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Sacramento Kings -3
Toronto Maple Leafs -130
Dallas/St. Louis Under 5.5
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Basketball
3 units on Butler -5.5
3 units on Portland State -6More later
Free Pick Akron -12.5
3 units on Oklahoma City +3.5
3 units on Butler -5.5
3 units on Portland State -6
3 units on Florida +145
3 units on Edmonton +160
3 units on Dallas +115
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5* Georgetown
4* Kent State, Notre Dame, Portland State, Butler
3* Weber State, Western Michigan, Western Kentucky
Hurley
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Butler -6
Rutgers +11
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MAC GAME OF THE YEAR
Ohio U
Ron Raymond
5* Columbus Blue Jackets +120
BRIAN EDWARDS
Seton Hall vs South Florida
Pick: Seton Hall -4
Seton Hall has been a lucrative team to wager on all year long, especially lately. The Pirates are in the midst of a 12-4 against-the-spread run. They closed the regular season by winning at Cincy in overtime. Bobby Gonzalez's team has won all six head-to-head meetings since USF joined the Big East, with the Hall going 5-1 ATS in the process. This number should be higher. Give me the 'chalk.'
Mark Franco
Utah at Indiana
Play: Utah -3.5
Good health has been a key factor for the Utah Jazz during their longest winning streak in nearly a decade. The Jazz look to win 12 straight for the first time in nearly 12 years when they visit the Indiana Pacers.The Jazz have won four of their last five against the Pacers, including a 120-113 home win in the teams' only previous meeting this season Jan. 12. Okur scored a career-high 43 points in that game, and Williams andAndrei Kirilenko added 23 apiece. The Jazz keep rolling.
MTi Sports
Charlotte at San Antonio
Play: San Antonio -5
The Bobcats have won and covered six straight, but they played a lot of weak teams. Their only win as a dog among the six games is their most recent, when they beat the Knicks 114-105 getting 3’ in New York. Compared to the teams they beat, this is a huge step up in class. The Spurs are 42-20 and in a battle for playoff position. They have been terrific recently. They are 7-3 their last ten, with their only losses as a dog vs the Cavs, Mavs and Blazers. The Bobcats at home shouldn’t be a problem.In their first meeting this season, the Spurs won 86-84 laying 4 in Charlotte. Okafor played well going 6-of-9 from the field, while Duncan led the Spurs well-balanced attack with 17 points. San Antonio was playing their third game of a four-games-in-five days stretch and both Finley and Parker shot poorly. Finley was 1-of-9 including 0-7 from three-point range and Parker was 3-of-11. The fact that the Bobcats came close to the upset in the first meeting will only have the Spurs more focused here. San Antonio is 9-0-1 ATS at home after winning the previous matchup on the road in which Tony Parker was NOT the Spurs' high scorer and the Bobcats are 0-4 ATS (-14.0 ppg) on the road when seeking revenge for a road loss in which Emeka Okafor shot better than 66% from the field.San Antonio is off a win over the Suns in which they got to the foul line 14 times more than the Suns, had 20 assists and only ten turnovers. Looking at trends from THIS season only, the Spurs are 5-0 ATS (+10.7 ppg) after a win in which they made fewer baskets than their opponent and 4-0 ATS (+9.8 ppg) as a home favorite after a game in which they had an assist to turnover ratio of at least two.Over the last couple of games, Michael Finley has played a more balanced game, focusing on rebounds, picks, assists as well as taking advantage of a scoring opportunity when it arises. This is to the Spurs benefit. San Antonio is 7-0 SU winning by an average of 17.1 ppg and 7-0 ATS covering by an average of 8.9 ppg when they are at home off two home wins in which Michael Finley played more than 20 minutes and took fewer than ten shots in each.In their four visits to San Antonio, the Bobcats have been given 16, 14’, 11 and 11’ points. Here they are getting only six. The reason is not that the Bobcats have gotten a lot better, the reason is that the Bobcats have faced; the Kings, Warriors, Clippers, Bulls, Hawks and Knicks in their last six games. We’re getting loads of line value here. Lay the points.
MTi’s FORECAST: SAN ANTONIO 102 Charlotte 83
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NEW YORK KNICKS
Lenny Del Genio
INDIANA PACERS
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NEW YORK KNICKS
Nick Parsons
BUTLER
John Ryan
Calgary Flames +125
Ai Simulator 7* graded play on Calgary as they face New jersey slated to start at 7:05 EST. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 337-375 for just 46% winners since 1996, but has made a whopping 78.1 units exploiting false favorites. I absolutely love system like this one. Play against home favorites of -200 or less against the money line that are good teams outscoring their opponents by 0.3+ goals/game and after playing a game where 7 or more total goals were scored. Here is a 2nd system that has gone 61-44 making 35.8 units since 1996. Play on road dogs of +100 to +150 against the money line after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game facing an opponent after scoring 3 goals or more in 4 straight games. Here is a third system that has gone 63-41 making 26 units since 2003. Play against home teams when the money line is -100 to -150 after playing a road game facing an opponent after playing 3 consecutive road games. Calgary a very strong 16-4 against the money line (+12.1 Units) against good starting goalies saving >= 91.5% of shots against this season. Take Calgary.