Basketball

Pacers vs Heat Pick NBA – May 22nd

Written by Chris S | Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

At long last the Eastern Conference Finals have arrived.  After five days of inactivity, the East rejoins the party.  How long of a layoff was there?  For two days the media had to contrive a “Frank Vogel disrespected the Heat out of thin air (have you ever heard a Frank Vogel interview???  He’s hilarious, flip, [...]

Grizzlies vs Spurs Pick NBA – May 21st

Written by Chris S | Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Game One of the Western Conference Finals wasn’t ever particularly competitive.  The Spurs raced out to a double-digit lead early and kept a comfortable margin for most of the game.  Will they be able to replicate the performance in Game Two and take a commanding 2-0 lead? Let’s dig inside a few of tonight’s key [...]

Grizzlies vs Spurs Pick NBA – May 19th

Written by Chris S | Sunday, May 19th, 2013

I’m not gonna lie, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when J.R. Smith’s garbage-time three pointer bounced off the rim with three seconds remaining to narrowly avoid a garbage backdoor cover by the Knicks.  Alas, the shot, like nearly everything that left Smith’s hand this series, came up empty, and the Pacers closed out [...]

Knicks vs Pacers Pick NBA – May 18th

Written by Chris S | Saturday, May 18th, 2013

It’s time to get back on track with our NBA picks.  We’ve had a few losing days in a row, but still a very positive month of May at 58% ATS.  Thursday’s picks suffered when Pacers point guard George Hill was scratched.  I’m not making excuses, because injuries happen and no wager is ever going [...]

Spurs vs Warriors Pick NBA – May 16th + Bonus Pick

Written by Chris S | Thursday, May 16th, 2013

We had a rough night last night, dropping both of our NBA picks.  Also getting dropped last night were the Oklahoma City Thunder.  You have to feel for Kevin Durant who played fantastic but had several misses and turnovers in the final minutes of several key games, including a missed shot last night with four [...]

Grizzlies vs Thunder Pick NBA – May 15th + Bonus Pick

Written by Chris S | Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

The Pacers took firm control of the series last night while JR Smith and the Knicks continued to struggle mightily.  After a convincing win (and easy cover) the Pacers will try to close out the series tomorrow night in New York. Meanwhile, our winning streak came to a close with Golden State’s first really poor [...]

Warriors vs Spurs Pick NBA – May 14th + Bonus Pick

Written by Chris S | Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

You know things are going well when you get a favorite that covers in overtime… such is the current streak for me, with two more wins last night pushing the NBA Playoff streak to 8-1 ATS over the last nine games.  Let’s try to keep it going with two more great games tonight. One game [...]

Heat vs Bulls Pick MLB – May 13th + Bonus Pick

Written by Chris S | Monday, May 13th, 2013

The Warriors lived up to their nickname yesterday, battling back against the Spurs to force overtime and eventually winning to keep their hopes of advancing alive.  They will head to San Antonio Tuesday night knotted at two games apiece and, hopefully, with another two days for Steph Curry to rehab his hurt ankle.  The overtime [...]

Spurs vs. Warriors Pick NBA – May 12th

Written by Chris S | Sunday, May 12th, 2013

  The favorites (if you consider the Pacers and Grizz the favorites, which Vegas currently does) all reared up and took Game Three of their series, thereby re-wresting home court advantage and putting themselves in a great statistical place as far the odds of winning the series. Today, our plucky underdog Warriors, who are currently [...]

Knicks vs Pacers Pick NBA – May 11th + Bonus Pick

Written by Chris S | Saturday, May 11th, 2013

So much for the plucky underdogs… after an opening week that saw each conference semifinal series tied at a game apiece, the underdogs returned home with home court advantage seized.  They promptly gave home court advantage right back – both the Bulls and Warriors lost and lost by relatively comfortable final margins. Neither of those [...]