GOLD SHEETS LTS
CLEVELAND + 8.5
SAN ANTONIO - 6.5
Master Sports
3* Toronto
Billy Coleman
3* CAVS
Gina
Cleveland Cavaliers (49-40) at Boston Celtics (71-19)
Look for the Cleveland Cavaliers to give the Boston Celtics a tough fight tonight at TD Banknorth Garden. Expect LeBron James to make amends for his poor performance in Game 1 and play forceful tonight. Boston will have a tougher task holding down "King James".
Take the points. The Cavaliers have covered the spread in the last three meetings in Boston, 5-1-2 ATS in the last eight. The underdog in this series is 7-0-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
Cleveland Cavaliers + 8½
San Antonio Spurs - 6½
MLB
Baltimore Orioles (16-18) at Kansas City Royals (15-18)
Baltimore’s right-hander Daniel Cabrera is 2-1 with a 2.91 ERA in his last 3 starts and is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA in six career starts against the Royals.
Kansas City’s right-hander Luke Hochevar is 2-1 with a 4.86 ERA in his last 3 starts. He will make his first appearance against the Orioles.
The struggling Orioles have lost seven of their last eight games, but hopefully will turn it around tonight when they face the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Baltimore has won nine straight against the Royals and right-hander Daniel Cabrera last 6 starts against them.
Go with Baltimore to continue its dominance over Kansas City. The Royals are 4-9 in their last 13 games at home.
Baltimore Orioles - 105
Winning Points Online
**PREFERRED
Boston* over Cleveland by 16
Cavaliers backers are loving Lebron off a bad game, figuring he will come back with 40 points and carry Cleveland to at least a cover, if not the outright win. They are overlooking the fact that two of Boston's Overrated Big Three -- Pierce and Allen -- had stinker Game Ones themselves, combining for four points. Two bounce-backs are greater than one.
BOSTON 94-78
John Ryan
7* Boston-8.5
3* Hornets+6.5
3* Hornets Over
5* Tex Over
5* Hou Over
5* Hou
VEGAS - RUNNER 5* NBA 2nd Round BEST BET of the YEAR
CELTICS -8
Everything that I can possibly ask for lines up perfectly for this wager...after we had most of the bettors taking the points with Cleveland in Game 1, the oddsmakers came right back in Game 2 and have made this extremely simple for us by dropping the number to 8, when 2 days ago Boston was giving 10...
So now right off the bat we know that we are definately on the side with Value because believe me when I tell you, they will not adjust their Ratings enough after only 1 game to support a 2 Point line move...NO WAY....most professional oddsmakers haven't adjusted their ratings in weeks unless there is an injury because this late in the season, they have already decided on each team's offensive and defensive ratings for sure....
So why the -8 then...well its the best way for them to protect their clients, the sportsbook...because its obvious that the betting public is going to come right back with the dog which had a chance to win SU the last game and because of that, there was no reason at all for the sportsbooks to give the bettors more points than they are already willing to take...and so far, that plan has worked perfectly as we have seen every single book we speak with already say they are getting pummled with Cavs action...straight, teased, parlayed, and even ML....so now the books, just like the oddsmakers and ourselves, only need Boston to go out there and do what they are capable of doing...and that's lay a 15+ point beating on Cleveland...
You all know that I always like to do more work than is even needed to place a wager, so besides the obvious "market" reaction reasons for taking the Celtics, I will also tell you that all the work that I did supports Boston having an ez go of it tonight....I hear about how LBJ had a bad game last time out, but if you take a moment to look at the box-score from last game, its obvious that if anybody is going to bounce back from playing below their abilities...you can pick from about 3-4 Boston players to come out and do so this evening...
Finally, I will not waste our time passing along all of those same stats that we've looked at all day....but before I go I just wanted to add that I truely do feel that laying 8 points tonight with the Celtics lines up to be an excellent wager and packed with Value, win or lose...and from all of the sharps I've spoken to and all of the books who we work with, will all be needing the same side as us tonight...so lets go ahead and step up with a big 5* wager and see if we can CASH another BEST BET of the YEAR and continue at a 75% rate on these Big Bets....CELTICS -8
BALFE
NBA Basketball
Celtics -8.5 over Cavs
The public has cleaned up in the NBA Playoffs and tonight this is a rare event when the betting public is more on the underdog. Boston played great defense last game and if this game is similar to game one you will see the Celtics run away with it in the fourth quarter sending Cleveland back home down 0-2. Look for the Celtics to put together a great game on defense and offense. Take the Celtics.
New Orleans +7 over Spurs
The real question is can the Spurs put together a complete game? There is something about this New Orleans team that takes opponents off their game. San Antonio has come out strong in the first half in both games this series, but after halftime have played horrible. I do not see the Spurs putting together four complete quarters not to mention covering this spread. Take the Hornets.
Major League Baseball
Astros -125 over Nationals
Bache/Lannan
Fairway Jay
MLB 3* Blue Jays -120 (Litsch)
NBA 4* Best - Hornets +7
Ben Burns
NBA Boston Celtics -8.5 4 units
NBA San Antonio Spurs -6.5 4 units
NBA Hornets/Spurs Under 183 4 units
Teddy Covers
Marlins -105 4 units
O's/Royals Under 8.5 3 units
20* Hornets/Spurs Under 183 7 units
Cleveland Cavaliers +8.5 4 units
LT Profits
NHL Dallas Stars +175 2 units
NBA Hornets/Spurs UNDER 183 2 units
MLB Texas Rangers +150 2 units
JB
3* Spurs
Mike Rose
3* Cavs/Celts under 177.5
3* TEXAS/SEATTLE OVER 8.5
Bob Akmens
NBA: 3* BOSTON -8.5
NHL: 3* DETROIT -205