Friday 2/12/21 thread for handicapping service plays and expert predictions for NBA, NHL & NCAAB games
Dave Essler
3* GOY
Cal Riverside +1.5
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NBASELECTION
San Antonio Spurs
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Larry Hartstein
Murray St -12.5
Cleveland St -3.5
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Matt Severance
Atlanta -1.5
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Ben Burns
YEAR OF THE OX FAN APPRECIATION CBB PERSONAL FAVORITE
VCU -3
Manhattan 6.0
550 DAL -2.0
STL (-123)
DET 8.5
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IC
Blues (3U)
Nice +2 (3U)
Day/Cantlay (3U)
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Scott Spreitzer
VCU -2.5 (6U)
Blues (7U)
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Insider Sports Report
4* St. Bonaventure/V.C.U. UNDER 135 (NCAAB)
3* Nebraska +15 over Illinois (NCAAB)
3* Cleveland +4.5 ov
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H&H Sports
NBA
Triple Dime - New York Knicks -135 (Moneyline)
CBB
Triple Dime - Temple +7 (-115)
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IC
3 Unit Clemson -3.5
5 Unit New Orleans -3.5
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Scott Spreitzer
Pelicans +3 (3U)
Cavs +3.5 (3U)
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Asa
Blowout Quinnipiac
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Cleveland Insider NBA
Magic +9
Pistons +8
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Michael Crosson
NBA - Friday
Milwaukee Bucks vs Utah Jazz
Time: 9:05pm - TV: NBA League Pass
Best Bet - Utah Jazz -2
Player Prop Best Bet:
Khris Middleton over 2.5 made three-point attempts (+142)
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Jonathan Willis
NBA
Los Angeles Lakers -6.5
Dallas Mavericks/New Orleans Pelicans Over 232
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Kevin Rogers
Milwaukee Bucks +3
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A-PLAY (Chip Chirimbes)
NBA - Best Bet - Cleveland Cavaliers +4
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EW SPORTS PICKS
5 Unit NBA Minn T.Wolves+3.5
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Matthew Turner
College Basketball Parlay Of The Week
Rice+11
Georgia Tech+4
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Doug Upstone
Utah -2- 3 unit
NO. -+3. 3 unit
Charlotte -3- 3 unit
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Dr Bob
Best Bet – (872) *WESTERN ILLINOIS (-5.5) over Denver U to -7
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David Singh
College Hoops Top Rated Must Win Move - Clemson Tigers -4 over Georgia Tech
3 - OKC Thunder +12 over Denver
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Bet the Prop
NBA
Bryn Forbes (MIL) U17.5 PRA, -110 DK, -124 Pinnacle
U17, -108 PB works too. Pass at 16.5
Forbes has totals of 21 & 17 in two starts for Jrue Holiday this week, but he's running insanely hot -- shooting .720 from the field. He's a career .408 shooter, though, so looking for some regression here in a tough matchup with Utah. They're now second only to Houston when it comes to forcing PRA unders. All players facing them are going under 63% of the time, while SGs specifically are going under 62.5%. Their -5.3 Deff vs SGs is seventh-best. He's probably going to need to stay hot (or get more than the 8-9 attempts he's been getting as a starter) to hit this because he doesn't add much in the Reb/Asst department, averaging just 1.1/0.5 on the year.
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Jack Winningham
Utah Jazz
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Bet the Prop
NBA
Rui Hachimura (WAS) > Dillon Brooks (MEM), PRA, -118 PB
For alts: I like both Rui O22.5 and Brooks U22.5, split them or take one (maybe slight preference to Rui over, but I like both plays)
Rui gets a tough/slow matchup with NYK but also benefits from a big volume boost with Bradley Beal out. Even with Beal playing, he has PRA totals of 29 & 25 over his last two, and the splits look great, with Rui getting a considerable bump in volume and usage with Beal off the court. Brooks has a wide range out outcomes but they skew lower against the Lakers, against whom he had 19 & 20 PRA against this year. 9.7% gap in projection.
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Jack Banks
10* CBB Conf Revenge Crusher!
Gardner Webb
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CAL SPORTS
Game: (549) New Orleans Pelicans at (550) Dallas Mavericks
Date/Time: Feb 12 2021 7:35 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Consensus Line
Play Rating: 5%
Play: Total Over 233.5 (-110)
#549/#550 5% OVER 233.5 New Orleans/ Dallas
The daily Wagertalk NBA Stat Sheet I do daily tells us that New Orleans is 15-8-1 O/U on the season. The Pelicans went under in each of their first 6 road games but have gone 5-0-1 Over the L6 road games and they are 11-1-1 O/U their last 13 games overall The Mavs have gone over 4 straight at home by 23 PPG and are 10-2-1 O/U their last 13 games. Dallas has allowed their last 5 foes to shoot 50.5% while the Pelicans are shooting 51.8% their last 5 games. If you think the total is high....when an NBA game has had a total of 233.5 or higher the last two seasons they are 21-12 O/U (63.6% to the over).
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OSKEIM SPORTS
Game: (861) Cal Irvine at (862) Cal Riverside
Date/Time: Feb 12 2021 7:00 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Consensus Line
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Cal Riverside +2.0 (-110)
UC Irvine is an entirely different team away from home this season as the Anteaters are 2-5 SU and 1-5 ATS on the road where they averaging a paltry 61.0 points per game on 40.1% shooting from the field and 27.4% from beyond the arc. Those numbers will continue to decline against a very good UC Riverside defense that is limiting opponents to a mere 37.3% shooting from the floor and 29.8% from three-point territory at home.
Overall, the Highlanders are ranked 3rd in the nation in field goal percentage defense (37.26) and 31st in three-point field goal percentage defense (29.7). I also like the fact that UC Riverside is ranked 24th in the country in three-point field goal percentage (38.23) whereas the Anteaters are just 162nd from beyond the arc offensively.
Technically speaking, Riverside is a profitable 8-2-1 ATS in its last eleven home games versus teams with a losing home record, 5-1 ATS in its previous six games overall, and 3-0-1 ATS in its last four games as an underdog. Let's also note that the home team is 4-1 ATS in the previous five meetings in this series while the Anteaters are 2-5-1 ATS in their last eight road affairs.
Grab the points with the live home underdog as the wrong team is favored in this game.
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Will Rogers
10* HORIZON LEAGUE O/U OF MONTH
Under Northern Kentucky
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The whale 365
spurs +2
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Big Al
NCAA HOOPS ELITE INFO WINNER!
Nebraska-Omaha
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