Nick Parsons
Play ON Dallas Stars Money Line (-) vs Anaheim
The Stars not only took the first two games of this series, they did it on the road and they scored 9 goals in the process! Even though the Ducks are heading into Dallas with plans on changing the momentum, its tough to do that when you have gone through stretches where youve allowed more than four goals in a row to your opponent! The Stars have simply looked like the much hungrier team in this series. They scored four straight goals, of course, in winning Game 1 in a 4-0 dominating victory. Then, in Game 2, the Stars gave up the first two goals and yet they still didnt quit. Dallas went on to score five straight goals and they take a ton of momentum with them back to Texas! The Ducks are hungry to get back into this series but they clearly seem to be showing a case of Stanley Cup hangover as last seasons champions just dont have the same drive and intensity that their hungry opponent from Dallas does. The Stars Marty Turco has been fantastic between the pipes and the two solid wins have done wonders for the confidence of Turco and the entire Dallas club. Note that Anaheim only won 19 of their 41 road games this season and Dallas had won 21 of 33 home games before a surprising late season swoon at home caused them to win just two of their last eight in Dallas. That is now a distant memory for the Stars and with all the momentum they have from their solid play in Anaheim they will quickly resume their solid play on home ice in this one. The Ducks are down and out and the Stars wont let them back into this series. Their resilience in Game 2 was very impressive and shows that these teams are simply on two different levels right now.
Black Magic Sports
1 Unit on New Orleans Hornets -15
The Hornets know they still have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the west. The Lakers would have to lose to the Kings tonight, a Sacramento squad playing very good basketball. Whether that happens or not, the Hornets know they still have to take care of business at home tonight which shouldn’t be a problem against the Horrendous Clippers. L.A. has lost 5 straight games, going 1-4 ATS along the way. The Clippers are scoring just 94 points and allowing 112 points per game in these last 5 contests. They are getting outscored by 18 points/game during this run. The Clippers are 7-15 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season this season. New Orleans is 22-11 ATS after 2 or more consecutive losses over the last 2 seasons. The Hornets are 20-9 ATS after a game where they failed to cover the spread this season. They have been great at bouncing back all year. Cash in with New Orleans as the favorite.
Jeff Money
NHL
MON -125
DAL -120
MLB
RANGERS -105
ORIOLES +120
Seabass
20* Oak
10* TEX
10* DET
10* BOS
Jeffersonsports
Arizona Under 8
BOB BALFE
Yankees/DevilRays Over 9
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Los Angeles Clippers (23-57) at New Orleans Hornets (55-25)
The Hornets have won five straight versus the Clippers, including three games this season. Go with New Orleans. The Clippers have lost six of their last seven games and have played horrible away from home, dropping 12 of their last 14 games on the road, just 10-29 this year. New Orleans needs a win tonight for their pursuit of the Southwest Division title and should easily outscore the depleted LA Clippers and cover the 16 point spread. The last time these teams met in New Orleans Arena on January 25, the Hornets hammered them 111-92.
New Orleans Hornets
Detroit Pistons - 7
New Orleans Hornets - 16
GINA
Boston Red Sox (8-6) at Cleveland Indians (5-8)
The Cleveland Indians have dropped four of their last five games and send Paul Byrd to the mound. The right-hander is 4-2 with a 4.12 ERA in seven starts against Boston and beat them in Game 4 of last year's American League Championship, but the veteran has pitched poorly in his first two starts of this season. Go wit the Red to take a win tonight at Progressive Field against the struggling Indians and struggling Paul Byrd. Boston won five of the seven regular-meetings against Cleveland last year, including three of the four at Cleveland and beat them in seven games of the 2007 playoffs last season. Boston will counter with Tim Wakefield. The right-hander allowed just two runs and three hits over five innings in a 12-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers last Thursday. Wakefield is 9-8 with a 4.50 ERA in 23 career appearances, including 18 starts versus Cleveland.
Boston Red Sox - 110
Mr. A's
New Orleans Hornets -16
Portland Trail Blazers - 11
Stephen Nover
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Los Angeles Dodgers
PICK: Pittsburgh Pirates
REASON FOR PICK: As long as Joe Torre continues to give playing time to Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre, the Dodgers remain weak at three key hitting spots - two outfield positions and third base.
This is reflected in Los Angeles averaging three runs during its past eight games, discounting an 11-run performance versus San Diego.
The Dodgers have dropped six of their last eight games. The Pirates are riding a four-game winning streak and the high of having knocked off the Dodgers and closer Takushi Saito with a three-run ninth inning homer last night.
Matt Morris is pitching for Pittsburgh. That's a big reason why this line is so high. Morris did win during his lone start at Dodger Stadium last season. He threw five decent innings in his last start before coming apart in the sixth inning. Throwing at pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium should help him.
It's not like Morris is being opposed by Sandy Koufax. The Dodgers are going with Hong-Chih Kuo. He's 0-2 with a 6.30 ERA in two career starts against the Pirates.
At this price, you have to take a shot with the Pirates.
Savannah Sports
2 Units on St Louis -125
Wayne Root
Chairman - Tampa Bay Rays
Millionaire - Chicago Cubs
Insiders Circle - Pitts Pirates
Billionaire - SD Padres
SEBASTIAN
20* CINN
20* MILW
20* NETS
20* ORL/ATL over
20* BRUINS
20* S. JOSE
20* ANAHEIM
FRANK ROSENTHAL
NBA HOOPS
702 HAWKS+1 SB
705 WOLVES7.5 SB+
712 LAKERS-16.5 SB
UNDER 218 SB+
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
957 BRAVES-105 SB
959 REDS+105 SB
975 TWINS+120 SB
978 TRIBE EVEN SB
979 YANKS-115 SB
UNDER 9.5 SB+
Bob Balfe
NBA Basketball
Timberwolves +7 over Pistons
Major League Baseball
Yankees/Devilrays Over 9 runs -130