indiancowboy
4 Unit Play. Take Oklahoma City Thunder First Half ONLY +7 over Portland Trailblazers (Monday @ 10pm est).
2-0 Sunday:
5* GOW: Rays +110 over Baltimore: Winner.
4* NBA: Sixers/Raptors Over 206: Winner.
At this point in the season, as there are about 4 days left, it is all about motivation. For example, why else would Van Gundy of the Magic not care as much if his Magic lost to the Nets? - Because it doesn't matter. What does matter is when teams that do not quit because they have a great deal of motivation. We look for motivation and we find it in the Oklahoma City Thunder today. Keep in mind I nearly went with the Twolves on the road today for the first half as they had a horrendous first quarter against Phoenix and expect them to play well at Dallas, but with Dallas off a loss and the lack of depth of Minny, I laid off. OKC lost by 35 to this Portland team at home back on April 3rd (72-107). Note, the last 7 times these two teams have met, the game has gone under as well. The fact that this team took such an ugly loss up the chin, I expect OKC to have a bounce in their step today. I'm not certain about the whole game as I took the Thunder against Milwaukee and they were in at the end of the first half and had a horrendous 3rd quarter. So, we will take the 7 points for the first half today in what is likely to be a low-scoring game. OKC is the same team that beat the Spurs on the road Outright as double-digit dog which shows their capability against defensive minded teams with revenge, and that is the same situation today. The 7 points is nice on a total of 193, which the first half total around 97.5 and I will take the 25 minutes or so of Durant, Westbrook, Green, Kristic and Thabo to hang in there in the Rose Garden. The Blazers are playing very well but if the Clipper game is any sign, this team started off extremely lax and slow. Thunder are either up at the half or down by 4 in my book which helps us cash today imo.
0.5 Unit Play. Take Golden State Warriors +175 ML over San Antonio Spurs (Monday @ 10:35pm est). I would like to do more ML plays as I did this last year on heavy dogs, and today is a mini-dog on the ML play, but still potentially productive. Remember, the Warriors just beat the Jazz Outright as 16.5 dogs in Utah, and has nearly beat this SA twice losing by 1 on the road as 8 point dogs and losing by 5 in OT to this team. Nelson has his crop of young guys thinking like its the playoffs and they are showing great effort to close the season. Consequently they have covered 4 of 5 including beating New Orlans, Utah on the road, Sac on the road and at home. I look for the Warriors to be tough today and considering the Spurs have not been dominant of late, they could get shocked today against GS. we'll take the +175 to yield some additional profit.
4 Unit Play. Take the Baltimore Orioles +115 over the Texas Rangers (Monday @ 8:05pm est). We cashed nicely on a dog yesterday with the Devil Rays at +110 for our 5* game of the week as we look to cash another dog today. If you wait prior to gametime, you might be able to even get a much better line than this. So, just hang out a bit and gauge the line. Uehara was stellar in his first outing against the Yankees. He couldn't grip the ball so he was unable to use his curve ball, and still he managed to take care of the Yankees with a 1.80 era as "C.C. or no C.C", the Orioles went on to win easily. That might not be the case today as there could be quite a lot of runs scored today as Texas is a hitters ballpark. Nevertheless, I trust Uehara a lot more considering that he wants to prove a lot in his opportunity to play in the U.S., the Rangers have yet to face him, no team has a scouting report or has seen his curve ball yet and he is a very disciplined pitcher. The Orioles also come off a 0-8 beat down to the hands of the Rays yesterday which was our Pod, so they will be looking to get back on the saddle today. Remember, the Rangers also come off a loss, but Padilla has never had much success against a fastball hitting team such as the O's. Padilla consequently is 2-5 with a 8.6era against the Orioles. Padilla won his last contest with a 4.76 era, but I don't think he'll be as fortunate today as Uehara has solid talent. Either way, high scoring or low scoring, I will take the better pitcher as these offenses or equitable and the Orioles bullpen is solid which is part of the reason this team has started 5-2 as they have a great crop of coaches and managers as well who are pulling the right trigger on all fronts right now.
Good luck,
Indian Cowboy.
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