nikola Jokic. In a value sense,