Sunday NFL Best Bets, Saturday Recaps
Saturday was an action-packed day in the Tuley’s Takes home office as we had horse racing in the morning and afternoon – highlighted by the Pegasus card at Gulfstream Park – and our NHL plays and plenty of college and pro basketball to follow in the afternoon and evening.
The best result of the day came in Gulfstream’s Race 12 when Rampart race and sports book manager Duane Colucci, John Lauro and yours truly all landed on Atone in our and he won the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at 7-2 and paid $9.60. Colucci also gave out the late Pick 4 that paid $1,774.75. My NHL Best Bet didn’t fare as well as I lost my parlay on Canadiens-Senators 1P Over 1.5 -150/Coyotes-Ducks 1P Over -140 as the first game was scoreless after the first 20 minutes (and the Senators added insult to injury by scoring 3 goals in the 2nd quarter – I hate when that happens!) and the Ducks only led the Coyotes 1-0 after the first period. We did win our recommended third play on Sharks-Penguins as that turned out to be the best play as they both scored 2 goals in the opening period, but lost all our parlays. We dropped to 6-7 overall with our top NHL 1P plays, but because these parlays are at plus-money the way we play these, we’re still ahead 3.74 units.We did cut our Saturday NHL losses a little with our underdog plays as we split 2-2 with the Islanders beating the Golden Knights at +100 and the Panthers beating the Bruins at +145. Let’s recap the rest of Saturday’s betting action and then list our Best Bets for the NFC and AFC Championship Games as we head into Sunday. No NBA or NHL action as the NFL takes over (none of our NHL 1P Over teams are in action anyway). And then, as has become our custom around here, we’ll rerun our NFL column from Wednesday with our updates.
Saturday Recaps
NBA: Faves/dogs split 5-5 SU with Knicks-Nets closing pick'em, but dogs led 6-4 ATS with Lakers (+8) covering in controversial 125-121 OT loss at Celtics. The upsets were by the Rockets (+5.5 at Pistons), Wizards (+5.5 at Pelicans), Raptors (+3 at Blazers), Timberwolves (+1 vs. Kings) and Clippers (+1 at Hawks). Road teams went 6-5 SU and 7-4 ATS. Overs 6-5.
More NBA: On the season, faves lead 473-267 SU with 11 games closing pick-'em, but dogs still lead 376-345-19 ATS (52.1%). Home teams lead 449-302 SU and 386-348-18 ATS (52.6%). In totals wagering, Overs lead 383-356-12 (51.8%).