Thursday Best Bets, Wednesday recaps
Wednesday was a regular run-of-the-mill “hump day” as we took care of some chores and errands in and out of the Tuley’s Takes home office as we bridged the gap between Super Wild Card Weekend and continued to prepare for the NFL Divisional Playoffs.
We also got back on the winning track with our Best Bet on the Lightning-Canucks 1st Period Over 1.5 150/Avalanche-Flames 1st Period Over -135 parlay at +190 as the Lightning led the Canucks 4-0 after the first period while the Avalanche led the Flames 3-0. Those both went Over 2 for followers who were only able to get that line, though again we prefer going Over 1.5 in all these cases. That improved our short sample of these plays to 3-2 (8-2 in the individual games) for a profit of 3.16 units. Unfortunately, we lost our second NHL play on the Islanders +150 vs. the Bruins, but it was still a profitable day. Let’s recap the rest of Wednesday’s (full-game) action and then give our Thursday Best Bets, as we’ll stay on the ice as that's been working for us (and we don't like any dogs on Thursday's NBA card). And then, as has become our custom here, we’ll rerun our Wednesday column in which we give our “takes” on the upcoming weekend’s NFL playoff schedule with updates based on the current lines.Wednesday Recaps
NBA: Faves went 6-3 SU but dogs led 5-4 ATS with Cavaliers (+7.5 in 115-114 loss at Grizzlies, who won their 11th straight SU) and Timberwolves (+9 in 122-118 loss at Nuggets) covered in SU losses. The upsets were by the Wizards (+5 in 116-105 at Knicks) and Kings (+2.5 in 116-111 win at Lakers). Road teams 5-4 SU and 7-2 ATS. Over/Unders split 4-4-1 with the push in Clippers-Jazz (229).
More NBA: On the season, favorites lead 431-237 SU with 9 games closing pick-'em while underdogs still lead 336-314-18 ATS (51.7%). Home teams lead 406-271 SU and 347-314-17 ATS (52.5%). In totals wagering, Overs lead 352-315-10 (52.9%).
CBB: DePaul upset No. 8 Xavier 73-72 as 8.5-point home underdog. West Virginia beat No. 14 TCU 74-65, but it wasn’t an upset as WVU was 2.5-point home fave. Seton Hall upset No. 15 UConn 67-66 as 5-point home dog. No. 20 Marquette beat No. 22 Providence 83-75 and covered as 7.5-point home fave.