Tuesday's Betting Tips
By Covers.com
Weather to watch
Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins – 17 mph winds are expected to be blowing out to right-centerfield.
Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies – 13 mph winds are expected to be blowing out to left-centerfield.
Who’s hot
NBA: The Spurs are 22-5-1 ATS in their last 28 home games.
NBA: Miami has covered in five straight home games.
NHL: The Los Angeles Kings are 6-0 in their last six road games.
MLB: The Brewers are 20-6 in Zack Greinke's last 26 starts.
Who’s not
NBA: The Pacers are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 games following a straight up loss.
NBA: The over is 1-4 in the Clippers' last five overall.
NHL: Under is 4-11-3 in the Coyotes’ last 18 overall.
MLB: Arizona had won just one of its last eight ahead of Monday's action.
Key stat
-6.75 - The San Antonio Spurs have a -6.75 rebounding margin in the playoffs, worst of all the remaining teams in the postseason. Luckily for Spurs supporters, San Antonio is also leading the playoffs in offense, averaging 102.2.
Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked
Chris Bosh, Miami Heat - Bosh has a strained abdominal muscle and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Monday after an MRI exam confirmed the injury. The 28-year-old Bosh suffered the injury in the first half of a 95-86 win over the Pacers on Sunday in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals. He had 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor and five rebounds in just 13 minutes when he left the game. Bosh averaged 15 points and 7.2 rebounds in the Heat's five-game win over the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs after averaging 18 points and 7.9 rebounds during the regular season.
Game of the day
Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat (-7.5, 185)
Notable quotable
“She died a hero. She was ready to go. She was tired, she was getting a little weak.” – Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton after the bat that produced eight of his nine homers last week finally suffered a small in Sunday’s win over the Angels. The bat is now heading to the MLB Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Hamilton hit .467 this past week with 18 RBI.
Notes and tips
Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin plans to play through his knee sprain despite the pain. He said he will suit up for Tuesday’s Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs after being held to 18 points and 6.4 rebounds in Los Angeles’ series win over Memphis.
Frank Francisco, the biggest culprit in the New York Mets' second bullpen meltdown in three games, could be losing his grip on the closer's role -- if he hasn't lost it already. Francisco gave up three runs and did not retire a batter in Sunday's 8-4 loss to the Marlins, leading manager Terry Collins to admit afterward that he is considering a change at closer. Collins will not make any decisions until the team arrives back in New York for the start of a four-game home stand Monday. "I've got eight options, or however many guys are down there," Collins said. "But I'm not going to address that right now. The emotions are running a little high tonight, and that's not a very good time to make a decision."
Russell Wilson made the most of his initial rookie camp with the Seahawks. By the end of the three days of workouts, head coach Pete Carroll deemed Wilson ready to enter the competition for the starting quarterback job with Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson. "He's in the competition. That is going to tax us, as we know," Carroll said Sunday. "It was already going to be taxing with two, but he's shown us enough that we need to see where he fits in with these guys."