10 point (ties push), 5 leg teasers....1 unit pays 1.05 (5 Dimes lines) 2-3 on these teasers so far this season (in CBB mostly so far)..
8:05pm NBA Basketball 807 Chicago Bulls +11 vs Washington Wizards
8:05pm NBA Basketball 810 Oklahoma City Thunder -1? vs Utah Jazz
8:35pm NBA Basketball 815 Phoenix Suns +15 vs San Antonio Spurs
10:35pm NBA Basketball 820 Golden State Warriors -3 vs Cleveland Cavaliers
10:35pm NBA Basketball 822 Los Angeles Lakers +6? vs Orlando Magic
and a longshot parlay--1 unit wins 21.63....Pending 5 Team Parlay:
10:35pm NBA Basketball 820 Golden State Warriors -13 -110 vs Cleveland Cavaliers
7:05pm NHL Hockey 1 New York Islanders -165 vs New Jersey Devils
7:35pm NHL Hockey 4 Tampa Bay Lightning -1? -145 vs Buffalo Sabres
9:05pm NHL Hockey 8 Calgary Flames -170 vs Florida Panthers
9:35pm NHL Hockey 10 Edmonton Oilers +175 vs Chicago
Goood luck everyone!!
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not by me, but ripped, cut and pasted from across the internets, written by others:
PHOENIX SUNS AT SAN ANTONIO SPURS
PLAY: PHOENIX SUNS +5
Once the playoffs roll around, the following statement will likely not be accurate. But as of January 9, 1015 the Phoenix Suns are better than the San Antonio Spurs.
I?m not writing off the Spurs. Assuming all the parts are in place come the post-season, San Antonio will be one of the favorites to win it all again. But right now, they?re a banged up team that?s just not playing well. That?s not an opinion, it?s just a simple fact.
As for the Suns, they?re on a roll. Phoenix might not have the most imposing roster in the NBA, but after demolishing the opinions of most of the experts last season, they?re proving themselves to be a legitimate playoff caliber entry.
Some attractive current numbers are in play here for Phoenix. This team has been a veritable pointspread monster when playing with rest, compiling a 19-8-2 ongoing run in that scenario. On the other hand, while one would think the Spurs would benefit from having extra time off, San Antonio has dropped seven of nine ATS when playing with two or more days off. Note that these are just small sample trends that can go the other way just as easily as they can be maintained. But it?s not the worst support in the world if one is tying to build a case for Phoenix tonight.
For me, it?s all about obtaining what I feel is decent value with the underdog tonight. Again, this is only for today and not for 2-3 months from now. But as of tonight, I have the Suns as the better team, and that means +5 is too many points. I make the right price here more like San Antonio -2.
But the betting public apparently doesn?t want to believe what they?re seeing from the Spurs and as a result the lines on this team continue to be inflated. I?ll be happy to step in and grab that extra basket and I?ll side with the Suns plus the points tonight.
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The Flames have lost back to back games and now sit two points back of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They play the final game in a six game home stand tonight against the Florida Panthers. This looks like a tough spot for Florida, as they play on back to back nights coming off an emotional game in Vancouver in Roberto Luongo's first game back at Rogers Arena.
Al Montoya will get the start for the Panthers here in Calgary, and he's winless in his last four starts, allowing a dozen goals in those games. Flames backup Karri Ramo suffered an injury in the loss to Detroit on Wednesday, so Jonas Hiller will be between the pipes for Calgary tonight. The Flames have taken seven of the last 10 meetings in this series, and 11 of their last 15 against teams with a losing record.
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Chicago Bulls +1.5
Chicago is off an ugly 97-77 loss to the Utah Jazz last time out and I expect the Bulls to come out focused and ready for action, start to finish on Friday. Chicago played poorly at both ends of the floor, shooting just 33%, while allowing the Jazz to nail 47.4% of their shots. But Tom Thibodeau normally gets his team right back on track after an odd loss. In fact, his Chicago Bulls' teams are 27-14 ATS off an upset loss as a home favorite and they're 37-18 ATS off a home loss in general, holding those 55 opponents to an average of just 89 ppg.
We will also be backing the NBA's best road team, sporting a strong 14-4 SU record away from home. Washington has played well at home (15-4 SU), but John Wall has never beaten the Bulls when Derrick Rose is in uniform and I expect the streak to continue. The Wizards are 14-2 when Wall scores at least 18 points in a game, but one of those losses came against these Chicago Bulls on December 23, a 99-91 Chicago win. Wall scored 18 points in the loss, but was once again out-done by Rose who threw in 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Rose gets a shot to turn around his recent shooting slump and we believe he'll make the most of it. I'm backing the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
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Tampa Bay Lightning -1? -130
Buffalo has struggled on the road and lost at Carolina 5-2 on Thursday night and play at Tampa Bay Friday night. The Sabres have lost six road games in a row by at least two goals. The opening line had this at TB -1.5 (-165). Hopefully, we see a 3-1 or 4-2 final score.
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Play: Minnesota Timberwolves +9
The Minnesota Timberwolves are trying to avoid a 14th straight loss and the Milwaukee Bucks will be trying to avoid a fifth straight home loss.
Milwaukee comes in to the contest one game over .500 at 19-18. The Timberwolves are 5-29 and have not tasted victory since December 10.
Milwaukee is without Jabrari Parker, their no. 1 draft pick is out for the season with a knee injury, and Larry Sanders who is out for personal reasons. Sanders had 15 points and seven rebounds in their first meeting. Brandon Knight is averaging 18.2 points a game, and 15 in their last game against Minnesota. In that game. Fout Bucks were in double digits on scoring.
Minnesota won?t be crying for the Bucks as they are without key contributors, Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin.
The T-wolves Andrew Wiggins is averaging 14.3 points this season. He's averaged 22.6 points in five games and has scored least 20 in seven of the last eight.
Minnesota ranks last in the league allowing 108.6 points per game. Milwaukee hasn't reached 100 points in five straight games, but won three of them. The Bucks have dropped four straight and six of eight at home after starting 5-2 there. They've averaged just 90.7 points while losing the last three by a combined 14 points.
I am playing on Minnesota. The T-wolves haven?t been playing great but neither have the Bucks. I don?t think the Bucks should be giving nine points to anybody-not even the Timberwolves.
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Pick: Lakers -3
The Lakers are way undervalued here after getting the crap kicked out of them in Wednesday's 89-114 loss to the Clippers, which saw them trail by as many as 43 points. Any time a team gets embarrassed like that, more times than not they bounce back with one of their better efforts. The key thing to keep in mind here is that the Lakers had been playing a lot better prior to that loss. Los Angeles lost by just 4-points at Portland, defeated Indiana 88-87, lost by just 3-points at home to Memphis and upset Denver on the road 111-103 in their previous 4 games.
Even with that loss to the Clippers, the Lakers are an impressive 8-3 ATS over their last 11 games. Orlando has struggled to play well on the road against the LA, losing 4 of their last 5 visits to the Staples Center when matched up against the Lakers. I also look for them to have a difficult time coming out with a lot of energy after playing in the thin air of Denver on Wednesday. Magic are just 6-16-1 ATS in their last 23 road games against a team that's won fewer than 40% of their home games, while the Lakers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 after failing to cover the spread last time out, 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games on Friday and 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 versus a team that's won fewer than 40% of their games. These trends combine to form a 79% (33-9) system in favor of the Lakers.
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Pick: Under 195
While the Chicago Bulls are playing more up-tempo at home then we have become accustomed to in recent years, they have more closely resembled the defensive-minded team they had always been before this year since Tom Thibodeau took over as head coach. Chicago may be averaging only 99.7 points on the road, but it is an Eastern Conference best 11-4 away from home because the defense in allowing 95.1 points on 42.7 percent shooting.
The Washington Wizards are only three games behind the team with the best record in the East the Atlanta Hawks, and a key reason has been improvement in the Washington defense over past seasons as the Wizards are fifth in the NBA in points against at 97.3 per game. They are also just 18th offensively with 99.8 points and do not figure to improve here. The ?under? is 12-3-1 in the Wizards? last 16 after scoring 100 points or more their previous game.
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Oklahoma City Thunder
Ben Burns continues to dominate the NBA, season after season. Here, he offers a complimentary opinion on tonight's Utah/OKC contest. These teams have met twice this season. In each case, the home team won decisively. I believe the situation favors the home team once again. While the Thunder have returned to health, the Jazz are banged-up. Burks and Hood are out, Cantor is doubtful. Speaking of Cantor, the 6-foot-11 center scored 27 points and made 12 of 17 shots (while pulling down seven rebounds) in a preseason tilt vs. OKC back in late October.
So, the Thunder's feelings won't be hurt if he's unavailable. Perhaps Utah's biggest problem is that OKC is going to be "angry." The Thunder are off b2b blowout losses and should be looking to take out their frustration on someone. Angry or not, the Thunder have dominated the Jazz when playing here at OKC. They're 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS the last seven meetings here, all seven victories coming by a minimum of a dozen points. This one's got the makings of another "blowout." Consider laying the points with OKC.
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Minnesota Timberwolves +9
Minnesota is being undervalued because it has lost its last 13 games. The Timberwolves are quietly on a 5-2 ATS run and should draw confidence from giving Phoenix all it wanted Wednesday. The Wolves have actually performed well on the road where they are 3-0 ATS in their last three. Milwaukee crushed Minnesota earlier this season so I expect it to already be looking ahead to tomorrow's matchup with Chicago.
Minnesota will be looking for revenge and is 22-7 ATS the last two seasons when seeking revenge for a home loss. The Bucks check in off a 20-point win in Philadelphia, which is significant because they are 1-10 ATS the last three seasons in home games after a win of 10 points or more. The Bucks are 0-4 ATS in their last four home games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last four home games against the T-Wolves.
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EDMONTON +184 over Chicago
OT included. With points in three of their past four games, the Oilers are playing much better since they made a coaching change. As long as their goaltending holds up and plays decent, Edmonton can win plenty of games in the second half because they have the talent to do so. We?re anticipating Ben Scrivens getting the call tonight but we will wait until he?s confirmed to make this wager because there is no chance of Victor Fasth getting our money. As soon as the goaltender for this one is confirmed, we?ll update our wager. Just to be clear, if Scrivens is in net, we?re stepping in and if he?s not, we?re going to pass.
This play is more about fading Chicago in an extremely difficult spot than it is about backing the Oilers. We played the Blackhawks in Minnesota last night and were rewarded with a 4-2 victory after Niklas Backstrom allowed three goals on 19 shots and Chicago added an empty netter. Minnesota played their hearts out last night in outshooting Chicago 44-20 but once again it was Minnesota?s goaltending that prevented them from winning. It?s not often that you see the Blackhawks running around in their own end but these players are not machines and fatigue plays a part in a grueling, 82-game schedule. That was the case last night for Chicago and they figure to be even more fatigued here.
This is Chicago?s fifth game in nine days. It?s also their third game in four days and tail-end of back-to-backs. These frigid days make traveling even more draining. It was -18 C in Minnesota yesterday and it?s -24 C in Edmonton today. The Blackhawks were completely gassed in the third period last night so we can?t imagine for a second that they?ll be full of energy here, 24 hours later. Upsets happen all the time and they happen because these guys are not robots. They have good days and bad days just like the rest of us and when you add that human element of fatigue into this equation it strongly suggests an upset is a distinct possibility.
8:05pm NBA Basketball 807 Chicago Bulls +11 vs Washington Wizards
8:05pm NBA Basketball 810 Oklahoma City Thunder -1? vs Utah Jazz
8:35pm NBA Basketball 815 Phoenix Suns +15 vs San Antonio Spurs
10:35pm NBA Basketball 820 Golden State Warriors -3 vs Cleveland Cavaliers
10:35pm NBA Basketball 822 Los Angeles Lakers +6? vs Orlando Magic
and a longshot parlay--1 unit wins 21.63....Pending 5 Team Parlay:
10:35pm NBA Basketball 820 Golden State Warriors -13 -110 vs Cleveland Cavaliers
7:05pm NHL Hockey 1 New York Islanders -165 vs New Jersey Devils
7:35pm NHL Hockey 4 Tampa Bay Lightning -1? -145 vs Buffalo Sabres
9:05pm NHL Hockey 8 Calgary Flames -170 vs Florida Panthers
9:35pm NHL Hockey 10 Edmonton Oilers +175 vs Chicago
Goood luck everyone!!
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PHOENIX SUNS AT SAN ANTONIO SPURS
PLAY: PHOENIX SUNS +5
Once the playoffs roll around, the following statement will likely not be accurate. But as of January 9, 1015 the Phoenix Suns are better than the San Antonio Spurs.
I?m not writing off the Spurs. Assuming all the parts are in place come the post-season, San Antonio will be one of the favorites to win it all again. But right now, they?re a banged up team that?s just not playing well. That?s not an opinion, it?s just a simple fact.
As for the Suns, they?re on a roll. Phoenix might not have the most imposing roster in the NBA, but after demolishing the opinions of most of the experts last season, they?re proving themselves to be a legitimate playoff caliber entry.
Some attractive current numbers are in play here for Phoenix. This team has been a veritable pointspread monster when playing with rest, compiling a 19-8-2 ongoing run in that scenario. On the other hand, while one would think the Spurs would benefit from having extra time off, San Antonio has dropped seven of nine ATS when playing with two or more days off. Note that these are just small sample trends that can go the other way just as easily as they can be maintained. But it?s not the worst support in the world if one is tying to build a case for Phoenix tonight.
For me, it?s all about obtaining what I feel is decent value with the underdog tonight. Again, this is only for today and not for 2-3 months from now. But as of tonight, I have the Suns as the better team, and that means +5 is too many points. I make the right price here more like San Antonio -2.
But the betting public apparently doesn?t want to believe what they?re seeing from the Spurs and as a result the lines on this team continue to be inflated. I?ll be happy to step in and grab that extra basket and I?ll side with the Suns plus the points tonight.
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The Flames have lost back to back games and now sit two points back of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They play the final game in a six game home stand tonight against the Florida Panthers. This looks like a tough spot for Florida, as they play on back to back nights coming off an emotional game in Vancouver in Roberto Luongo's first game back at Rogers Arena.
Al Montoya will get the start for the Panthers here in Calgary, and he's winless in his last four starts, allowing a dozen goals in those games. Flames backup Karri Ramo suffered an injury in the loss to Detroit on Wednesday, so Jonas Hiller will be between the pipes for Calgary tonight. The Flames have taken seven of the last 10 meetings in this series, and 11 of their last 15 against teams with a losing record.
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Chicago Bulls +1.5
Chicago is off an ugly 97-77 loss to the Utah Jazz last time out and I expect the Bulls to come out focused and ready for action, start to finish on Friday. Chicago played poorly at both ends of the floor, shooting just 33%, while allowing the Jazz to nail 47.4% of their shots. But Tom Thibodeau normally gets his team right back on track after an odd loss. In fact, his Chicago Bulls' teams are 27-14 ATS off an upset loss as a home favorite and they're 37-18 ATS off a home loss in general, holding those 55 opponents to an average of just 89 ppg.
We will also be backing the NBA's best road team, sporting a strong 14-4 SU record away from home. Washington has played well at home (15-4 SU), but John Wall has never beaten the Bulls when Derrick Rose is in uniform and I expect the streak to continue. The Wizards are 14-2 when Wall scores at least 18 points in a game, but one of those losses came against these Chicago Bulls on December 23, a 99-91 Chicago win. Wall scored 18 points in the loss, but was once again out-done by Rose who threw in 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Rose gets a shot to turn around his recent shooting slump and we believe he'll make the most of it. I'm backing the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
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Tampa Bay Lightning -1? -130
Buffalo has struggled on the road and lost at Carolina 5-2 on Thursday night and play at Tampa Bay Friday night. The Sabres have lost six road games in a row by at least two goals. The opening line had this at TB -1.5 (-165). Hopefully, we see a 3-1 or 4-2 final score.
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Play: Minnesota Timberwolves +9
The Minnesota Timberwolves are trying to avoid a 14th straight loss and the Milwaukee Bucks will be trying to avoid a fifth straight home loss.
Milwaukee comes in to the contest one game over .500 at 19-18. The Timberwolves are 5-29 and have not tasted victory since December 10.
Milwaukee is without Jabrari Parker, their no. 1 draft pick is out for the season with a knee injury, and Larry Sanders who is out for personal reasons. Sanders had 15 points and seven rebounds in their first meeting. Brandon Knight is averaging 18.2 points a game, and 15 in their last game against Minnesota. In that game. Fout Bucks were in double digits on scoring.
Minnesota won?t be crying for the Bucks as they are without key contributors, Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin.
The T-wolves Andrew Wiggins is averaging 14.3 points this season. He's averaged 22.6 points in five games and has scored least 20 in seven of the last eight.
Minnesota ranks last in the league allowing 108.6 points per game. Milwaukee hasn't reached 100 points in five straight games, but won three of them. The Bucks have dropped four straight and six of eight at home after starting 5-2 there. They've averaged just 90.7 points while losing the last three by a combined 14 points.
I am playing on Minnesota. The T-wolves haven?t been playing great but neither have the Bucks. I don?t think the Bucks should be giving nine points to anybody-not even the Timberwolves.
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Pick: Lakers -3
The Lakers are way undervalued here after getting the crap kicked out of them in Wednesday's 89-114 loss to the Clippers, which saw them trail by as many as 43 points. Any time a team gets embarrassed like that, more times than not they bounce back with one of their better efforts. The key thing to keep in mind here is that the Lakers had been playing a lot better prior to that loss. Los Angeles lost by just 4-points at Portland, defeated Indiana 88-87, lost by just 3-points at home to Memphis and upset Denver on the road 111-103 in their previous 4 games.
Even with that loss to the Clippers, the Lakers are an impressive 8-3 ATS over their last 11 games. Orlando has struggled to play well on the road against the LA, losing 4 of their last 5 visits to the Staples Center when matched up against the Lakers. I also look for them to have a difficult time coming out with a lot of energy after playing in the thin air of Denver on Wednesday. Magic are just 6-16-1 ATS in their last 23 road games against a team that's won fewer than 40% of their home games, while the Lakers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 after failing to cover the spread last time out, 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games on Friday and 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 versus a team that's won fewer than 40% of their games. These trends combine to form a 79% (33-9) system in favor of the Lakers.
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Pick: Under 195
While the Chicago Bulls are playing more up-tempo at home then we have become accustomed to in recent years, they have more closely resembled the defensive-minded team they had always been before this year since Tom Thibodeau took over as head coach. Chicago may be averaging only 99.7 points on the road, but it is an Eastern Conference best 11-4 away from home because the defense in allowing 95.1 points on 42.7 percent shooting.
The Washington Wizards are only three games behind the team with the best record in the East the Atlanta Hawks, and a key reason has been improvement in the Washington defense over past seasons as the Wizards are fifth in the NBA in points against at 97.3 per game. They are also just 18th offensively with 99.8 points and do not figure to improve here. The ?under? is 12-3-1 in the Wizards? last 16 after scoring 100 points or more their previous game.
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Oklahoma City Thunder
Ben Burns continues to dominate the NBA, season after season. Here, he offers a complimentary opinion on tonight's Utah/OKC contest. These teams have met twice this season. In each case, the home team won decisively. I believe the situation favors the home team once again. While the Thunder have returned to health, the Jazz are banged-up. Burks and Hood are out, Cantor is doubtful. Speaking of Cantor, the 6-foot-11 center scored 27 points and made 12 of 17 shots (while pulling down seven rebounds) in a preseason tilt vs. OKC back in late October.
So, the Thunder's feelings won't be hurt if he's unavailable. Perhaps Utah's biggest problem is that OKC is going to be "angry." The Thunder are off b2b blowout losses and should be looking to take out their frustration on someone. Angry or not, the Thunder have dominated the Jazz when playing here at OKC. They're 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS the last seven meetings here, all seven victories coming by a minimum of a dozen points. This one's got the makings of another "blowout." Consider laying the points with OKC.
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Minnesota Timberwolves +9
Minnesota is being undervalued because it has lost its last 13 games. The Timberwolves are quietly on a 5-2 ATS run and should draw confidence from giving Phoenix all it wanted Wednesday. The Wolves have actually performed well on the road where they are 3-0 ATS in their last three. Milwaukee crushed Minnesota earlier this season so I expect it to already be looking ahead to tomorrow's matchup with Chicago.
Minnesota will be looking for revenge and is 22-7 ATS the last two seasons when seeking revenge for a home loss. The Bucks check in off a 20-point win in Philadelphia, which is significant because they are 1-10 ATS the last three seasons in home games after a win of 10 points or more. The Bucks are 0-4 ATS in their last four home games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last four home games against the T-Wolves.
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EDMONTON +184 over Chicago
OT included. With points in three of their past four games, the Oilers are playing much better since they made a coaching change. As long as their goaltending holds up and plays decent, Edmonton can win plenty of games in the second half because they have the talent to do so. We?re anticipating Ben Scrivens getting the call tonight but we will wait until he?s confirmed to make this wager because there is no chance of Victor Fasth getting our money. As soon as the goaltender for this one is confirmed, we?ll update our wager. Just to be clear, if Scrivens is in net, we?re stepping in and if he?s not, we?re going to pass.
This play is more about fading Chicago in an extremely difficult spot than it is about backing the Oilers. We played the Blackhawks in Minnesota last night and were rewarded with a 4-2 victory after Niklas Backstrom allowed three goals on 19 shots and Chicago added an empty netter. Minnesota played their hearts out last night in outshooting Chicago 44-20 but once again it was Minnesota?s goaltending that prevented them from winning. It?s not often that you see the Blackhawks running around in their own end but these players are not machines and fatigue plays a part in a grueling, 82-game schedule. That was the case last night for Chicago and they figure to be even more fatigued here.
This is Chicago?s fifth game in nine days. It?s also their third game in four days and tail-end of back-to-backs. These frigid days make traveling even more draining. It was -18 C in Minnesota yesterday and it?s -24 C in Edmonton today. The Blackhawks were completely gassed in the third period last night so we can?t imagine for a second that they?ll be full of energy here, 24 hours later. Upsets happen all the time and they happen because these guys are not robots. They have good days and bad days just like the rest of us and when you add that human element of fatigue into this equation it strongly suggests an upset is a distinct possibility.
