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NBA
Short Sheet

Wednesday, April 30

Brooklyn Nets at Toronto Raptors, 7:35 ET
Brooklyn: 9-1 OVER after scoring 80 points or less
Toronto: 29-18 ATS coming off an ATS win

Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs, 7:05 ET
Dallas: 22-12 ATS as an underdog
San Antonio: 25-15 OVER after a game where they failed to cover the spread

Portland Trailblazers at Houston Rockets, 9:35 ET
Portland: 11-3 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points
Houston: 18-2 OVER off a road loss

 

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NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, April 30

Los Angeles Kings at San jose Sharks, 10:05 ET
LA Kings: 18-3 SU after 2 straight wins by 2 goals or more
San Jose: 12-16 SU revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals

Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers, 7:05 ET
Philadelphia: n/a
NY Rangers: n/a

Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche, 9:35 ET
Minnesota: 4-16 SU as a road underdog of +100 to +150
Colorado: 15-5 SU at home when the money line is -100 to -150

 

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MLB
Short Sheet

Wednesday, April 30

Milwaukee at St Louis, 1:45 ET
Garza: MILWAUKEE 8-1 as an underdog of +100 to +150
Miller: ST LOUIS 20-6 off a loss to a division rival as a favorite

NY Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 ET
Colon: 20-8 TSR on the road when the total is 7.5 or less
Kendrick: PHILADELPHIA 4-20 after 2 straight games where the bullpen gave up no runs

Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 ET
Harang: ATLANTA 9-21 in road games after having won 2 of their last 3 games
Eovaldi: MIAMI 27-17 at home when the total is 7 or less

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 ET
Jackson: 8-24 TSR against division opponents
Cingrani: CINCINNATI 60-37 UNDER after 2 or more consecutive unders

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 ET
Lyles: COLORADO 17-9 OVER in all games
Collmenter: ARIZONA 2-8 when the money line is -100 to -150

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 ET
Erlin: SAN DIEGO 28-67 in road games after scoring 1 or less runs in a loss to a division rival
Hudson: 11-0 TSR as a home favorite

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 ET
Scherzer: n/a
Noesi: n/a

Seattle at NY Yankees, 7:05 ET
Elias: SEATTLE 21-39 after having won 2 of their last 3 games
Phelps: NY YANKEES 63-35 as a favorite

Cleveland at LA Angels, 7:05 ET
McAllister: 19-10 TSR in all games
Wilson: LA ANGELS 17-22 as a home favorite of -125 to -175

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 ET
Archer: TAMPA BAY 52-39 OVER when the money line is -100 to -150
Doubront: 13-4 OVER at home with a money line of -100 to -150

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 ET
Chavez: OAKLAND 31-18 in road games against division opponents
Ross: TEXAS 14-27 in home games off a loss by 6 runs or more to a division rival

Toronto at Kansas City, 8:10 ET
Hutchison: n/a
Ventura: n/a

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:05 ET
Morton: PITTSBURGH 2-10 after having lost 2 of their last 3 games
Tillman: 20-7 TSR when the total is 8.5 to 10

LA Dodgers at Minnesota, 8:10 ET
Greinke: 13-1 TSR after a loss
Gibson: MINNESOTA 12-28 after having won 4 or 5 of their last 6 games

Washington at Houston, 8:10 ET
Zimmerman: 37-11 TSR in night games
Oberholtzer: HOUSTON 37-90 after a loss

 

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MLB

Wednesday, April 30


Kouzmanoff surgery seems likely, could miss 3 months

Kevin Kouzmanoff will likely require surgery to a herniated disk in his back according to ESPN.

Kouzmanoff has been filling in for the injured Adrian Beltre in the Rangers batting order and has paid dividends hitting .326 with two home runs and 10 RBI's since Beltre left the lineup. Kouzmanoff has been dealing with back issues for over a decade now, but it appears a surgery is imminent.

The recovery time for the proposed surgery is seven to 12 weeks.


McAllister getting start on three days rest

Zach McAllister will take to the mound for the Cleveland Indians on three days rest Wednesday. McAllister is being thrust into his first ever start on three days rest because the Indians moved Carlos Carrasco to the bullpen.

McAllister has been good to the Indians though, with Cleveland going 7-1 in his last eight starts including 4-1 on the road.

The Indians (+136) are road dogs as they take on the Angels (-148).


American League continues to plate runs, go over

The over bet had a huge day in the American League Tuesday with a 5-1 O/U record. In the six games of action there was 66 runs plated which averages out to 11 runs a game.

Tuesday was the second day in a row the AL showed offensive pop. In the past two days the AL has gone over in seven of their nine games, including hitting double-digit runs in five of those.

There are six AL games on the diamond Wednesday.

 

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NBA

Wednesday, April 30


Noah reveals knee injury, refuses to use as excuse

While his six-point, 18-rebound, seven-assist, three-blocked shot stat line was typical of a Joakim Noah night, it was clear from the opening tip Tuesday evening that the All-Star center wasn’t quite himself in the Bulls’ Game 5, season-ending, 75-69 loss to the Wizards at the United Center.

Visibly hobbled while running the floor, Noah gutted out the contest and although it was teammate Taj Gibson that would have to leave the floor — with 7:51 remaining, Gibson suffered a gruesome left-ankle injury and unable to talk under his own power, had to receive assistance going to the locker room — the versatile offensive facilitator and defensive anchor would later acknowledge that he wasn’t at full strength, albeit reluctantly.

“There’s really no excuses right now. It’s been a long year and yeah, I’ve got things I’ve got to take care of,” Noah said. “My knee. My knee is bothering me. My left knee. I’m not sure what it is, but I was able to play today. I think I was limited a little bit. But it’s no excuses. I’ll check it out, find out what’s wrong and take care of it. And now, we’ve got a lot of time to take care of it.”

Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau revealed that Noah had been playing with the publicly undiagnosed ailment since the regular season.


Road dog paying out for bettors in Nets-Raptors series

It seems like nobody quite knows how to take the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors series. Keen bettors have noticed a great betting trend going into Game 5 in Toronto Wednesday.

In the first four games in the Nets-Raps series the road team was the underdog and in those games the dog is 3-0-1 against the spread for bettors.

The Nets are currently +3.5 for Wednesday's crucial Game 5.

 

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NHL

Wednesday, April 30


MacKinnon providing pop at Pepsi Center

Nathan MacKinnon has been a revelation for the Colorado Avalanche and it's become clear that the youngster loves playing in the Pepsi Center.

MacKinnon has 10-points (two goals, eight assists) during the playoffs, which happens to be the most of any player. What's astonishing about those 10-points is that MacKinnon has scored everyone of them when the Avs played at home. That means that MacKinnon has averaged over 3-points a game at the Pepsi Center in the playoffs.

Colorado are -132 home favs to top the Minnesota Wild (+122) and book their trip to Round 2 Wednesday.


Panthers GM high on Barry Trotz

The Florida Panthers announced Tuesday that they have fired interim head coach Peter Horachek. Horachek replaced head coach Kevin Dineen on Nov.8 and led the Panthers to a 26-34-6 record over the final 66 games of the season as Florida missed the postseason for the 12th time in 13 seasons.

Horachek’s dismissal means that the Panthers are now one of three NHL teams with a head coaching vacancy along with the Capitals and Nashville Predators.

Don’t be surprised to hear the names Peter Laviolette and Barry Trotz – two names that have been linked to the Capitals’ head coaching vacancy this week- bandied about as the Panthers look to hire a 13th head coach in the franchise’s 21-year history.

“Barry Trotz is one hell of a coach,” Tallon told reporters Tuesday in South Florida.

Trotz went 557-479-60-100 in 15 seasons with Nashville, and led the Predators to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in seven of eight years from 2004-2012. Trotz could be seen as an ideal fit for Florida given his prior success in a non-traditional hockey market with young teams built from the goal line out.