The Avs’ quick resurgence with a glut of young players – after the Joe Sakic/Milan Hejduk/Alex Tanguay glory years – has been remarkable. Minnesota hopes its fistful of marquee players and overall team cohesiveness are enough to gloss over potentially substandard goaltending.
The Cleveland Indians hope to eventually elevate their franchise to somewhere close to the rarified air where the Tigers have found themselves for the past several seasons: The class of the AL Central division.
Harbour Town measures just 7,101 yards but it is a tight track that favors accuracy over length. It was the third toughest par 71 on TOUR last year – greens were tough to reach and the fairways were tough to hit.
The NBA regular season comes to a close this Wednesday and while all 16 playoff spots have now been claimed, there are still a few lose ends that need to get tied up with the results of these final games.
The Wizards are 42-38-1 ATS with an O/U record of 41-40 and the Celtics are 39-40-2 ATS with an O/U record of 38-43. This season the Celtics are 16-24 at home and the Wizards are 21-19 on the road.
On the season the Mariners have an Over/Under record of 6-7 and a run-line W/L record of 8-5 and the Rangers have an Over/Under record of 5-9 and a run-line W/L record of 4-10.
This season has to be a huge disappointment for the Pistons. In an Eastern Conference that is not very good they still couldn’t crack the playoffs even though they made significant adjustments to the team in the offseason.
The Braves and Phillies had their game on Tuesday night postponed. The Braves took the opener by scoring 4 in the 9th but not off Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon.
The New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs face off on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium for game one of their interleague series in game one of a double header.
This two-game series was supposed to begin Tuesday, but was postponed due to rain.
The Philadelphia 76ers arrive in Miami on Wednesday ready to close out their a miserable 2013-2014 NBA regular season against the slumping Heat, who have already locked up a No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Date/Time: 8 PM ET, Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Venue:American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Broadcast: LOCAL
Spread: OFF as of 11am ET
Over/Under: OFF as of 11am ET
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Philadelphia (18-63) has had a season to forget. And after posting the second worst record in the NBA, will look forward to getting one of the top picks in the NBA draft.
The 76ers are just 8-32 on the road this season going 3-7 in their last 10, which included a 113-108 win over the Boston Celtics on Monday, behind favorite to win Rookie of the Year, Michael Carter-Williams’ 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists
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Carter-Williams is on fire as of late, shooting at least 50 percent from the field in six of his last eight games.
Meanwhile, the two-time defending champion Heat, will face either the Washington Wizards or Charlotte Bobcats in the first round of the playoffs, meaning this contest has no bearing on anything for them. So it is doubtful that they will play many of their starters — at least very much.
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Miami (54-27)rested LeBron James in Monday’s loss to the Wizards, while Dwyane Wade played just 18 minutes, before joining his fellow starters on the bench. Wade, who is working his way back from a hamstring injury, is expected to play Wednesday, however.
The Heat also rested Chris Bosh against Washington, as Miami lost its fifth of its last seven games. The Heat trailed by as many as 36 points in the loss, despite a great performance from veteran all star Ray Allen
The Sixers and Heat have split two meetings this season, including an upset by Philadelphia in its home opener on Oct. 30.
In that one, the Sixers led the Heat by as much as 19 points, holding on for a 114-110 win behind Carter-Williams’ 22 points, 12 assists and nine steals. Nevertheless, Miami has won its last 10 home games versus Philadelphia.
While Philadelphia has little to play for here, they should catch a break, as the Heat will be more interested in preparing their players for the postseason with a little rest.
Because of the unsure status of who will be playing though, I think the safe play here is on the over/under, once it is released.
Heat 101, Nets 94
The Regular season is done, the first round playoff matchups have been set and the razors have been put away for all of the participants in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs! Let the games begin, let the beards commence and let’s enjoy an intense two months of nail-biting hockey!
Two of the more offensively gifted teams in the NHL do battle in what should be a wide open first round playoff series that kicks off in Anaheim Wednesday night.
The puck drops on the NHL postseason on Wednesday night, one of the series features the league’s most storied franchise travelling to sunny climes to tangle with goal machine Steven Stamkos and the Lightning.
NHL Playoffs First Round Preview – Ducks vs. Stars
The Anaheim Ducks enter the NHL playoffs as one of the best teams in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, hoping to erase a disappointing first round exit from last year’s playoffs.
On the surface, the opening round playoff series between Metropolitan Division rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets has the makings of a blowout. The Penguins took all five regular season meetings between the teams by a score of 16-7.
The Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet in what was projected weeks ago to be a first round matchup of two teams that were close in the standings all season long.
