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The Denver Nuggets host the New Orleans Hornets in the opening game of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series on Sunday (10:30 pm ET, TNT).
The Utah Jazz have no-one but themselves to blame for their precarious postseason positioning.
The Jazz faded down the stretch, eventually winding up in the Western Conference’s #8 spot. Since going 15-1 in a torrid stretch from February 2nd through March 10th, Utah sputtered to a 7-11 finish.
NBA Oddsmakers don’t give the Jazz much of a chance in their Best-of-7 series versus the Lakers, making bettors lay $2000 for every $100 they’d like to win by backing Los Angeles.
CappersPicks.com brings you another great day of Sports betting action, plus our experts weigh in with the best NHL & NBA Playoff picks on the web!
The Houston Rockets visit the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series on Saturday (10:30 pm ET, ESPN). The Rockets are 8-2 SU and 5-5 ATS over the past 10 meetings. Houston won 102-88 the last time the teams met on April 5.
The Houston Rockets look to take the upstart Portland Trail Blazers to school tonight in game one of the NBA Picks Playoff series. One focus of the Rockets will be Brandon Roy who is averaging 22.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this NBA Picks season. He’s had 55 games with 20 or more points, and 12 with 30 or more.
No NBA team has been worse in the postseason than Denver.
In fact, the Nuggets are just 2-16 SU & 3-15 ATS in their L18 playoff games.
The franchise believes those struggles are behind them, and for good reason. With the mid-season trade for Chauncey Billups, Denver acquired one of the league’s most clutch playoff performers, a player with a long history of postseason success.
The Cavaliers and Pistons have been longtime rivals in the NBA’s Central Division, but since Lebron James arrived in Cleveland, the clubs have also built an intense postseason rivalry as well.
They will get together once again in 2009, this time in the first round, and for a change, the Cavaliers are the heavy -3500 favorite.
Most bettors don’t give the Pistons much of a chance. Check the latest percentages on the NBA BETTING TRENDS page.
If the NBA playoffs are a “what have you done for me lately world”, don’t be surprised to see a sizeable upset in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
The #7-seeded Chicago Bulls enter as one of the hottest teams in the league as it prepares to take on defending champion Boston.
In fact, both teams were 12-4 in their L16 games. However, if the teams’ entire body of work is what matters, then it’s clearly advantage Celtics, who find themselves a -500 series favorite at Sportsbook.com.
Sportsbook.com is the home for NFL bettors craving some wagering action in April.
Will Matthew Stafford be the first overall pick when the Detroit Lions are at the podium next Saturday? How many quarterbacks will be taken in the first round?
Bet on any and everything Draft related right now at Sportsbook.com, the home of the most NFL Draft odds anywhere and a Mini-Mock Draft contest that could land one lucky member as much as $2,500.00 for their predictions.
The 2009 NBA Playoffs get started Saturday and betED.com has odds for all first-round Series, opening-games, and Championship and Conference winners.
The defending champion Boston Celtics get things started Saturday when they host the Chicago Bulls (12:30 pm ET, ESPN).
The series are set, the NBA playoff odds are up on the betting board, the betting public is having their say and the teams are getting ready to make their runs at the Championship.
As it stands, the Los Angeles Lakers are big -400 favorites to take the Western Conference and ditto for the Cleveland Cavaliers who are -300 to do the same in the East.
While straight online betting is slow and steady, it’s also kind of boring. Take off your glasses, loosen your belt and pop that collar up as we have some fun. With a cocktail of MLB, NHL and NBA and UFC 97 betting, we’ve got a weekend parlay to spice up your life and account.
As the basketball betting favorites to win the NBA title this year, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Lakers get the honor of leading our postseason NBA Power Rankings as we prepare for the second season to start on Saturday.
1. (1) Cleveland Cavaliers (66-16): They just missed tying the record for home wins, but they pushed Philadelphia to overtime with their scrubs.
Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus might have had a disappointing senior season but he can redeem himself in next week’s Draft, the NFL Draft that is… and you can bet on where you think he’ll end up at Sportsbook.com.
After starting at point guard in his first three years at Duke, the former high school All-American in both basketball and football lost his starting job this past season and saw his PPG average plummet from 11.4 as a junior to just 4.9 as a senior as Coach K gave the starting nod to Nolan Smith.
Excitement-wise, UFC betting has been a bit of a roller coaster in 2009. After starting the year with some massive events, it’s been in a bit of a lull, with no title fights since early February. Well, starting with Saturday’s UFC 97 odds, UFC betting will be on fire again until the end of the summer.
Finally the NBA Playoffs are upon us. Not a minute too soon Craig Trapp has heated up with his NBA Plays going 10-2 last 10 days!! Today Craig will break down the future odds for the Western Conference Championship. Some great value to be had if you can get past the huge favorite: Los Angeles Lakers.
The Betting Numbers
The Yankees opened as -200 favorites with an over/under of 9.
Recent Series History
This is the first meeting this year between the Indians and Yankees. Cleveland took four of the seven meetings last season and going back further, it has won seven of the last 11 following New York’s eight-game series winning streak at the end of 2006 and the start of 2007.
