Black Magic
NCAA Basketball:
5 Unit Black Magic CBB Dog of the Weekend on Fairfield +9
Fairfield could easily win this game outright Sunday, but it is definitely certain that they will stay within the spread as this one comes down to the wire. Fairfield is 7-0 SU in their last 7 games going 6-1 against the spread during this amazing hot streak. We will ride the horse that is cashing in at the pay window quite frequently as they have clearly saved their best basketball for the end of the season. Fairfield already beat Rider by 12 points earlier this year. Going on the road hasn’t been a problem for Fairfield as indicated by their 9-4 ATS mark in road games. Fairfield is 7-0 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 12 points over the last 2 seasons. Fairfield is 6-0 ATS in road games off a home win over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with Fairfield as the underdog.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Oregon -10
Oregon will whoop up on their intra-state rivals in the Oregon State Beavers Sunday. Oregon State is the worst team in the nation. Oregon State has lost countless games in a row now. In their last 12 games, OSU has lost 10 of the 12 by double-digits. They lost their last home game by 38 points to a mediocre Washington team with a final of 59-97. Oregon is 8-2 ATS after playing a road game this season. Oregon State is 0-8 ATS in home games after 1 or more consecutive losses this season. Cash in with Oregon as the favorite.
NBA:
3 Unit Sharp Play on Golden State Warriors -5.5
The Warriors as just a small home favorite is the gold mine of the NBA tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers have struggled mightily as of late by losing 8 of their last 11 games overall. The Warriors are coming off a 22-point home victory over an underrated 76ers’ team. The Warriors are 20-10 at home this season while putting up 113 points per game. The Blazers are just 9-20 in all road games this year. Portland is 11-24 ATS when playing 8 or more games in 14 days over the last 2 seasons. Golden State is 32-18 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons. Cash in with Golden State as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Boston Celtics -10.5
The Celtics will put the Atlanta Hawks in their place tonight in Boston. Boston is 25-4 at home this season while outscoring their foes by 12 points per game. Boston already beat the Hawks by 23 points at home earlier this season. The Celtics beat Atlanta by 21 points in their previous home meeting as well. Atlanta is 7-21 in road games while scoring just over 90 points per game. They don’t generate enough offense to hang with the Big 3 in Garnett, Allen and Pierce today. Boston is 14-5 ATS after a game where they made 12 or more 3 point shots this season. Atlanta is 6-17 ATS in road games revenging a same season loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with Boston as the favorite.
Billy Coleman
4* Dallas
3* Golden State
3* Loyola Maryland
3* Maryland
3 * Vancouver (NHL)
ATS Consultants
Atlanta covers over Boston 98-101 Best Bet
Minnesota over Seattle 94-85 Preferred Play
Michigan State over Indiana 78-63 Preferred Play
L.A. Kings over Minnesota - Preferred Play
Over in the Atl/Pittsburgh game - Preferred Play
Wunderdog MLB
Game: Florida vs. St. Louis
Pick: Florida +130 (moneyline)
Kyle McClennen gets the ball for the Cards vs Scott Olsen of the Marlins. This is a neutral field game, and getting this kind of value on the Marlins is worth a play. The Cards had trouble scoring last spring, and were held to 2 runs by these same Marlins yesterday, and we expect Florida to come out on top again.
Game: Minnesota at Boston
Pick: Minnesota +145 (moneyline)
Livan Hernandez makes his Twins debut today, as he will face-off against Tim Wakefield. The Red Sox have won the first two and with those wins, has come an increasing line. The value is now on the Twins. We don't see many spring lines in this range, and seldom do you see a team win three straight vs another team down here in consecutive days, so we will play on the Twins here.
Game: Philadelphia at New York Yankees
Pick: Philadelphia +155 (moneyline)
The Phillies send Cole Hamels to the mound vs Andy Pettitte. This is just too big of a line on a spring training game. The Phillies have been producing runs early, as they have averaged 5.5 in the four games they have played. This will be the Yankees second game, after handling the Phils yesterday. We look for the Phillies to get even today.
Black Magic Sports
1 Unit on L.A. Lakers -5.5
The Lakers are coming off a tight loss at Portland that may have actually been a good thing for them heading into this showdown with Dallas. It snapped their 10-game winning streak and should make the Lakers even more focused when they take on the Mavs at home Sunday. The Lakers have gone 17 straight games now without losing a home game. Pau Gasol has been a great fit for this Triangle offense and he’s getting better as each game passes by. The Lakers are 20-7 at home this year and winning their home games by 9 points per. Dallas is actually 3 games below .500 away from home this season. Dallas is 3-17 ATS in a road game where the total is greater than or equal to 200 over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with the Lakers as the favorite.
Black Widow Sports
1* on Iona -5
Iona plays a Manhattan squad tonight that is just 5-9 in road games and only 2-9 ATS in their 11 lined road games this season. Manhattan has lost 5 straight road games by double-digits each. They aren’t even competing away from home and Iona will continue to stomp the Jaspers into the ground Sunday. Manhattan is 3-14 ATS after a game where they failed to cover the spread this season. Iona is 7-1 ATS after failing to cover 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread this season. Take Iona and lay the points.
Info Plays
3* on New Jersey Nets +5
New Jersey now has Devin Harris playing after returning from injury in his trade over to the Nets from the Mavs. Harris is an underrated player in this league and knows how to run a team. San Antonio is just 2-10 ATS in road games after 2 or more consecutive wins this season. The Spurs squeaked out a 2-point victory at Milwaukee last night. This emotional game will take its toll tonight when the Spurs try to win a second game on the later end of back-to-back road games. The Spurs are 1-8 ATS in road games after 3 or more consecutive wins this season. Bet New Jersey at home.
Marco D'Angelo
Boston Celtics -10.5
Matty O'Shea
New Orleans Hornets -6
JWhip
Michigan State -5
JB
Atlanta Hawks +10.5
Game Day
3* Tennessee
2* Michigan St
Special K
Atlanta Hawks +11
CAL SPORTS
4.5 Total of the Month UCLA UNDER
Sportsaction 365
Atlanta Hawks
PPP
5* LSU
4* Kentucky, Sienna
3* Depaul, UCLA
Doc NHL
4* Phil. + 190
Spritzer
direct line.........................ucla
ko.................................maryland
ko.................................cincy
tko big 10 gom................mich st
4 star.......................tenn
nba mismatch gom................hornets
ko...............................lakers
Cokin
fat man plays............maryland, temple
window............................cincy
under the hat....................tenn
3 star......................maryland
under the hat..........................cavs
3 star..........................nets
Feist
total.....................nd over 56.5
inner circle...................st joes
5 star.......................loy md
total.................rockets over 07
platinum..................raptors
inner circle....................celtics
5 star........................cavs
4 star.....................pacers
Razor Sharp
Diamond Club Play: UCLA -5
Regular Service:
50 Stars: Indiana +5
20 Stars: Orgegon -10
Winning Points Online NBA.
**PREFERRED
OVER 184.5 San Antonio at New Jersey
The road team played yesterday and if they weren't already a BEST BET in the main paper,there would be a vengeful BEST BET on New Jersey here against San Antonio in retaliation for the Spurs not winning by enough last night.When you are rested, have scorers like Carter,Jefferson and Devin Harris, and have the personnel to play an up-tempo game against a team that played the night before and is forced to travel, you go out and do it and force them to play your way. The Nets also have an array of big bodies to foul and draw fouls against Duncan -- Kristic, Swift, Boone,DeSagana Diop (Do-Doo, Do-Do-Do). Swift alone got 5 fouls in just 19 minutes against Milwaukee the other night. Hey, they'll appreciate that less and less from the guy as time goes on but for tonight, it'd be okay. No score published in the main paper? What's up with that?
OVER FIRST HALF: NEW JERSEY, 52-48
OVER FULL GAME: NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY, 105-98
Gold Medal Club
Notre Dame @ Depaul
DEPAUL +5
Wolkosky Milan
10* DALLAS +6½
10* TORONTO -3½
10* SAN ANTONIO -5
10* GOLDEN STATE -5½
10* DEN/HOU UNDER 206½
FERRINGO
1.5-Unit Play. Take #527 Notre Dame (-4.5) over DePaul
I guess this is supposed to be some sort of trap because of the line movement, but I just don’t see it. DePaul has gotten rocked by the top tier of the Big East and is 1-5 ATS in its last six road games. The Irish are coming off a loss so I don’t anticipate a letdown here. They are simply better than a bad DePaul club that has dropped eight of nine. DePaul has lost by 12 (WVU), 20 (UL), 5 (SU), and 16 (G-Town) to the top of the BE. They are outclassed and will have no answer for Luke Harangody underneath and the N.D. shooters should take care of this one late.
2.5-Unit Play. Take #530 Michigan State (-5) over Indiana
The Spartans are 17-0 at home, where they have looked like a Top 10 teams at time. On the road is another story. But in the IzZone today they should be able to manhandle an Indiana team that has performed well against road numbers but hasn’t performed that well on the road for anyone watching. They barely escaped Northwestern with a win and that was their last road test in three weeks. Before that they beat bottom feeders Ohio State and Illinois, but were hammered at Wisconsin. Michigan State was actually leading their last meeting 10 minutes into the game, but then IU started hitting everything it could throw at the basket and pulled away for an easy win. I think the tables get turned, and without an emotional home crowd behind them the Sampson-less Hoosiers get spanked.
2.5-Unit Play. Take Fairfield (+9) over Rider
The Stags always seem to be peaking at this point of the season and I think they could jump up and bite the Broncos today on Senior Night. Fairfield just beat Rider by 12 two weeks ago in a game where both teams shot over 50 percent from the field and from 3-point land. Fairfield has won seven straight games (6-1 ATS) while Rider has endured a 2-3 SU slide while going 1-5 ATS in their last six. I think some of that may have to do with a pair of freshmen starters hitting the wall. Rider just shot 55 percent from the field and Jason Thompson put up 33 points and Rider still couldn’t cover against lowly St. Peters. I think that’s a bad sign. Fairfield will not win this game but they will stay competitive and won't beat themselves.
Also leaning heavily on LSU, Loyola, MD, Clemson and Duquesne.
John Ryan
Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets
Play: Denver Nuggets
Ai Simulator 3* graded play on Denver – AiS shows a 73% probability that Denver will lose this game by 4 or fewer points and has a 50% probability of ending Houston’s incredible winning streak. Despite the incredible winning streak and all of the associated accomplishments with previous season winning streaks of the same type Houston is just not in a good role for this game tonight. Note that they are just 17-33 ATS in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons; 9-20 ATS in home games versus good foul drawing teams that are attempting >=27 free throws/game over the last 2 seasons; 11-23 ATS in home games versus good offensive teams scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons. On December 20th Denver defeated Houston 112-11 and note that Houston is just 10-24 ATS in home games revenging a close loss versus opponent of 3 points or less since 1996. Take Denver.