Topic: NBA 2019-2020 betting - page 178. (Read 120536 times)

The Golden State Warriors got more edge in this game because their main line-up is healthy and alive especially the Big Three, Wiggins and GP2 might not play in the game as of now but they can still manage against the Grizzlies who are missing a lot of their key players especially in their defense capabilities as well as their offense as Clarke and Adams are still ruled out. GSW -2.5 is reasonable enough.

As a matter of fact, I got them on my list for the games later.
Warriors -2.5 vs Grizzlies
Kings -2 vs Knicks
Hornets -3.5 vs Pistons

Indeed! With the adjustments that they made now they are starting back in winning games, Placing Westbrook to the 2nd unit and
let the core players to take over for the final minutes gives them higher chance of winning.

PG and Leonard doing the damage that's really something that bring them to another win, congrats to those who take them ML is decent enough to enjoy.

Oh well , it turned out to be another lost bet but I really didn't expect Mavs to lose Pelicans and I also didn't expect Bulls to win in Denver... so yea , maybe tonight I will pick more carefully but I stick to my point that NBA without a proper defense , it's hard to ream some teams and for that , it's hard to place "safety" bets.

What do you all think about the Warriors vs. Memphis game tomorrow?

Both teams are on a losing streak, and Morant is still not going to play due to an indefinite suspension. Therefore, I believe the Warriors have the edge to win the game. Although these two teams are rivals and love to play against each other, the Grizzlies missing their best player is a significant disadvantage in my opinion.

Therefore, I would bet on GSW -2.5

The right thing to do, just like what the Lakers did with him, was to put him in the second unit as it improved their chances of winning in every game. So I guess it's better that way. It's a good thing they acted fast, otherwise, their playoff spot would have been at risk.

Well the good thing is that, Jokic didn't get a triple double on that game against the Bulls because if he is, his record will be broken. This season, I think the team is 22-0 when he has a triple-double stats. Maybe he doesn't want to break that streak this season.

Nuggets scored only 96 points. The lowest that they have this season on their home. The game was close until the 2nd half, and particularly in the 3rd quarter, and after that, the Bulls never looked back and snapped the 9 game home win streak. On the other hand, the Nuggets are still on the top of the standings by a huge margin. Bulls got the victory on the road and as for Lavine, he got his 11,000th point on this game. Congratulations to him.

As for the Mavericks, their poor communication is the reason why they are very awful on defense. They traded their best wing defender for an offensive player which is kind of decent when it comes to defense. The problem with them as well is that, they didn't get any defensive players during the trade deadline. Anyway, they lost and I hope Luka will be able to play in their next game, and hope his injury is just a minor one.

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The results of my bets:
Washington Wizards - Atlanta Hawks - Washington Wizards @ 2.23 - LOST
- The game was really close until the crucial minutes of the game, and then Beal made a costly turnover that eventually cost them the game.
Miami Heat - Cleveland Cavaliers - Cleveland Cavaliers @ 1.78 - WIN
- I have this feeling from the start the the Cavaliers can steal this one on the road knowing how inconsistent the Heat are and they really are, though it wasn't an easy one.
New Orleans Pelicans - Dallas Mavericks - Dallas Mavericks @ 1.74 - LOST
- Poor communication, lack of defense. That's the reason why the lead of Pelicans ballooned to double-digits in the first half and the fact that Luka got injured increased their chance of losing. Lost with this one.
Los Angeles Clippers - Toronto Raptors - Los Angeles Clippers @ 1.72 - WIN
- Kawhi and PG lead the Clippers with a total of 47 points. I think it's good that the Clippers are limiting Westbrook's time and if you watched that game, they didn't let Westbrook play in the final minutes of the game because they knew that he is very bad in decision making especially in crucial times. Anyway, got the win.

Crazy and bad.
First, Jokic went crazy at trying to be Steph Curry, and then an off night for Jamal Murray.
On the Mavs' side, Luka Doncic exits with an injured thigh, reports say it may not be a good one. Let's just wish it's not a torn ligament or something like that. It would be bad for their team aiming for the playoffs.

Results:
Washington Wizards - Atlanta Hawks - Atlanta Hawks (-4.5) - Loss. Hawks did not cover, Wizards made a run at the last minutes of the game. IIRC, the highest lead was 6 but didn't go further.
Miami Heat - Cleveland Cavaliers - Cleveland Cavaliers (-3.5) - Won! Wow! The spread covered just exactly what I needed. Cavs won by 4 points.
New Orleans Pelicans - Dallas Mavericks - Dallas Mavericks (-3.5) - Loss.
Denver Nuggets - Chicago Bulls - Denver Nuggets (-8.5) - Loss. Even my Over 227.5 did not cover. The lowest was Over 223.5 when I checked it yesterday, even if I picked that, it won't hit either. The offensive power of the Nuggets was not seen in this game tonight. Perhaps, they need rest.

A quite crazy night for bettors, only Atlanta Hawks were able to cover the -1.5 spread, Dallas Mavericks lost the game to Pelicans although, Luka Doncic had to exit the game midway with what seemed like a thigh injury, I hope it doesn't he's not out for too long because the Dallas Mavericks needs every help they can get right now.

in Denver it was very close bucket for bucket game, until about midway into the 3rd Quarter, in-form Zach Lavine and Nikola Vucevic were highly instrumental for the Chicago Bull winning the game as +7 points underdog.

Bets of mine for today's games.

Washington Wizards - Atlanta Hawks - Washington Wizards @ 2.23
- I think that the Wizards can defend their home against the visiting Hawks. Atlanta are 14-20 on the road while Washington is 15-15. The Hawks needed to win on this because if they don't, they will drop to 9th or even 10th seed, but still having a new coach means having a new playstyle, and that affects the players in terms of how they are currently playing, so I'm betting on the Wizards.

Miami Heat - Cleveland Cavaliers - Cleveland Cavaliers @ 1.78
- I guess the Cavaliers have the pieces to win on this one on the road against the Heat. They only have a 13-19 road record, but the come-from-behind win against the Celtics might boost the morale of the team coming into this game that's why I put my bet on them.

New Orleans Pelicans - Dallas Mavericks - Dallas Mavericks @ 1.74
- The Mavericks might have some struggles on defense, but the Pelicans are struggling since Zion got injured. From the top seeded team all the way to currently 10th. They're like the Nets when KD got injured where they're standings are just a freefall. I believe the Mavericks will win on this one.

Los Angeles Clippers - Toronto Raptors - Los Angeles Clippers @ 1.72
- With their win on their last game and with Zubac coming back, I think the Clippers have the pieces to win this one. I don't believe in Westbrook being a curse whatsoever. The Raptors also only got a 12-21 record which is kind of bad for me.

Good Luck to all bettors.

New Orleans Pelicans vs Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (34-32) will visit the New Orleans Pelicans (31-34) tonight at Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans are 20-11 defending their home this season while the Mavericks have lost 4 of their last 6 games on the road.
Pelicans key injuries: Jose Alvarado (shin) out, Larry Nance Jr (ankle) out, Zion Williamson (Hamstring) out

Los Angeles Clippers vs Toronto Raptors
The Los Angeles Clippers (34-33) will host the Toronto Raptors (32-34) tonight at Crypto.com Arena. The Clippers have broken their 5 game-losing skid against the Grizzlies but they are still playing poorly as a team. They need to win this to show they already have cohesion with Westbrook.
Clippers key injuries: Norman Powell (shoulder) out

^^ Best of luck on that wonderful parlay.

Last night though my parlay was destroyed when the Knicks lost their game as they are a huge favorite against the Hornets.  .

But for tonight, I will do another parlay as well with Nuggets -6.5 + Hawks -1.5 + Dallas ML at 4.98.

I'm turning my luck towards me today and I have a feeling this bet will be a good one.



A bit skeptical about Miami as the odds are kinda high and they need a victory today as sitting on 7th place is not so certain anymore.

Somebody on a sports chat put their bet up Toronto Raptors to beat L.A Clippers for tonight at a whopping $20k on one betslip and $10k on another with them winning at a -1.5 handicap.
Those are some pretty hefty bets with the Raptors being the underdogs with odds @2.18x last I checked.
I will be staying away from that matchup since there are alot of money on this matchup than normal where I place my bets.
So will be having mine on Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns in an acca so to keep it abit easier tonight with having a loss on my 4 leg one placed where only 2 ML&overs managed to hit.

I'm gonna go against the grain here and take 2 dogs at home

Miami +2 at home tough not taking them getting points here.

And give me the Pelicans+2 at home against Dallas.  I'm not buying Dallas, no flow so far on that team.

Then 2 favorites I like

Suns -13.5 taking Suns the rest of the season

And Nuggets-9 also riding the Nuggets here.

Good luck everyone!

I'll tail that one too, Atlanta Hawks -4.5 on me. A bit greedy. 
The home team Miami Heat is the underdog. I guess the fact that Cavaliers have big men to protect the rim against Bam Adebayo is part of the odds.
I'll tail that too. Cavaliers -3.5.

New Orleans Pelicans - Dallas Mavericks - Dallas Mavericks (-3.5) - Maxi Kleber is out. Bullock is questionable. I guess someone will just need to step up his game as a roleplayer and an outside shooter if a kick-out pass happens.

Denver Nuggets - Chicago Bulls - Denver Nuggets (-8.5) Sorry Bulls. I won't risk it even for +10 for them and this is the Nuggets' home.
Good luck everyone.

Let me ride with you on this two bets @Yugin but I will do handicaps on these as that is much safer for me considering that I got some bad streaks in the recent days. Well, there are some wins though, but the profits didn't recover from the losses I've got on the same day.

Atlanta Hawks -3.5 ; No reason why I will doubt them this time because aside from they got a healthy line-up, they also got a good advantage over the Wizards.
Cleveland Cavaliers -1.5 ; Both teams are on their 2nd winstreak but later, only one of them can continue the streak and I've got a feeling that it's the Cavs.

That statement has become a meme now even before his issues with that live feed he got on his Instagram. Now, Ja Morant has been a laughing stock because of what he did but even though what he did was serious, I pity him because he is still a kid after all and he's just in a wrong environment which influenced him a lot that led him into this mess.

The Grizzlies efforts are now wasted because after all what they poured through just to get the team safe in the standings, they are now again in a miserable position because Ja Morant is out for the whole season and might get heavier punishment once he will be found guilty by the NBA, Nike and Denver PD as they all both launched their own investigation to find out the whole truth.

Yup! I think that settles this we both don't like over/under bets because for us it is not really enjoyed that way, well, even though I lost the bet I was really OK with it because it is just extra money that I got, the important part was really to have enjoyed the game and not have a stressful thing when will you enter your bet, it is just great to just make a combo bets and let it be, Well I haven't made a bet for games today I was really late and fell asleep early last night, But,

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Here are my picks for today's game,

Washington Wizards VS Atlanta Hawks

The stake odds for this game are 2.27 for the Wizards and 1.67 for the Hawks, Right now Monte Morris is questionable if he's going to play, while the Atlanta Hawks don't have any injuries for this game, well I have trusted the Hawks back when they have a game with the Miami Heat and they got obliterated 2 times in a row by them, but for the Wizards game this will be a different story so my pick for this game is the Atlanta Hawks,

Miami Heat VS Cleveland Cavaliers

The stake odds for this game are 2.16 for the Heat and 1.73 for the Cavaliers, Right now Kyle Lowry can not play for the Heat, and Kevin Love is doubtful if he's going to play for the Cavaliers, while there are no injuries for the Cleveland Cavaliers, for me, I would like to trust the Miami Heat but because of the great performance of the Cavaliers against the Boston Celtics my pick is the Cleveland Cavaliers,

New Orleans Pelicans VS Dallas Mavericks

The stake odds for this game are 2.03 for the Pelicans and 1.83 for the Mavericks, for this game Jose Alvarado, Zion Williamson, E.J. Liddell, and Larry Nance Jr. can not play for the Pelicans, while JaVale McGee, Reggie Bullock, and AJ Lawson, is doubtful if they can play for the Mavericks, for me because of that 4 injuries for the Pelicans including Zion Williamson, and the mavericks have a stunning performance against the Jazz and the 76ers for me my pick is the Mavericks,

Los Angeles Clippers VS Toronto Raptors

The stake odds for this game are 1.68 for the Clippers and 2.25 for the Raptors, Right now Norman Powell can not play for the Clippers while Dalano Banton is doubtful if he going to play for the Raptors, so for this game, the Clippers sometimes is not consistent with their win, but because they still have Kawhi Leonard I will be trusting them with these game, so my pick is the Los Angeles Clippers,

Maybe the news about Ja Morant has affected them. However, we must also understand that the Lakers have improved despite not having Lebron James. That's just part of the game, and the most important thing is for Memphis to retain their playoff position. This team has already underestimated their opponents, and it would be a shame if they miss the playoffs.

As for Morant, he is fine in the West, remember?

Lakers manage to beat the Grizzlies at home, a different Memphis when Ja is not playing not sure what happened to them, they are not playing with good chemistry unlike before when Ja is resting they are capable of winning games.

The other two games didn't materialise as both Warriors and favorites did not cover the spread, worse with the
Warriors, as they lose the game, lots of turnovers in the final quarter the rally did not succeed and OKC beat
to defend the home crowd.