NBA
playoffs for April 24
Eastern
Conference round 1, game 2: Milwaukee Bucks @ Miami Heat, AmericanAirlines
Arena, Miami, FL, Wednesday, April 24, 9.40am
The Heat
smashed the Bucks by 23 in the series opener, and it’s not hard to see them
dishing up a similar result once again on their home floor. One area where the
Heat struggled in game one was three-point shooting, where they went 7 for 23. It
was a focus for Miami at practise during the week and even the slightest
improvement on that number could spell doom for the visitors.
Another
concern for the Bucks – who are 1-4 against Miami this season – is finding ways
to get Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis some help on the offensive end.
Jennings and Ellis combined for 48 points in game one; their teammates chipped
in only 39 more.
Suggested
bet: Heat -14 (one unit) LOSE, game total -197 (two units) WIN (86-98)
The
Warriors will be forced to play this game without All-Star David Lee, who will
also miss the remainder of the playoffs due to a hip injury he suffered in Game
1. Going back three seasons, Lee has missed a total of 21 games, and Golden
State is just 3-18 SU in that situation.
However,
Golden State is a perfect 7-0 ATS in their last seven games that follow a SU
loss and they are 5-2 ATS in their last seven played on the highway. And if
Golden State can do a better job of protecting the ball – something they failed
to do in Game 1 – we figure this one could be another close one.
Suggested
bet: Warriors +8.5 (two units) WIN, game total +208 (two units) WIN (131-117)
NHL for
April 24
New York Islanders
@ Carolina Hurricanes, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, April 24, 9.10am
Normally
at this point of the season, Islanders fans would be lamenting another
miserable campaign and making plans for the summer. Not this year. The
Islanders are chasing their first post-season appearance since 2006-07 and they
eye a fourth straight win here.
New York has gone 11-1-2 over its last 14 games
to bolster its playoff chances. It is two points behind Toronto for the fifth seed
in the Eastern Conference while holding a one-point edge on the eighth-place
Rangers.
Evgeni
Nabokov, 10-1-2 with a 1.74 GAA over his last 13 starts, will be in the net here.
He's 8-1-1 with a 2.04 GAA in 11 career starts against the Hurricanes. With so
much on the line, it’s hard to go past the Islanders here and the puck-line
price of $3.05 looks excellent value.
Suggested
bet: Islanders -1.5 (two units) LOSE (3-4)
Other tips
Jets @
Capitals -1.5 WIN (3-5)
Sabres @
Penguins -1.5 LOSE (4-2)
Bruins WIN
@ Flyers LOSE (2-5)
Avalanche
@ Blues -5 WIN (1-3)
MLB for April 24
New York
Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL, Wednesday,
April 24, 9.10am
There’ve
been plenty of postponed games in the opening three weeks of the MLB season due
to inclement weather, but no danger here as the mercury hovers in the mid-80s
for this match-up where the Rays look hard to beat.
The Rays
(9-10) opened the three-game series at Tropicana Field with a 5-1 win with
starter Matt Moore dominant. Rays pitcher David Price, who gets the start here,
fared well in his final three outings against the Yankees last season, going
2-0 with a 1.89 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 19 innings.
New York
will give the ball to right-hander Phil Hughes (0-2, 6.43 ERA), who is also
trying to iron things out after a shaky start. In his last outing he gave up
two runs and six hits in seven innings at Arizona.
Suggested
bets: Rays -1.5 (two units) LOSE, game total -7 (two units) WIN (4-3)
Other tips
Athletics
@ Red Sox -8.5 LOSE (13-0)
Blue Jays
@ Orioles -8 WIN (3-4)
Pirates
WIN @ Phillies WIN (2-0)
Royals @
Tigers -1.5 POSTPONED
Mariners
-1.5 @ Astros LOSE (2-3)
Brewers
WIN @ Padres WIN (6-3)
Braves @
Rockies +9.5 WIN (10-2)
Diamondbacks
@ Giants WIN LOSE (6-4)
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