If the Indiana Pacers hold serve at home tonight in Game 4 of their Eastern semifinals series against the New York Knicks and go on to face Miami in the conference finals, they will have survived despite playing perhaps the worst stretch of NBA playoff history.
The Warriors won Game 4 at home in the last game in this series and with each team winning 1 on the road the Spurs have the home court advantage.
Oh how things have changed for these 2 teams in the last couple of weeks. The Red Sox were flying high with the best record in baseball not long ago, but they have lost 8 of their last 10 games and are 2.5 games back of the New York Yankees in the AL East.
The San Francisco Giants (23-15) head north of the border to take on the Toronto Blue Jays (15-24) in an interleague match up. The Giants have won 3 straight and they are in first place in the NL West 2.5 games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Venue/ Stadium: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Time/Date: 7:07 PM EST Tuesday, May 14, 2013
MLB Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: Giants +112 / Blue Jays -122 at GTBets.eu
Over/Under: 8.5 runs
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San Francisco Giants vs. Toronto Blue Jays Preview
The Blue Jays have been a major disappointment so far this season, as many expected them to win the AL East. They have won 2 straight, but are still in the basement of the AL East 9.5 games back of the New York Yankees. MLB lines have the Blue Jays as the home favorite tonight with a total of 8.5 runs.
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In their last games the Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 and the Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 12-4.
On the season the Giants have an Over/Under record of 21-16 and they have a run-line W/L record of 15-23 and the Blue Jays have an Over/Under record of 21-17 and they have a run-line W/L record of 17-22.
This season the Blue Jays are 7-12 at home and the Giants are 8-8 on the road.
The Giants have won 8 of their last 11 games facing the Blue Jays.
2 former Cy Young winners face each other tonight with Barry Zito going for the Giants and R.A. Dickey going for the Blue Jays.
Zito (3-1 2.75) had a solid outing in his last start, but he got no run support giving up only 1 earned run in 7 innings in a no-decision facing the Philadelphia Phillies. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]
Dickey (2-5 5.06 ERA) has struggled this season, but also had a solid start in his last outing giving up 2 earned runs in 6 innings in a no-decision against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Last season Melky Cabrera played for the Giants and was a key part to their early season success before being banned for 50 games positive testosterone test. He signed in the off-season with the Blue Jays and after a slow start he is hitting .353 in his last 8 games.
Zito is 5-12 with a 6.75 ERA in 17 interleague starts.
This season Dickey has pitched better on the road than at home, as in Toronto he has an ERA of 6.75 and on the road his ERA is 3.55.
In some betting trends for this interleague game the Giants are 4-1 in their last 5 games, 2 in Zito’s last 9 road starts, and they have an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
The Blue Jays are 1-4 in their last 5 home games, 0-4 in Dickey’s last 4 starts, and they have an Over record of 7-2 in their last 9 games.
Jason’s Pick: Going with the Giants in this one, as I think Zito will have another strong start while Dickey will struggle.
The Dodgers (15-21) have won 2 straight, but they have still been one of the more disappointing teams early in the season. They have a huge payroll, but it has not translated to wins, as they are 2-8 in their last 10 games, in the basement of the NL West, and they are 7 games back of the San Francisco Giants.
The Braves (21-16) have lost 3 straight games and 6 of their last 10 and now they only lead the Washington Nationals by 1 game in the NL East.
For the second year in a row and the third time in five seasons the New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals will go to Game 7 in a playoff series.
Nobody gave the Toronto Maple Leafs much of a chance in their Eastern Conference quarter final series with the Boston Bruins but after going down 3-1 in the series, the Leafs have rattled off two straight wins to force an improbable Game 7 between the storied rivals.
That gnashing of teeth you hear comes from the NBA offices in New York, where they are crunching numbers and figuring on lower TV revenue if the low-profile Memphis Grizzlies seal the deal in this series and take out Kevin Durant and the Thunder.
Larry Bird, who knows a thing or two about NBA playoff basketball, used to tell anyone who would listen that the key to winning a series is to get the job done in Game 4.
Next up. The Dallas Cowboys. One of my favorite tools in preparing for the 2013 NFL football season and to enhance your nfl wagering knowledge is to look ahead at each teams NFL schedule, and evaluate the games they will play.
The Spurs beat the Warriors in Game 3 on the road and with the win they took back home court advantage in this series. The Warriors did not shoot the rock well in Game 3 and the big concern for them is the injury that Stephen Curry sustained in the game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Boston Bruins in Game 5 Friday night down 3-1 in the series but probably deserving a better fate.
The Warriors have looked like the better team in this series and after they won Game 2 in San Antonio they now have the home court advantage. The Warriors are a team that is playing with a ton of confidence and their rotation creates major match up problems for San Antonio.
You can survive injuries to key players in the short-term in this man’s NBA, but as the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have learned, eventually you have to pay the bill.
The New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals have each held serve in their own building so far in their Eastern Conference quarter final series. Now the series moves back to Washington where the Rangers scored just one goal in the first two games of the series.
