Thursday Betting Recaps
The Boston Celtics (home favorites vs. Miami Heat) and Dallas Stars (pick-’em at home vs. Vegas Golden Knights) both avoided elimination Thursday night in the NBA and NHL playoffs, respectively, while faves held a slight 6-4 edge in MLB.
Let’s get to the specific details with our nightly betting recaps, and then update the spread and total records in each sport.NBA: Celtics beat Heat 110-97 to again avoid elimination and pull within 3-2 in Eastern Conference Finals. The ViewFromHawaii is they also covered as 8.5-point home faves (stayed Under betting total of 215) points. Home/fave/Under went 1-0 on the night. The “zig-zag” (aka “loser of the last”) went 0-1 with the Heat losing the previous game.
More NBA: Dogs dipped to 6-3 SU & 8-1 ATS in this round, though faves still lead 50-26 SU and 41-34-1 ATS (54.7%) overall in the playoffs with 1 game closing pick-’em. Road teams lead 5-4 SU & 7-2 ATS. Home teams lead 48-29 SU and 42-34-1 ATS (55.3%). Overs dipped to 5-4 this round and still lead 39-36-2 (53.4%) overall. The zig-zag dipped to 3-4 ATS this round and 33-29-1 ATS (53.2%).