4-Unit Play. Take #904 Pittsburgh over San Francisco (7:05 p.m. Friday, April 19) Pittsburgh is off to a great start and are sitting atop the National League Central in large part to their pitching. Jordan Lyles has been great in his first two starts for the Pirates allowing just 6 hits and one run over 11 innings and I think he can have similar success against the Giants. Madison Bumgarner will be on the mound for San Francisco and he has lost both of his starts on the road this season mostly because his defense has let him down. The Giants have struggled early on this season away from San Francisco going 3-7 and I don't think they will get it done in this one. Pittsburgh had an off day yesterday after finishing up an 8 game road trip and I think they keep things rolling with another win tonight.

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While we think the Thunder have a good chance to win this game, and we admit we were wrong about them the two games in Portland, the Blazers have looked like the far superior team thus far in this series. And we think they are getting too many points in this one as we had this game handicapped at 4.5. The Blazers remember getting swept out of the postseason last year and they will want to get this series over with quickly in order to forget that debacle. This series looks like a possible sweep if the Blazers can win tonight, and the way these two teams have played, that doesn’t seem to far fetched.

Neither of the first two games has come anywhere near 200, yet the oddsmakers are hesitant to put a total under 200 here. Indiana has been the best defensive team in the NBA all year. But Boston has stepped their defense up big time and they have held the Pacers to an average of 82 ppg in the two contests thus far. The Pacers have also struggled with their shooting. We don’t see either team breaking out on the offensive end, but Boston will do enough to get the job done and we expect them to win this game tonight.

Neither of the first two games has come anywhere near 200, yet the oddsmakers are hesitant to put a total under 200 here. Indiana has been the best defensive team in the NBA all year. But Boston has stepped their defense up big time and they have held the Pacers to an average of 82 ppg in the two contests thus far. The Pacers have also struggled with their shooting. We don’t see either team breaking out on the offensive end, but Boston will do enough to get the job done and we expect them to win this game tonight.

This series has been a defensive battle thus far, with both games going under the posted total. As a matter of fact, seven of the last nine meetings have gone under the total. And the under is 6-0 in the last six meetings in Orlando. The Magic are a very good defensive team and so is Toronto. This is probably one of the most crucial games in the series and we see both teams locking down on every possession. The oddsmakers have not adjusted this number enough.