Thursday NHL Best Bet, Wednesday Recaps
Wednesday was just a typical hump day in and out of the Tuley’s Takes home office for your mild-mannered sports betting reporter.
After staying up late to post yesterday’s column, I had an early-morning appointment to receive the results of a recent “sleep study,” took a nap, had lunch with VSiN superfan Mike Palmeri at Pizza Rock in downtown Vegas, picked up my son Maddux at school as he stayed after for chess club and, of course, sweated out my bets. I lost my posted Best Bet of Pacers +4.5 as they lost 126-120 to the Magic, though hopefully some followers received a push as +6 was widely available early in the day. It didn’t look like it would matter when the Magic jumped out to a 46-29 lead after the first quarter, but as we always say about the NBA: “everyone makes a run.” Unfortunately, that also happened with our Rockets +3 play as they built a 15-point lead over the Wizards but ended up losing 108-103.
We also dropped our NHL First-Period Over play on Blue Jackets-Oilers 1P Over 1.5 -175/Canucks-Kraken 1P Over 1.5 -160 parlay as we split with the former losing and the latter winning.
Let’s recap the rest of Wednesday’s betting action and then look for a Best Bet on Thursday back on the ice. And then, as has become our custom around here, we’ll rerun our NFL column from Wednesday and update our “takes” on the Championship Games based on the current lines.Wednesday Recaps
CBB: No. 13 Xavier beat No. 19 UConn 82-79, but it was an upset as the Musketeers were 6-point road underdogs. No. 2 Alabama rallied in the 2nd half to beat Mississippi State 66-63, but didn't cover as 11.5-point home favorite.
NBA: Faves went 8-2 SU but split 5-5 ATS as Nets (+7.5 at 76ers), Nuggets (+12.5 at Bucks) and Grizzlies (+3 at Warriors) covered in losses. The upsets were by the Raptors (+3 at Kings) and Timberwolves (+2.5 at Pelicans). Home teams went 6-4 SU but road teams led 7-3 ATS. Unders led 6-4.