BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs Game 1- Thursday, June 5

Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs Game 1- Thursday, June 5


BetAnySports’ Line: Spurs -4 and the Total is 198 1/2


The Miami Heat begin their quest for a third-straight NBA title this
Thursday night against the San Antonio Spurs in a rematch of last
season’s NBA Finals. All the action from the AT&T Center in San
Antonio is slated to get underway at 9 p.m. and the game will be
broadcast nationally on ABC.


The Heat took a fairly short route back to the NBA Finals with a
straight-up record of 12-3 in their first three series against
Charlotte, Brooklyn and Indiana. They have been a solid bet along the
way with a 10-5 record against the spread on BetAnySports’ closing NBA
betting odds for the games. The total went OVER in 11 of the 15 outings.


LeBron James has played like a man possessed in a few of his team’s
dominate victories in the postseason and he leads the team across the
board in points (27.1), rebounds (6.8) and assists (5.0). Dwyane Wade
has been able to stay healthy enough to add another 18.7 points per game
and to round-out the Big Three in Miami, Chris Bosh is scoring 15.2 PPG
and pulling down 5.7 rebounds a game. The Heat are averaging 99.1 PPG
while hitting 49.7 percent of their shots from the field and 39.5
percent from 3-point range.


San Antonio took a slightly longer route to its second straight
appearance in the NBA Finals with a 12-6 SU record in 18 previous
postseason games. It has not been a solid bet at times with a 9-9 record
ATS and the total has gone OVER in 10 of those 18 games. BetAnySports
has opened the Spurs as -130 favorites to win this series with Heat
listed as +110 underdogs, but holding onto that all-important home court
advantage has to start with a win on Thursday night.


Tony Parker has been the Spurs leading scorer in the playoffs with
17.2 PPG, but he is dealing with a sore left ankle that could cost him
some playing time not just in Game 1, but in the entire series if the
pain persists. Tim Duncan continues to be a force in the postseason with
16.5 points and a team-high 8.9 rebounds while Manu Ginobili has been
instrumental in the team’s success with 14.3 points off the bench. San
Antonio is averaging 106.6 PPG while shooting 48.2 percent from the
field and 39.2 percent from beyond the arc.


I see this series going the full seven games just like last season,
but as far as Game 1 goes I am taking the Heat and the 4 points on
BetAnySports’ current betting line. Miami may not get the SU win, but
this one is going down to the wire either way.

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs Game 1- Thursday, June 5

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 4- Tuesday, May 27

San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 4- Tuesday, May 27


BetAnySports’ Current Line: Thunder -2 1/2 and the Total is 207


The San Antonio Spurs will look to bounce back from a bad loss in
their best-of-seven NBA Western Conference Finals matchup against the
Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 this Tuesday night at Chesapeake Energy
Arena. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. (ET) and the game will be available on
TNT.


The Spurs looked unstoppable in the first two games of this series
with a pair of victories by a combined 52 points, but after trailing by
as many as 20 points in the closing minutes of Game 3, they came back
down to earth in a 106-97 loss as 2.5-point road underdogs on
BetAnySports’ closing NBA betting odds. They are now 7-2 straight-up in
their last nine games with a 6-3 record against the spread. The total
stayed UNDER the 208-point closing line in Game 3 and it has now stayed
UNDER in four of their last five games.


Tony Parker has been San Antonio’s leading scorer throughout these
playoffs with 19.1 points per game, but he only registered nine points
on Sunday night after going just 4-for-13 from the field. The team as a
whole has been hitting 50 percent of its shots from the field in the
postseason, but this number dropped to 39.6 percent in Sunday’s loss.
Manu Ginobili led the team in scoring in that losing effort with 23
points off the bench and Tim Duncan added 16 points and eight rebounds.


The Thunder are now 7-3 SU in their last 10 playoff games with a 6-4
record ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in six of their last eight games.
This was just the second time in their last 10 outings that they scored
more than 100 points and it was just the second time in that same
stretch that they held their opponent below the 100-point mark.


The biggest difference for Oklahoma City between the first two games
of this series and Sunday’s win was the unexpected return of Serge Ibaka
to the starting lineup. He was not supposed to play this entire series
with a serious calf injury, but that did not stop him from putting up 15
points to help pace the win. His biggest effect was on the other end of
the court on defense. The Thunder completely controlled the boards with
52 rebounds verse the Spurs’ 36. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook
combined for 51 points in Sunday’s win.


Home court should continue to have a heavy influence on this series
starting with another SU win by the slightly favored Thunder on Tuesday
night that covers BetAnySports current 2.5-point betting line for this game.

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 4- Tuesday, May 27

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week — Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers

Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers Game 2- Tuesday, May 20


BetAnySports’ Line: Heat -2 1/2 and the Total is 184 1/2


The NBA’s Eastern Conference Playoffs have gone chalk so far with No.
2 Miami squaring off against No. 1 Indiana in the Conference Finals.
The Pacers opened the series with an impressive 107-96 victory this past
Sunday as two-point home underdogs. The total went OVER the 182-point
closing line. BetAnySports has opened the Heat as 2.5-point road favorites for Tuesday night with the total set at 184.


Miami’s slow start out of the gate in Game 1 of this series led to a
10-point deficit at the half that it was never able to close. Dwyane
Wade led all scorers with 27 points and LeBron James added another 25
points to go along with 10 rebounds, but it was not enough. The Heat
looked sharp shooting the ball from the field with a field goal
percentage of 51.3, but when it came to hitting their shots from 3-point
range it was a whole other story by going just 6-for-23. They also lost
the battle under the boards by getting outrebounded 38 to 29.


The Heat cruised through their first two playoff series in nine
games. They eliminated Charlotte with four-straight wins and they sent
Brooklyn packing in five. However, they have now failed to cover against
the spread in three of their last four postseason games. The total has
gone OVER in five of their last six playoff games on the road.


Indiana has looked like a whole different ball club its past few
games then the one that needed back-to-back victories over Atlanta in
the opening round to win that series in seven games. It started off the
Conference Semifinals against Washington with a 102-96 loss as a
four-point home favorite, but got things in gear with a 4-1 SU run to
win that series in six games. The Pacers are now 7-2 SU in their last
nine games with a 6-3 record ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in nine of
their last 13 games.


All five Indiana starters scored in double figures in Game 1 with
Paul George leading the way with 24 points. The team shot an impressive
51.5 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from 3-point range as
opposed to a postseason average of 44.8 percent from the field and 38.2
percent from beyond the arc. It was just the second time in 14 playoff
games that the Pacers scored more than 100 points.


The home team in this showdown is a perfect 9-0 SU in the last nine
meetings, but I am bucking that trend for Tuesday night by taking Miami
minus the 2.5 points on BetAnySports’ current NBA betting line for this game.

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week — Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers

NBA Odds: The Return of the Pacers, Indy Eyes ECFs

For much of the 2013-14 campaign, the Indiana Pacers were a
certifiable league contender and juggernaut in the Eastern Conference –
then things started to go south. After nearly falling out of the running
altogether at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the
playoffs, Indy is back and finally starting to live up to their NBA
odds. Can they close the books on a Washington Wizards club that’s
trying to make club history?


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It’s been a while since the Wizards were a reputable title threat. In
fact, the team’s made it to the second round of the postseason just
once since 1982. In that 2005 series, they were swept by the Miami Heat.


While Washington has already improved they now face elimination as the Pacers have seemingly awoken from their spring slumber.


Suddenly Indiana, which limped to the finish line in the final months
of the regular season, is looking like the formidable force they’ve
been pegged as since being ousted in the Eastern Conference Finals last
season.


The resurgent club has 8/1 odds of winning the NBA championship to show for their progress.


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BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week

Portland Trail Blazers vs. San Antonio Spurs- Tuesday, May 6


BetAnySports’ Line: San Antonio -6 1/2 and the Total is 207


The final matchup in this year’s NBA Conference Semifinals gets
underway this Tuesday night when the No. 5 Portland Trail Blazers go on
the road to face the No. 1 San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of this
best-of-seven series. The game is set to get underway at 9:30 p.m. (ET)
and it will be broadcast nationally on TNT.


This will be the second series that Portland starts as an underdog
after its stunning 4-2 victory over Houston in the opening round. The
Trail Blazers started fast and hot against the favored Rockets by
winning three of the first four games straight-up (2-1-1 against the
spread) before closing things out with a 99-98 Game 6 thriller as
four-point home favorites. They did fail to cover in those final two
games and the total stayed UNDER in both.


To get out of the gate quick against the West’s top seed, Portland
will need another strong effort from LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian
Lillard. Aldridge led the team in scoring (29.8 points) and he pulled
down a team-high 11.2 rebounds over the six games against Houston.
Lillard was second in points with 25.5 and he led the team in assists
with 6.7 a game. The Trail Blazers shot 45.4 percent from the field and
36.4 percent from 3-point range while pulling down 42.7 rebounds a game.


The Spurs needed all seven games to get by Southwest Division foe
Dallas to advance to this round including a lopsided 119-96 victory in
this past Sunday?s Game 7 as seven-point home favorites. It was the only
game that San Antonio covered the spread in this series and it was
favored in all seven outings. The total went OVER the 197.5-point
closing line on BetAnySports and overall it has gone OVER in five of the
seven games.


The veteran leadership on this team stepped up its game when it had
to against the Mavericks so look to the likes of Tony Parker, Tim Duncan
and Manu Ginobili to try and gain the edge in this series with a win on
Tuesday night. Parker dealt with a sore ankle down the stretch but
still led the team with 19.9 points per game. Ginobili came off the
bench to average 17.7 PPG and Duncan added 17.3 points and 8.4 rebounds
in the winning effort. The Spurs averaged 103.1 points against Dallas
while shooting 49.7 percent from the field.


Portland comes into this matchup as a six-point road underdog on BetAnySports’
NBA betting line and the total has been set at 206. I think the road
team has a decent shot at covering on Tuesday night, but my top pick in
this one is the OVER on the total line.

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder — Tuesday, April 29


BetAnySports’ Betting Line: Thunder -7 and the Total is 186




Everyone knew that No. 7 Memphis was going to be a tough out in its
opening round best-of-seven series against No. 2 Oklahoma City and that
is exactly the case heading into Tuesday night’s Game 5. The Grizzlies
actually had a chance to take a commanding lead in this series, but
things got evened up at two games apiece in Saturday’s thrilling 92-89
overtime loss in a game that ended as a PUSH on BetAnySports’ closing line.


Memphis is 2-1-1 against the spread in this series and the total has
been evenly split 2-2. BetAnySports has listed the Grizzlies as
six-point road underdogs for this matchup with the total set at 186.5.
What they need to avoid is a huge swing in momentum after coming up
short in Game 4, but you have to believe that this team will be ready to
go for Tuesday’s 9 p.m. (ET) tip. They quickly bounced back from a
lopsided 100-86 loss in Game 1 as 7.5-point road underdogs with overtime
victories in the next two games.


Oklahoma City may have gotten caught looking past this series in its
quest for a NBA title, but you have to believe that Memphis has its full
attention in what boils down to a best-of-three affair. The biggest
difference in Saturday’s overtime win than the first three games of this
series was the added effort from the Thunders’ bench to get that win.
It had been the Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook show until Reggie
Jackson pumped-in 32 points in Game 4 to pace the much needed victory.


Durant has led the way in this series with 28.5 points per game and
Westbrook is a close second with 24.2 points, but these two combined for
just 30 points this past Saturday night. The Thunder are going to need
some additional support to regain the edge in this series with Durant
shooting 39.6 percent from the field and Westbrook hitting just 35.1
percent of his shots from the floor. These two have really struggled
from 3-point range and the team as a whole is shooting just 25.5 percent
from beyond the arc.


It is hard to see Oklahoma City losing this game on its home court,
but given the nature of this series with the last three games ending-up
tied at the end of regulation, I will gladly take Memphis and the six
points on BetAnySports’ betting odds for this matchup.

BetAnySports’ NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week

NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls — Tuesday, April 22

The Washington Wizards started the NBA Playoffs as the fifth seed in
the Eastern Conference and 4.5-point underdogs in this past Sunday’s
best-of-seven conference quarterfinal opener against the No. 4 Chicago
Bulls. After stunning the Bulls 102-93 in that game, they are now listed
by BetAnySports as 5.5-point road underdogs for Tuesday night’s Game 2 with the total
set at 181.5. Tip-off for this contest is set for 9:30 p.m. and the game
will be broadcast nationally from the United Center on TNT.


The Wizards finished four games behind Chicago in the standings and
they built up some momentum for this matchup by winning their final four
regular season games both straight-up and against the spread. The total
went OVER BetAnySports’ closing 178.5-point line in Game 1 and it has
now gone OVER in Washington’s last three contests.


The hot hand for the Wizards in Sunday’s nine-point victory was Nene
Hilario with 24 points while going 11-for-17 from the field. Marcin
Gortat added 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in the winning
effort. Washington shot 48.6 percent from the floor and it outrebounded
Chicago 45-39. All five starters in Saturday’s game scored in double
figures and Andre Miller added another 10 points off the bench.


The most stunning aspect of the Bulls’ loss in Game 1 was the fact
that their vaunted defense allowed 102 points after ranking first in the
NBA this season in points allowed (91.8). This was just the second time
in their last 10 games that the opposing team reached the century mark
against this team. Chicago went 8-2 SU in its final 10 regular season
games with a 6-3-1 record ATS. The total has now gone OVER in four of
its last five outings.


To avoid falling into a dreaded 0-2 hole with the next two games of
this series on the road, the Bulls will need to do a much better job
shooting the ball, especially from outside the perimeter. They hit 42
percent of their attempts from the field and when it came to shooting
the ball from 3-point range, they converted on just 5-of 20 attempts.
All five of Chicago’s starters ended the night in double figures and DJ
Augustin and Taj Gibson combined for 28 points off the bench. Joakim
Noah scored 10 points and he led the team in both rebounds (10) and
assists (4).


This matchup is a perfect opportunity to take the home team and lay
the points as the Bulls bounce back in a big way on Tuesday night to
even this series at one game apiece.

NBA Playoffs Pick of the Week: Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls — Tuesday, April 22

NBA Pick of the Week: Indiana vs. Orlando — Wednesday, April 16

Indiana vs. Orlando — Wednesday, April 16


This Wednesday marks the final day of regular season games in the NBA
and while the overall playoff picture in both conferences is pretty
much set, a few teams are still jockeying for position for a run at
winning a world title. The team at the top of that list is the Indiana
Pacers, who need to win their final game of the year this Wednesday
against Orlando to secure the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage in the
East all the way through the conference finals.





The Pacers had been able to keep Miami at bay all year long for the
top spot in the conference standings but a late-season swoon that
includes a very pedestrian 9-13 straight-up record in their last 22
games has really made things far too close for comfort down the stretch.





After going back and forth with the Heat for the past month or so in
the standings, this past Sunday’s 102-97 victory over Oklahoma City put
them just one more SU victory away from achieving their season-long
goal. Indiana closed as a one-point home underdog against the Thunder on
BetAnySports’ betting line.
It is now covered in two of its last three games after going a costly
1-11 against the spread in its previous 12 contest. The total went OVER
the 192-point closing line against the Thunder and it has now gone OVER
in its last six games.





Orlando has absolutely nothing to play for on Wednesday night other
than finally putting another dismal season to rest. Coming into Monday
night’s game against Chicago as 12-point road underdogs on BetAnySports’
current betting line, the Magic have just four SU victories in their
last 18 games. They have covered in three of their last four outings
after going 3-6 ATS in their previous nine games. The total has stayed
UNDER in four of their last five contests.





The Magic already lost Nikola Vucevic with a sore Achilles and Jameer
Nelson is listed as questionable heading into Monday night’s tilt
against the Bulls. Orlando has averaged 96.7 points per game this season
with Arron Affalo leading the way (18.5 points per game) and it is
shooting 44.5 percent from the field. Defensively, it is holding
opponents to an average of 101.9 points, which is ranked 18^th in the NBA.





The motivation to win this game remains extremely high for Indiana
assuming that the Heat can get by Washington on the road this Monday
night. If the Heat lose that game, this matchup suddenly becomes
meaningless, but I do not see that being the case. Take the Pacers and
lay the points if they still need to win to this game to clinch the top
spot in the East.




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NBA Pick of the Week: Indiana vs. Orlando — Wednesday, April 16