Wednesday
Carolina was an easy winner yesterday and successfully played the NHL’s version of prevent defense in the 3rd, getting outshot 19-0. Shot totals tend to significantly skew toward the losing team in the 3rd period, but that’s kind of ridiculous. Not much doing tonight. Nashville at Vancouver is easily the best option, but Nashville played last night in Edmonton so they are excluded here. Charlotte at Brooklyn is the best of a typically garbage NBA end of season schedule.
First Bet of a Long Journey
Xavier -4 (and in teaser with Under 140) vs NC State
Well have our shining moments later in the week.
Cue the music (and sing to yourself, “Bad Decisions……Bad Decisions……Gambling Irresponsibly!!!):
BTW a PSA from Canada:
Tuesday
Phoenix was a winner yesterday, again failing to play three periods, this time taking the second off, but managed to come from behind to win 4-3. Single play today and it’s a very straightforward one, Carolina +150 @ Columbus
NBA Play
Raptors @ Hawks +3 -102 @ 13
Largely brain dead from St Patrick’s Day weekend so this will be a quickie. As I noted to Louis, it is nice when you have a big weekend, and you wake up Monday morning and don’t find a thread of mind-blowingly horrific bets. “Lakers moneyline? Devils over?? Fairfield second half?!?!?!”
MTD : -24.68
St. Patrick
Drinking in public and commuting are usually combined, tolerated and encouraged here in New York, but not today unfortunately. It’s very obvious around the city today who has a job and who is either a student, unemployed, or just doesn’t give a crap.
In what all four of you are here to read, we have a leaner on Phoenix tonight in the NHL equivalent of Fulham at Stoke and nothing doing on the other three games. I shall now resume tasting whiskeys from all 32 counties in Ireland. Meath is a +250 favorite.
One play tonight: Phoenix +150 @ Los Angeles
Luck of the Irish
So Miracle Covers contributor (and Suns fan) Nick and I went to the Celtics game last night vs the Suns. The story of the night wasn’t the miracle cover that happened at the end of the game, where the Suns went on a 10-0 run in the final 1:30 to beat the Celtics 87-80 (and cover the -4.5 point spread) as the Celtics chucked up wild shots like it was the final seconds of a Pop-A-Shot run.
The *real* story (and incredibly tilting) for me was losing the half time beer bet with Nick on the 10th graders (all white kids….so it was evenly handicapped). We got back to our seats late from a beer run and saw his team, the Green team, hit a set-shot 3……so he set the line at -2.
My team, the White team, then went on a 11-6 run with 1 minute to go (thanks to having the tallest kid on the court who grabbed so many rebounds maybe the Celtics should look at signing him). Then, out of nowhere, the Green team scores 6 points in the span of 20 seconds, mostly on long shots I couldn’t hit at that age on a regular basis………including hitting a meaningless 3 at the buzzer despite being up one when they had the ball and the last shot. I yelped in agony, Nick raised his arms in victory, and everyone in our section was looking at us like we had two heads as I am yelling furiously at these poor children, “Pass the ball! Rotate! Box Out! Forward!”.
Yes folks, we have a gambling problem (and yes, like most of those in the stadium, you probably bought a Mega Millions ticket too, you degenerates!).
And it was….a miracle cover.
Today’s bets:
NCAA:
NC State +9.5 (-105) vs Duke
St Bonaventure vs St.Josephs Under 142.5 (-115)
UFC 171:
Diego “The Dream” Sanchez vs Myles “Fury” Jury Under Rounds +200; Fight does not go distance +170 (try to watch Diego fight if you can, the guy is simply an animal. He always puts up good fights too, with 7 Fight of the Night awards, because the guy just goes forward, no hands up).
Alex “The Dominican Nightmare” Garcia wins fight -400 (good prospect)
Hector Lombard vs Jake Shields fight goes distance EVEN (These guys are both wrestlers, so that means alot of grabbing and hugging and all out boringness)
Robbie “Ruthless” Lawyer wins by Inside Distance +400 (a speculative play vs Johny Hendricks, but we are getting good odds on a guy who has been knocking out people since 2005)
Friday
Nothing doing yesterday and nothing remotely resembling a play tonight. I even figured out what day it is. Enjoy your weekend.
NHL Play
There are figuratively 4 million college basketball games on right now but I am taking a hockey game. Amazing, amazing stuff regarding Vancouver recently.
Edmonton Oilers +1.5 -113 @ St Louis @ 13
MTD : -11.68
Wednesday
Vancouver was a winner in a shootout last night in what I think was their first road win since January. Nothing doing today in NBA or NHL :(
Tuesday
Winners all around yesterday including our actual play on New Jersey and our leaner with Dallas I ultimately passed on. +3u day for anyone who played both. Not much today with only four NHL games. The best option is…Vancouver at Winnipeg. Any of you reading can play them and according to all of my metrics, I should too. I am passing.
In NBA we are watching Charlotte @ Washington for a potential play. Good luck out there.
