Topic: NBA 2019-2020 betting - page 187. (Read 120563 times)

Yep, it was a great game!
I liked the performance of both teams, but the Lakers missed several shots from 3 point shoot.
Overall I thought it was a good game, Luka + Irving I believe made a great duo, but LeBron + AD was sensational, they together almost reached 60 points (combined) and even Schroder and Vanderbilt helped the Lakers too!

The final Nuggets v Clippers period has begun (is anyone else watching?)
Whoever bet on the Clippers must be happy lol
LAC closed a significant gap in a short time, and I was convinced that the Nuggets would win easily, once again I was wrong lol

Apparently the LAC trio (Kawhi + Westbrook + PG) are having an interesting performance, let's see if they can stay at that pace and maybe lead the Clippers to victory against the Nuggets!

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings (34-25) will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (28-31) tonight at Paycom Center. The Sacramento Kings should win but we cannot underestimate the power of playing at home.
Thunder key injuries: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (ankle)


Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers (33-29) will visit the Denver Nuggets (42-19) tonight at Ball Arena. The Nuggets have beaten the Clippers 5 straight times and 8 of the last 9 times they have played. They are coming from a back-to-back games though and lost terribly against the Grizzlies.
Clippers key injuries: Ivica Zubac (calf) out
Nuggets key injuries: Cole Gillespie (leg) out, Aaron Gordon (ribs) out, Zeke Nnaji (shoulder) out

A very close game. I think Coach Kidd should think about making Luka Doncic take those long rests. It seems like he is having a hard time heating up after being benched.
Anthony Davis stepping up his game on the offensive end. That's good news for the Lakers team and this winning streak must continue if they want the playoffs or the play-in tournament.

2/4 on my super early games bet.
Bucks won by 3 points, just enough to cover my -1.5 bet.  Giannis didn't play but as I said, they still have a lot of talents on that team. Jrue Holiday stepped up.
The Nets lose but only by 2 points, that could've been a big underdog win.
Mavericks lost too by 3 points.
Bulls won in a blowout.

Next, late games.
Oklahoma City Thunder - Sacramento Kings - Sacramento Kings (-2.5)
Denver Nuggets - Los Angeles Clippers - Denver Nuggets (-1.5)

Well, I don't know, I believe that the Heat can be a big bet in the near future, I believe that some adjustments are necessary.
In the game between Heat and Hornets Love scored 13 points, not bad... I believe that soon he will be able to improve even more and help Miami in other close games.

Anyone watching the Lakers vs Mavs game?
This being a very competitive game, I was convinced that the Mavs would easily beat the Lakers, but that is not happening.

3rd straight night beating the books.  Let's keep it rolling with 3 more today:

I like 3 home favorites tonight. 

Atlanta -7 against the Nets.  They should cook the Nets here no reason it shoukdnt be a blowout.

Denver -3 against the Clippers.  Think Denver rebounds here and wins big.

Mavs -4.5 against the Lakers.  Tough game for the Lakers here thinks mavs take this one.

Enjoy the games and good luck tonight!

Same here, I also got the Milwaukee Bucks on my bets list for the games today. In-fact, I'm watching it now live and the Bucks are currently leading the game, and is up by 5 points in the 2nd quarter. Still a long way to go though, but I'm confident that they can still win today as they are still a strong team even without Giannis helping them.

The Wizards ML is also quite tempting to bet because the Chicago Bulls are really messing things up recently, just like the Heat. They are hard to predict these days.

I don't think Giannis will play with his current injury. I mean it's his hand. How can he make shots, and get rebounds if his right hand is injured. On the other hand, the Bucks' roster is very deep to the point that even though Giannis will not play, they still have pieces to win the game. Add also the fact that the Bucks have the one of the best home records right now with 25-5, I think the Bucks can get this one even though CP3, Booker and Ayton can play.

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Anyway, here are my picks for tomorrow's ballgame:

Dallas Mavericks - Los Angeles Lakers - Dallas Mavericks @ 1.60
- A team who is one of the worst in defense against one of the teams that has good defensive players. I think the Dallas will take this one "IF" their big 3 will not play and even though 1 or 2 only will play to them, I will still pick the Dallas on this one.

Chicago Bulls - Washington Wizards - Chicago Bulls @ 1.57
- A low odd, but kind of attractive knowing that the Bulls right now has one of the best defensive back court duos right now in Caruso and Beverley. They just demolished the Nets on their last game and that might create momentum on this Bulls team. I will pick them.

Golden State Warriors - Minnesota Timberwolves - Minnesota Timberwolves @ 2.12
- The Warriors currently have a 23-7 home record (one of the best), but Wiggins will not play on this one and at the same time, Green is questionable so I think the Timberwolves will steal one on the road even though they only have a 11-17 road record.

Good Luck to all bettors. Hope all of us will win.

I hope so. They had a bad record before the All-Star, with 4 wins and 9 losses in their last 13 games. Despite that, they are still on the 2nd seed thanks to their good start.

Many games later. 4 of them are super early and I might not be able to watch them so I am already putting my bets as early as possible.

Milwaukee Bucks - Phoenix Suns - Milwaukee Bucks (-1.5) Giannis is doubtful to play. But they still have Middleton, Jrue, Bobby, and Lopez so this team is still a strong one and they are playing at home. There's also the goal to make the winning streak as long as they can.

Atlanta Hawks - Brooklyn Nets - Brooklyn Nets ML @2.75 - This is a risky bet, I want to see them play better than their last game against the Bulls, protect the 5th spot and go to the playoffs.

Dallas Mavericks - Los Angeles Lakers - Dallas Mavericks (-2.5) - Russell, James, and Davis are all probable to play.

Chicago Bulls - Washington Wizards - Chicago Bulls (-4.5) No Kristaps for the Wizards. The Bulls might want to take advantage of this chance to win another game.

Good luck everyone.

I agree with you. The Bucks have a strong team and can definitely win at home and on the road. It will be interesting to see how Crowder performs against his former team, but I think the Bucks have enough talent to come out on top. Even without Giannis, they have shown that they can still compete and win against tough opponents.

Here are my picks for tomorrow's games

Milwaukee Bucks VS Phoenix Suns

The stake odds for this game are 1.65 for the Bucks and 2.30 for the Suns, right now Wesley Matthews, can not play, Giannis Antetokounmpo is doubtful if he can play while Landry Shamet, and Kevin Durant can not play for the Suns, so for me the I could surely go with the Bucks because even without Giannis the Bucks are doing great right now, so my pick is the Milwaukee Bucks,

Atlanta Hawks VS Brooklyn Nets

The stake odds for this game are 1.47 for the Hawks and 2.80 for the Nets, right now John Collins is doubtful if he's going to play for the Hawks while Ben Simmons can not play for the Nets, for this game we all know that the Nets doesn't have Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant all they have is Cam Thomas that still figuring out what he can do so my pick is the Atlanta Hawks,

Dallas Mavericks VS Los Angeles Lakers

The stake odds for this game are 1.61 for the Mavericks and 2.39 for the Lakers, Right now Davis Bertans and Maxi Kleber can not play for the Mavericks while LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and D'Angelo Russell are doubtful if they can play for the Lakers, for this game if those 3 doubtful for the Lakers could play on this game I will go bet for the Lakers but if those three can not then Mavericks will be my bet but for this game, I could surely change my bet, but for now, my pick is the Los Angeles Lakers,

Golden State Warriors VS Minnesota Timberwolves

The stake odds for this game are 1.69 for the Warriors and 2.22 for the Timberwolves, Right now Andre Iguodala, Andrew Wiggins, Stephen Curry, and Gary Payton II, can not play for the Warriors, and Draymond Green is doubtful if he can play for the game, while Karl-Anthony Towns, can not play for the Timberwolves, and Jaylen Nowell and Taurean Prince is doubtful if he can play for the Timberwolves, for me even though they don't have Stephen Curry right now they need a win and they are playing at home so Jordan Poole could be good at this, so my pick will be the Golden State Warriors,

Oh well, didn't see any of the games that I bet, Raptors won by didn't cover the spread.

While the Nuggets was blown away by the Memphis specially in the second quarter when they were out scored 33-22.

And now there were interviews and they say that they have their swagger back, Lol.

I'm seeing that the Heat is in the same position as the Dallas Mavericks, who are still adjusting to the addition of Kyrie Irving to the team. As they are in the adjustment process, they have also lost succeeding games until they broke that losing streak by beating the Spurs. Therefore, in my opinion, it's not wise to bet on the Heat at the moment.


We can consider that the Nuggets had a bad shooting night, but we know it will not happen all the time. Additionally, the Nuggets are a good team, so most likely they will easily win their next game. With that said, I'll be backing them to win, regardless of what the point spread is.

Yeah, and that's when they will win.   Just kidding. But that mostly happens to us, just when we are about to give up on them is when they will win. It sucks to be in that position.
Bad start, bad ending. They cannot shoot the ball. It's not like the Grizzlies' defense is that much but there's nothing sinking in for Porter Jr., Murray, and KCP. They are known to be one of the best team to shoot three's but not today.

2/4.
Congratulations to all the winners.
I didn't bet too much on the late games, just enjoyed it, especially the 76ers vs the Celtics. A very close crucial ending game.

Their next 10 games will be a hard one as well.

On their next 5 games, 2 of that will be against Philly and another 2 will be against the Hawks that is currently having a new coach in Quinn Snyder. On their next 10 games, they will face Philly, Atlanta and Cleveland twice and the remaining 4 are against the Knicks, Grizzlies, Jazz and the Magic.

For me, this will be a hard 10 games for them especially to those top teams right now (Philly, Cavaliers and Grizzlies). The Hawks are just 1.5 games behind the Heat and if they will lose to both of that, the Heat might just went into a play-in tournament. Their remaining games will be very important, but with how they are playing right now and with their 4 game losing streak, I just don't know where the Heat will end.

Coach Spo must do something about his team especially now that they only have 21 games left.

The Miami Heat still can't seem to find a way to win, so I think staying away from this team is the right thing to do for now. Their next game will be against the 76ers, who lost today. I'm pretty sure they'll bounce back strong, resulting in a third losing streak for the Heat.

It was a tough loss for the Nuggets. I thought they would at least provide some excitement, but they were dominated throughout the game. They only won one quarter, which was the last quarter, but we consider it as garbage time since Memphis had already secured the win. Let's wait for their next game, they might bounce back with a big win.

Here are my pick's results for games today,

Charlotte Hornets VS Miami Heat SCORE 108 - 103 - LOST

It was a close game the Hornets may be leading the 1st half but the Miami Heat have provided a great catching up but to no avail, they just can't make a lead, against the Hornets, Mark Williams has a double-double of 20 rebounds, and 18 points, LaMelo Ball also has a double-double of 13 assists and 19 points, and Gordon Hayward got 21 points winning the game, it was a close game,

New York Knicks VS New Orleans Pelicans SCORE 128 - 106 - WIN

In this game, it is not really surprising because the New York Knicks is a great team now, from start to finish the lead was getting straight to the moon, and Jalen Brunson made 20 points, RJ Barrett got 25 points and Julius Randle got 28 points, winning an easy game versus the Pelicans,

Memphis Grizzlies VS Denver Nuggets SCORE 112 - 94 - LOST

I was really shocked that from the 1st half up to the 3rd quarter of the game the Memphis Grizzlies just demolished the Nuggets until the 4th quarter when the Nuggets is now on their feet keeping the pace for themselves but to no good avail the damage has already been done, they can not seem to manage to make a lead anymore because of what the Grizzlies had done, Luke Kennard, Xavier Tillman, and Dillon "Dynasty" Brooks all got 12 points, Tyus Jones got 17 points, and Ja "Almost" Morant got 23 points, winning against the Nuggets,

Philadelphia 76ers VS Boston Celtics SCORE 107 - 110 - WIN

Surely the 1st half was for the 76ers, but when the 2nd half begins Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown had kept the pace for them and even made great assists to have that spread on the team, and just like I think the Boston Celtics will surely win this, Derrick White got 18 points, Jayson Tatum has a double-double of 13 rebounds and 18 points, and Jaylen Brown got 26 points for the team to win,

I thought the Spurs would win easily, especially since they were leading by a huge margin after the first half. However, since the Jazz are really a good team, they didn't allow the Spurs to dictate the game in the second half. Instead, they took control and ended up winning the game and covering the spread. Kessler had 5 blocks and Markkanen made 3 three-point shots. The Jazz moneyline bet won.

Congratulations!

∆ W. Kessler 1+ block / L. Markkanen 2+ 3pts / Jazz ML @1.59 ∆  won

Kessler 1+ block should be a lock, as the Jazz' big man has put together a nice run of games before the All-Star break, his minutes are up, 18 boards and 7 blocks against OKC just the other night. He is averaging close to 3 blocks per game /L7.

Markkanen is taking around 10 3s a game at close at 30% shooting /L7, not great numbers but with Vanderbilt, Beasley, and Conley gone, his touches won't go down, on the contrary, i can see his usage rate blow up over the next few games. He has cleared the 2+ 3pts in 6/L7.

I've also added the Jazz ML here to boost the overall odds a little, hopefully, Spurs have no desire to end their 15-game losing streak, not today...Lol

This is what happens when a team doesn't prioritize their defense and always believes the saying that good defense is an offense and a good offense is an ultimate offense, most of the time I haven't seen both teams focus more on offense, you can see them made a defensive stance but with less effort than the other teams, or they really have a defense but the effort in executing one has less effort, well this is just my assumption on what I see, but it was really a shocker, and yes Clippers is neglecting the turnovers they have 25 what I see is Russell WestBrick could have many turnovers in this game I should what it again, they made 8 steals while the Kings have 15 turnovers and 18 steals that is why the Clippers have lost,

This kind of play would surely set a new record in the making, and 44 3-pointers sheesh! it might break the 3-pointer of Stephen Curry but yeah that is for both teams, it doesn't count

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Now here are my late picks for today's game

Charlotte Hornets VS Miami Heat

The stake odds for this game are 3.00 for the Hornets and 1.42 for the Heat, for this game Cody Martin, can not play P.J. Washington and Theo Maledon is doubtful if they could play for the Hornets while Omer Yurtseven, Nikola Jovic, and Kyle Lowry can not play for the Heat and Kevin Love is doubtful if he can play, surely even though there are many injuries for the Heat I think they could win in this game the Hornets is just way Below, so my pick is the Miami Heat,

New York Knicks VS New Orleans Pelicans

The stake odds for this game are 1.60 for the Knicks and 2.40 for the Pelicans, for the Knicks don't have any injuries, while Zion Williamson, and E.J. Liddell, can not play for the Pelicans and Dyson Daniels is doubtful if he can play for the Pelicans, so I think because the Knicks is in their 100% my pick is the New York Knicks,

Memphis Grizzlies VS Denver Nuggets

The stake odds for this game are 1.73 for the Grizzlies and 2.17 for the Nuggets, for this game Steven Adams can not play for the Grizzlies, while Aaron Gordon, Collin Gillespie, and Zeke Nnaji can not play for the Nuggets, for this game even though there are 3 injured players for the Nuggets they still have a great line-up that could play so I am going with the underdog, Jokic could also score a triple-double again,

Philadelphia 76ers VS Boston Celtics

The stake odds for this game are 1.96 for the 76ers and 2.17 for the Celtics, for this game Dewayne Dedmon can not play for the 76ers, while Danilo Gallinari can not play for the Celtics, so in this game, both team doesn't have any major injuries so they could potentially play at their 100%, but for me because Celtics have a good defensive stats and also have quality in their offensive my pick is the Boston Celtics,

In hindsight, it is risky but I believe it was a good pick at the time. I was wrong. Both picks lost.

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Here's my bet for today:

New York Knicks vs New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans (30-30) will visit the New York Knicks (34-27) tonight at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks beat the Washington Wizards yesterday 115-109. This is the first time both team will meet each other this season.
Pelicans key injuries: Zion Williamson (hamstring) out

Philadelphia 76ers  vs Boston Celtics
The Philadelphia 76ers (39-19) will host the visiting Boston Celtics (43-17) tonight at Wells Fargo Center. The 76ers are playing the best in their home with a 24-8 record and Boston are coming off from overtime against Indiana Pacers. This could mean disaster for Boston but I believe in their resiliency.
Celtics key injuries: Danilo Gallinari (knee) out
76ers key injuries: Dewayne Dedmon (hip) out