1-3 yesterday and look to rebound today will a full slate of baseball and game 2 of the NBA finals.  After a few nice winning days and yesterday a losing day, it's crucial not to go on tilt after a day like that and remember to use money management skills like the ones we talk about in our betting philosophy tab.  I NEVER guarantee plays or call them "locks".  My highest rating of play is 5 star ($500) and would never guarantee it or call it a "lock".  As always, below is my record breakdown by sport, by TOP play and by star rating. 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY – 27-15-1 (64.2%) (+$4793) NBA YTD 18-20 (47.3%) (-$362) MLB YTD 39-33-1 (54.1%) (+$2326) NHL YTD 17-12-1 (58.6%) (+$627) NFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$310) PARLAY’S YTD (1*) – 0-2 (0%) (-$200) YEAR-TO-DATE * - 2* 19-13 (59%) 3* 35-32 (52.2%) 4* 18-20-2 (47.3%) 5* 3-0 (100%) All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports TOP play in bold Miami +4 -102 (4*) - Here's the quick stats that make this a must play for me.  Trying not to go all square here on this TOP play, but can't argue these stats: 1.  Heat are 5-0 in series after losing game 1 during the "Big 3" era 2.  Heat are 12-0 in last 12 playoff games following a loss 3.  Lebron James teams are 6-4 in series where they lose game 1, a better W-L then Micheal Jordon (4-6), Larry Bird (2-6) and Magic Johnson (3-5) Miami ml +166 (4*) Miami first quarter ml +125 (3*) - Look out Spurs James is pissed after all went on with cramp-gate.  The A/C is working and Gatorade is thirst clinching and [...]

0-3 last night second losing day in a row.  Was on fire before my anniversary, Monday the day I took off, I'm thinking now I should have chosen sports instead of my wife.   Anyhow just got to get back in the winners circle here, so you guys keep coming back to read and play on our plays.  So I'm going to the NBA finals game 1 tonight and toss in a little diamond for the baseball lovers. 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY – 26-13-1 (66.6%) (+$5213) NBA YTD 16-20 (44.4%) (-$1118) MLB YTD 33-29-1 (53.2%) (+$2045) NHL YTD 17-12-1 (58.6%) (+$627) NFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$310) PARLAY’S YTD (1*) – 0-2 (0%) (-$200) YEAR-TO-DATE * - 2* 19-13 (59%) 3* 30-31 (49.1%) 4* 15-17-2 (46.8%) 5* 3-0 (100%) All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports Spurs -4.5 -105 (4*) - Love the Spurs at home tonight with some rest here.  The crowd is going to be jacked up and they have something to prove after losing last year to the Heat in seven.  I look for the Spurs to keep Lebron from getting to the rim and forcing him to shoot and getting physical with him inside.  The Spurs are such a deep team and that depth has more experience then last year and this is the year the Spurs I think will take down the Heat with their home court advantage.   Spurs win 110-90 Spurs 1st half -3 -106 (4*) - Spurs will be coming out full tilt and just taking it to the Heat and I see them draining threes firing up the home town fans and crushing the Heat early on.  Spurs 55-45 at half Houston/Angels OVER 9.5 +104 (3*) - Trout [...]

0-2 yesterday with NBA totals, both teams cruised over their respected totals.  Tonight look to rebound with 2 MLB plays and 2 NBA plays. All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports Top play highlighted in bold Jays ml -115 (3*) - Jays losers of 2 straight at Kansas City will look to take at least one game against them before heading to take on the Pirates for a weekend series.  Beuhrle takes the mound tonight and got roughed up last outing.  He has faced the Royals 52 times and is 23-12 against them with a 3.66 ERA.  Jays need to win this one to at least try and keep pace with the others in their division so look for them to put a decent effort in and I see Buehrle getting the job done tonight. Boston Red Sox ml Game 2 -107 (2*) With the Rays taking the first game of this double header in a low scoring affair, I tend to always flip flop the night game in a double header. Memphis +3 (bought) -120 (3*) - Memphis will want to end this series tonight at home and not want to travel back to Oklahoma City and play game 7. "Mr. Unreliable" will be just that and let the team down for a second straight year against the Grizzles. Atlanta -1 -109 (3*) - Atlanta will want to close this thing out tonight and it's a short price here for them to win.  The Pacers will try not to think about this crazy collapse since the end of January and will look forward to next season

Thanks to a couple of empty net goals by LA, my three Unders in NHL Game 7's went from a possible winning or break-even day to a losing one with those three plays going 1-2. Thankfully I hit my play of the day on the Rockets as they showed up at home and forced a Game 6. I would not be surprised to see that series go the full seven games as well but I'll get to that game when it comes up tomorrow. Today it's getaway day in MLB with numerous double-headers after a rainy start to the week and it's on the diamond where two of my three plays come from tonight. All lines taken from Carbon Sports with bet amounts "to win" on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold NHL YTD: 3-5-1 (-$224) MLB YTD: 3-7-1 (-$766) NBA YTD: 6-5-1 (+$458) NBA Plays: Oklahoma City/Memphis Under 185.5 (-110) $330 to win $300 After four straight overtime games in this series I think we see the defense continue to reign supreme in this series and someone winning this one in regulation. If it weren't for all the overtimes this series would have a 1-4 O/U record rather than a 3-2 O/U mark as 'under' bettors have been continually getting burned. With the Grizzlies at home trying to move on and the Thunder looking to force a Game 7, tonight's game will be a defensive struggle down to the core with the first team to reach 90 likely coming out on top. MLB Plays:  Seattle ML (+138) $200 to win $276 The Yankees were grossly overpriced in the opener of this series back on Monday and the Mariners took advantage [...]