Timberwolves vs Warriors NBA Picks
The Timberwolves are out of the playoffs so you have to wonder how high their motivation will be, especially playing the second game of a back to back so far from home.
The Timberwolves are out of the playoffs so you have to wonder how high their motivation will be, especially playing the second game of a back to back so far from home.
The Oakland Athletics will make the trip over to Anaheim to open up a three-game set with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. The Athletics come to town having won six of their last seven games, while the Angels have wins in three of four.
It hasn’t been long since Connecticut won its fourth national title at the end of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, but odds for next season’s title are already out.
The Bengals are coming off a AFC North Division championship and are far from starting from scratch. Even though their defense is highly rated – they were 5th in yards allowed – there is a whole to fill up front with the departure of Michael Johnson at defensive end.
On the season the Nationals have an Over/Under record of 4-5 and a run-line W/L record of 6-3 and the Braves have an Over/Under record of 2-6 and a run-line W/L record of 5-4.
This early-season NL Central tilt is a case of the haves and have-nots in baseball.
The Cardinals (5-4) seem to be in the thick of the World Series race all the time, while the Cubbies (3-6) are stuck in a perpetual re-build, even with savvy Red Sox legend Theo Epstein making the decisions.
The Red Sox will aim to bounce back from Thursday’s series opener loss against the Yankees, with a win in game two of a four game series on Friday in the Bronx.
The Toronto Blue Jays will head down to Maryland to begin a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. Toronto is coming off a disappointing end to their series with Houston, dropping the third game after winning the first two, while Baltimore has turned things around after a slow start, winning three of its last four games.
The New York Knicks will continue their chase for the playoffs on Friday by making a trip north of the border, where they will take on the Toronto Raptors, who themselves are jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference standings.
The 76ers are putting the finishing touches on a supremely bad season but unless something dramatic happens they still won’t finish with the worst record in the league.
This is the match-up that everyone in the basketball world has been stewing over for most the 2013-14 season.
The Heat (53-25) are the “Evil Empire” sort of team that everyone is looking to knock off: Well-established narrative there. But the Pacers (54-25) have been the subject of much analysis and head-scratching over the last few weeks.
The Bobcats are 46-29-3 ATS with an O/U record of 36-40-2 and the Celtics are 37-39-2 ATS with an O/U record of 35-43. This season the Celtics are 15-24 at home and the Bobcats are 17-22 on the road.
Golden State and Los Angeles will meet for the fourth and final time this season, with the Warriors looking to clinch a playoff spot with its third win this season over the Lakers on Friday.
The Denver Nuggets pulled off a big upset on Wednesday, defeating a heavily favored Houston Rockets. They will now travel to northern California to take on the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland in game three of a four-game season series.
The Spurs are 43-35 ATS with an O/U record of 42-35-1 and the Mavs are 43-36 ATS with an O/U record of 43-36. This season the Mavs are 25-14 at home and the Spurs are 29-10 on the road.
Even the crappy teams in the NHL have to play out the full 82. Yes, Toronto Maple Leafs, that means you. Toronto’s recent 2-10 slide ensures that it will be missing the postseason for the eighth time in the last nine seasons.