NBA Betting Odds & 2018 Playoffs Game 5 Preview: Miami at Philadelphia

NBA Betting Odds & 2018 Playoffs Game 5 Preview: Miami at Philadelphia

Written by on April 24, 2018

It looked like the Miami Heat were going to even up their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. Dwyane Wade, who had turned back the clock in Game Two to lead the Heat to a win up in Philadelphia, came alive again for 25 points, and the Heat did a better job patrolling the three-point Read More

Updated NBA Championship Odds - April 23rd

Updated NBA Championship Odds – April 23rd

Written by on April 23, 2018

Fifteen of the 16 teams that entered the National Basketball Association postseason are still alive — although the San Antonio Spurs are in a 3-1 hole, as are the Miami Heat (which explains their tumble to the bottom of the odds ladder). However, we have seen some huge shifts in the postseason moneylines. If you jumped on Philadelphia to win Read More

Boston at Milwaukee NBA Odds & Game 4 Preview - April 20th

Boston at Milwaukee NBA Odds & Game 4 Preview – April 20th

Written by on April 20, 2018

The Boston Celtics take a 2-0 series lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal round to Milwaukee, hoping to put the Bucks in a deep 3-0 hole on Friday night. The Celtics needed overtime to win Game One but then took the game to the Bucks in Game Two, winning convincingly, 120-106. The Bucks need to figure out what to do Read More

2018 Playoffs & Game 3 NBA Odds: Warriors vs. Spurs

2018 Playoffs & Game 3 NBA Odds: Warriors vs. Spurs

Written by on April 19, 2018

The Golden State Warriors rolled to a pair of easy wins in the first to games of their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the San Antonio Spurs, taking Game One by a 113-92 score and then following that up on Monday night with a 116-101 win. During the regular season, Golden State won three of four, although the Spurs won Read More

Indiana at Cleveland Game 2 NBA Lines & 2018 Playoffs Pick - April 18th

Indiana at Cleveland Game 2 NBA Lines & 2018 Playoffs Pick – April 18th

Written by on April 18, 2018

The Indiana Pacers opened their first-round series by taking the lumber to Cleveland on their own home floor, jumping out to a 20-point lead in the early going and then holding on for a 98-80 win. In his postgame interview, LeBron James pointed out that a 1-0 lead in the opening round was not intimidating, since he had led the Read More

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Predictions for First-Round

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Predictions for First-Round

Written by on April 17, 2018

The first round of the National Basketball Association’s playoffs are underway, and we already have intrigue. Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is tweeting out his displeasure at the team “babying” him instead of letting him participate in the postseason, particularly after Dwyane Wade turned back the clock in Game Two, scoring 28 points off the bench to lead Miami Read More

Updated 2018 NBA MVP Betting Predictions - April 17th Edition

Updated 2018 NBA MVP Betting Predictions – April 17th Edition

Written by on April 17, 2018

Last week, the ESPN Forecast Panel set out predictions for the major awards in the National Basketball Association for the 2017-18 year Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man, Most Improved — and Most Valuable Player. For NBA MVP betting enthusiasts who like to wager on awards, we’ll take a look at Read More

Updated NBA Championship Odds - April 16th Edition

Updated NBA Championship Odds – April 16th Edition

Written by on April 16, 2018

We’ve seen the first games of the opening round of the National Basketball Association’s playoffs come and go, and we’ve seen some surprises — such as New Orleans’ upset win in Portland, and the trouble that Houston had dispatching Minnesota. We saw Indiana demolish Cleveland in the first period and hold on for a convincing win, and we saw Philadelphia Read More

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Western Conference Matchups

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Western Conference Matchups

Written by on April 12, 2018

We didn’t know who the eighth playoff team in the NBA’s Western Conference would be until late on Wednesday night, as the Minnesota Timberwolves needed overtime to knock off the Denver Nuggets in a winner-take-all battle for the final seed in the postseason. With that win, Minnesota has the unenviable task of facing the top-seeded Houston Rockets in the first Read More

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Eastern Conference Matchups

2018 NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Eastern Conference Matchups

Written by on April 12, 2018

It took waiting through the last night of the NBA regular season, but sports betting enthusiasts have their matchups for the pro basketball postseason now. As far as the Eastern Conference goes, the big story right now is the Philadelphia 76ers, who ride a 16-game winning streak into the postseason (despite missing Joel Embiid for at least two or three Read More