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The 2024 NBA playoffs hit the court running this weekend with Saturday and Sunday quadruple headers, and new customers in Alabama and Texas can utilize our best DFS promo codes to reap up to $350 in welcome bonuses.

Best DFS bonuses for the NBA Playoffs: Using Underdog Fantasy promo code ALBET matches your first deposit up to $100

Underdog Fantasy has established itself as one of the premier U.S. DFS sites with its contests currently available in 32 U.S. states, including Alabama and Texas.

Underdog’s NBA Pick ‘Em contest is among its most popular, and now the stage is that much grander in the 16-team NBA postseason tournament.

With NBA Pick ‘Em, it’s simple and tons of fun. Just predict whether a player’s game statistics — be it points, rebounds, assists, etc. — will come in higher or lower than the posted, pre-established total.

Make at least two picks and up to five on your card to increase your potential payout. Going 5-for-5 returns 20 times your stake.

Sign up now in Alabama and Texas using our Underdog Fantasy promo code ALBET, and Underdog will match your first deposit up to $100.

You’ll also receive access to a free Pick ‘Em Special contest where you can win up to 100 times your entry in one day.

Aside from Pick ‘Em, Underdog’s other main contest is the Draft, a more traditional DFS-style game where you participate in a draft of game/event players with other customers and earn points depending on how your draftees perform.

To enter either Underdog contest, follow our link and use promo code ALBET to register and collect your welcome deposit-match up to $100.

Best DFS bonuses for the 2024 NBA Playoffs: Get a no-sweat first entry in Texas up to $250 with Betr Picks promo code ALBET

While Betr Picks is not currently available in Alabama, it’s a burgeoning U.S. DFS site currently ranking among the most popular in Texas.

Betr Picks also offers the choice of “more” or “less” options on a player’s game statistics.

Make multiple picks across different sports. And if you go 8-for-8 in correct picks on a select day and get up to a 300-1 payout on your entry.

First-time Betr customers in Texas can use our current Betr Picks promo code ALBET and score a “no-sweat” first entry up to $250. That simply means if your first contest isn’t a winner, you’ll have your entry stake refunded up to $250.

It’s all a part of what Betr refers to as mirco-betting, and the app offers options across different sports. Betr customers, for example, can predict whether the next football play will be a run or pass or the next MLB game at-bat will be a single, double, triple, home run, walk or out.

Note that there are no “pushes” with Betr Picks contests as all totals are posted in half or fractional increments.

Betr Picks DFS contests are easy to play and add to the intrigue and excitement of watching your favorite sporting events — particularly in the raised-stakes environment of the NBA Playoffs. Register now using Betr promo code ALBET to get your first-entry bonus up to $250.

Best DFS bonuses in Alabama and Texas: 2024 NBA Playoffs preview

All eight Eastern and Western Conference first-round series begin this weekend, starting 1 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN with Game 1 between the East’s fifth-seeded Orlando Magic and fourth-seeded host Cleveland Cavaliers.

On Saturday night, league MVP-favorite Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets ramp up their quest for a second straight championship, hosting LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers at 8:30 p.m. on ABC. The Nuggets, the West’s 2-seed, are seeking to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-18 Golden State Warriors.

Sunday’s slate tips off at 1 p.m. on ABC with the East top-seeded Boston Celtics, who finished with the league’s best record this season at 64-18, playing host to the winner of Friday night’s East eighth-place game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.

The rest of the weekend schedule is as follows:

• 3:30 p.m., Saturday: West 6-seed Phoenix Suns at W3 Minnesota Timberwolves (ESPN)
• 6 p.m., Saturday: E7 Philadelphia 76ers at E2 New York Knicks (ESPN)
• 3:30 p.m., Sunday: W5 Dallas Mavericks at W4 Los Angeles Clippers (ABC)
• 7 p.m., Sunday: E6 Indiana Pacers at E3 Milwaukee Bucks (TNT)
• 9:30 p.m. Sunday: W8 New Orleans Pelicans/Sacramento Kings at West 1-seed Oklahoma City Thunder (TNT)