Sunday Best Bets, Saturday Recaps
Saturday was another long day in and out of the Tuley’s Takes home office.
As I wrote yesterday, Friday was a long day that ended with this daily column being posted very late Friday/early Saturday and then we also posted our “Team Tuley’s Thoroughbred Takes” column late Saturday morning/early Saturday afternoon for East Coast readers. That was certainly worth the wait for our horseplaying followers as I went 2-for-2 with my plays on Saturday as Zydeceaux ($21.40 to Win, $7.80 to Place) won Tampa Bay Downs’ 6th race at 9-1 and Tap Dance Fever ($10 to Win, $4.20 to Place) won Tampa Bay Downs’ 7th race at 4-1. Then, Rampart race and sports book manager Duane Colucci gave out the Late Pick 4 at Aqueduct that paid $326.75, Ed Sehon had Cloud Storage ($8.20 to Win, $22.40 Exacta) and Colucci added the Late Pick 4 at Oaklawn that paid $197.85. My wins helped minimize the pain of losing my Best Bet of the day on the Under 42 in the Seahawks-49ers game. It turned out that my better NFL bet ended up being the Jaguars +8.5 in teasers, though it didn’t look so good when they fell behind the Chargers 27-0 in the second quarter. Let’s recap the rest of Saturday’s action and look at Sunday’s card for Best Bets, including continuations of those Jaguars teasers! And then, as has become our custom around here, we’ll rerun our Wednesday column and update our “takes” on the rest of the NFL wild-card playoff games this weekend based on how the lines are moving.Saturday Recaps
NFL: Jaguars rallied to beat Chargers 31-30 on Riley Patterson's FG as time expired after trailing 27-0 in the second quarter for the third-biggest rally in playoff history. The ViewFromVegas is the Jaguars closed as 2-point home underdogs and +120 on the money line. The game flew Over the betting total of 46.5 points). Faves split 1-1 SU and ATS and Overs went 2-0 on the day as the 49ers routed the Seahawks 41-23 earlier to kick off NFL Super Wild Card Weekend after trailing 17-16 at halftime and then running off 25 unanswered points. The 49ers easily covered as 9.5-point home favorites (game flew Over the betting total of 42 points).
NBA: Faves went 5-2 SU on Saturday but 4-3 ATS with Jazz (+7) covering in 118-117 loss vs. 76ers. The upsets were by the Hawks (+7.5 in 114-103 win at Raptors) and Timberwolves (+4 in 110-102 vs. Cavaliers). Road teams went 4-3 SU but home teams actually led 4-3 ATS. Unders led 4-3.
More #NBA: On the season, favorites lead 410-228 SU with 9 games closing pick-'em while underdogs still lead 323-297-18 ATS (52.1%). Home teams lead 390-257 SU and 333-297-17 ATS (52.9%). In totals wagering, Overs' lead dipped to 334-305-8 (52.3%).