Fantasy basketball tips and NBA betting picks for Wednesday

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 Wednesday, April 5 are provided by Caesars Sportsbook, and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.

From Tim Hightower to Ron Dayne, we are accustomed to waiver warriors driving success deep into the fantasy football season. In the NBA, we're learning that backcourt talents like Andrew Nembhard, T.J. McConnell and Jordan Goodwin are finishing the season strong while being widely available free agents in ESPN fantasy leagues.

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Targeting Nembhard for scoring props could make some sense, as well, given he's thrived for the Indiana Pacers in place of an injured Tyrese Haliburton, averaging 15.8 points, 8.5 assists, and 3.0 rebounds over. Nembhard's scoring prop on DraftKings for tonight's matchup with the New York Knicks is an achievable 13.5.

The league is rife with similarly emergent players, whether its Saddiq Bey finally finding his groove in Atlanta or Kendrick Nunn getting run with the Wizards. Even if your fantasy season has concluded, leveraging our expert analysis in DFS competition and for prop plays remains a rewarding practice in these final days the season.

— Jim McCormick

Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics4:30 p.m ET, TD Garden, Boston, MA

Records (Against the Spread) Raptors: 40-39 (40-37-2) Celtics: 54-25 (42-36-1)

Line: Celtics (-4) Total: 224.5BPI Projection: Celtics by 14Money