NBA Picks Wednesday – Jan. 1
The NBA kicks off the New Year with five matchups on Wednesday’s slate.
The NBA kicks off the New Year with five matchups on Wednesday’s slate.
The start of the 2010/2011 NBA betting season is right around the corner so it is time to take a look at which teams in the Western Conference have the best chance to make it all the way to this season’s NBA Finals.
The start of the 2010/2011 NBA betting season is right around the corner so it is time to take a look at which teams in the Eastern Conference have the best chance to make it all the way to this season’s NBA Finals. While most everyone believes that the new ‘dream team’ that was assembled this past offseason in Miami is a lock to come out of the East, there are a few other teams out there that might have a say in this as well.
Freddy Wills was active on Monday with great sports picks. Freddy won on the 49ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder for two POD winners. He is now 14-3 ATS in his last 17 NFL POD’s and 14-6-1 ATS in his last 21 NBA POD’s.
Tip-off: 10:30 pm EST
Pau Gasol may play tonight for the Los Angeles Lakers. Rumor has it that Coach Phil Jackson wasn’t too happy with how Gasol’s little stint on CSI: Miami on Monday night showed him looking perfectly fine.
Tip-of: Suns vs. Hornets at 8:00 pm EST
The Phoenix Suns have the best record in the NBA right now because not only do they play a fast paced game with the best point guard in the NBA, Steve Nash, but they have a starting five that is terrific at doing it.
Freddy Wills breaks down the Eastern Conference and predicts the #1-#8 playoff seeds! Make sure you take advantage of Freddy’s NBA packages which are discounted $300 until the season starts. Once the season starts, the prices will go up $300! This price changes will take place on Wednesday October 28th.
The Boston Celtics (66-24 SU, 46-43-1 ATS, 47-42-1 O/U) will be looking to even their second-round Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Orlando Magic (64-25 SU, 52-36-1 ATS, 38-51 O/U) at one victory apiece when the two Eastern Conference rivals square off at TD Banknorth Garden tonight at 8 PM ET.
The Charlotte Bobcats (35-45 SU, 46-34 ATS, 37-41-2 O/U) and New Jersey Nets (33-47 SU, 42-37-1 ATS, 42-38 O/U) will both be gunning for an SU and ATS victory in the BetUS Sportsbook when they square off at the Izod Center tonight at 7:30 PM ET.
Last game out the Nets grabbed a one-sided win over the Magic, winning 103-93 at IZOD Arena Saturday night, and the Bobcats fell 113-106 to the Bulls, as 9.5-point underdogs. The 219 points fell UNDER the posted total of 199.5.
NBA Basketball Sports Betting
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BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Matchup:
Golden State Warriors (28-50 SU, 37-40-1 ATS) at Utah Jazz (47-31 SU, 38-40 ATS)
Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City — 9 PM ET
The push for the Los Angeles Lakers 15th World Championship begins Monday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.
This is no ordinary season for the Lakers, its championship or bust after getting smoked by the Celtics in the NBA Finals last year.
The Cleveland Cavaliers invade the Boston Celtics tonight with home court advantage in the East potentially on the line.
Sportsbook.com has Boston as two-point favorites, with a Total of 184. Check out all the live odds for Friday’s NBA games here. ESPN will have the telecast of this anticipated matchup stating at 8 pm ET.
The Cleveland Cavaliers barely survived in Atlanta on Sunday and now have another tough test at the Miami Heat.
Sportsbook.com has Cleveland as 3 ½-point favorites with a Total of 186.5. The game will be played at 7:30 pm ET
Cleveland (46-12, 37-21 ATS) is playing their fourth road game in five nights, as the Cavs erased a five-point deficit with 1:42 remaining to win at Atlanta 88-87 last night. This has been no ordinary road trip either for Cleveland, with every opponent well-positioned to make the postseason.
News flash: Cavaliers/Lakers in the NBA Finals. The Big 3 back in December were the Lakers out West and the Celtics and Cavs in the East.
Two of those three were expected to meet in the NBA Finals. Not much has changed since, with the exception of all the injuries to key players preventing any other team from cracking that elite list.
The San Antonio Spurs are backed by an interesting nba betting trend Tuesday night as they get ready to host their arch rivals, the Dallas Mavericks.
San Antonio (37-17) is returning from a grueling eight-game road trip that happens every year when the rodeo is in town and using their arena.
A lot of teams coming off long road trips will play flat in their first game at home, but not the Spurs. In the six seasons following the ‘Rodeo Trip’ the Spurs have won and covered the spread every time with the average margin of victory a whopping 18.6 PPG.
The great NBA doubleheader tonight of Dallas at Houston and New Orleans at the L.A. Lakers is being affected by trades and injuries.
Dallas (+3) at Houston – 8 pm ET
The Houston Rockets understand what it means to play without its star players. Over the last several years, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady have missed a number of games and the team has plodded on.