Thursday Best Bets, Wednesday Recaps
Wednesday wasn’t your ordinary hump day in and out of the Tuley’s Takes home office.
We won our posted Best Bet on Eastern Kentucky +4.5 (closed +5.5) vs. Charlotte in the CBI Championship game. It didn’t look so good as Charlotte came out red-hot and EKU trailed by 20 points on several occasions, including with 12:12 left in regulation, but fortunately the Colonels rallied to cover in a 71-68 loss. I would normally say that was the highlight of the day, but then I took my wife and daughter Peyton – the theater major – to the “Mean Girls” musical at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas (and since it was Wednesday, we wore pink for those who get that reference). But the night wasn’t all rainbows and smiles as I lost my other plays on the Bulls +3.5 vs. the 76ers in a 116-91 rout and my NHL First-Period Over parlay as the Penguins and Avalanche played a scoreless 20 minutes before scoring 7 goals in the next two periods while the Coyotes-Oilers did hit their 1P Over 1.5 with a 1-1 tie. Let’s get to Wednesday’s (full-game) recaps and then look for more Best Bets on Thursday with the NCAA Tournament resuming with the Sweet 16.Wednesday Recaps
NBA: Faves went 8-2 SU but split 5-5 ATS as Mavericks (+3.5 in 127-125 win vs. Warriors), Hawks (+3 in 125-124 win at Timberwolves) and Rockets (+12 in 130-125 loss at Grizzlies) covered in losses. The upsets were by the Pacers (+9 at Raptors) and Blazers (+5.5 at Jazz). Home/road teams split 5-5 SU but road teams led 6-4 ATS. Overs led 6-3-1 w/ push in IND-TOR (232).
More NBA: On the season, favorites improved to 708-368 SU with 16 games closing pick-'em, but underdogs still lead 530-522-24 ATS (50.4%). Home teams lead 635-457 SU and 550-520-22 ATS (51.4%). In totals wagering, Overs improved slim lead to 547-529-16 (50.8%).