Kyle Bales
15* LA Lakers +3.5
10* Portland Trailblazers +1
5* Cleveland Indians +184
Larry Ness
Shocker - Bulls
Perfect Storm - Okl City
TOW - Lakers Over
Legend - Braves
KING CREOLE
2* CLEVELAND/CHICAGO UNDER 193
2* PHOENIX/PORTLAND UNDER 204
1* LAKERS/OKLAHOMA UNDER 191.5
CRAIG DAVIS
40 DIME - Cleveland Cavaliers
20 DIME - NY Mets
15 DIME - OK City Thunder
Evan Altemus
3 Units Milwaukee Brewers -156
4 Units LA Dodgers -117
3 Units Tampa Bay +103
Wunderdog
5 Units Oklahoma City Thunder -3.5
The Lakers have a commanding 2-0 lead in this series, but I wouldn't count the Thunder out yet. This is a young team that many would have expected to cave-in on the road in the playoffs, but they did anything but, coming within 3 points to the No. 1 seed Lakers on the road. The Thunder has to be feeling like they can play with the Lakers and with game three at home and feeling desperate, I expect them to notch the win tonight. The Lakers have dropped their last six following a straight-up win, while the Thunder is an impressive 48-21 ATS after a straight-up loss. I’m backing Oklahoma City in this one.
SEABASS
30* Nationals
30* Oakland
COGYLE WEST
12* Pittsburgh/Ottawa Over 5.5
10* Colorado/San Jose Over 5.5
10* Chicago/Nashville Over 5
ANTHONY REDD
40 Dime Cavaliers/Bulls Over
BOBBY MAXWELL
300 Unit Cleveland Cavs
100 Unit Phoenix Suns
AL DeMARCO
15 Dime Cleveland Cavaliers
5 Dime LA Dodgers
CHRIS JORDAN
100♦ CAVALIERS
100♦ BRAVES (List Lowe and Moyer)
100♦ SUNS
DEREK MANCINI
10 Dime Chicago Bulls
5 Dime Atlanta Braves
MICHAEL CANNON
40 Dime Milwaukee Brewers -1½
15 Dime OK City Thunder
KARL GARRETT
20 Dime Phoenix Suns
10 Dime Phillies/Braves Over
STEPHEN NOVER
30 Dime Cleveland Cavs
10 Dime Detroit Tigers
Scott Rickenbach
10* Lakers Over
Erin Rynning
Okla City Under 191.5
STEVE BUDIN
25 Dime OK City Thunder
MADDUX SPORTS
10 Units Colorado/Washington Over 8
10 Units LA Dodgers/Cincinnati Under 10
10 Units Texas +140
Nick "BookieKiller" Parsons
10* Boston -145
For a number of different reasons I believe the value in this contest is on the home side:
After a good first outing, CJ Wilson came back down to Earth as he allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks in six innings of a 5-1 game which was called due to rain against the Yankees.
"The balls I needed to bounce my way bounced the other way, and it wasn't just one -- it was three or four," Wilson said. He fell to 0-1 on the year.
He's 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in his career as a reliever against the Red Sox.
In the other dugout: Clay Buchholz went five innings gave up four runs and three hits in a 6-5 loss to the Rays last time out; however none of the runs were charged to Buchholz after four runs were scored in the first inning off a Mike Cameron error; he struck out seven, walked four and is 1-1 on the season with a 1.80 ERA.
He's only allowed two earned runs in two starts this year; he was 7-2 with a 3.60 ERA in "night games" last season.
Bottom line: Boston will be looking for their first three-game win streak of the season while the Rangers are going to suffer their worst slide in two years.
Kevin Youkilis smashed a two-out RBI double in the 12 inning to clinch an 8-7 win over Texas last night.
Texas is sputtering, losing six in a row after a three-game winning streak.
I believe Buchholz will out duel his counterpart in this one; *10* NO-DOUBT ROUT on the RED SOX!
JR O'Donell
3* Portland