The New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets will be hoping to close out their respective series against the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers Thursday when the teams meet up in Game 6 action. The Knicks lost Game 5 at home and will now try to grab their third road win in the series, while the Nuggets hold a 3-2 lead heading to Los Angeles after taking Game 5 in Denver. Cade Cunningham, Jalen Brunson, Nikola Jokic and Kawhi Leonard have been bright spots in the first round of the playoffs, and they are all involved in Thursday's top-rated player props to help create same-game parlays.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past six-plus seasons. The model enters the second full week of the 2025 NBA playoffs on a sizzling 156-116 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $4,000. It is also 22-11 (67%) on top-rated NBA against-the-spread picks this season. Anyone following could have seen HUGE returns!

Here, we'll look at three top player props from the SportsLine Projection Model for games on Thursday's NBA schedule, as well as a link to check out other props you could add for potentially higher payouts. 

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