Tuesday Best Bets, Monday Recaps
Monday was mostly spent driving back home to the Tuley’s home office in North Las Vegas after a fun weekend in the Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa area.
After being scolded by Pauly Howard on Monday’s “Follow the Money” program on VSiN for not Tweeting a good enough photo of my Sunday lunch at Portillo’s, my nephew and I returned again on Monday before heading out of town (we need at least one in Vegas). We didn’t have any issues heading back on Route 93 (aka “Bloody Alley,” which elongated our Friday drive by 3 hours). The only problem with the return trip was following along with our losing Best Bet on the Houston Roughnecks +3 vs. the DC Defenders in a 37-26 loss. We felt great as Houston jumped out to an 8-0 lead, but the losing margin was deceptive as DC scored 26 unanswered points for a 26-8 lead. I need to see a replay of the game to see what I got wrong. Let’s recap the rest of Monday’s betting action and look for better plays on Tuesday. I was hoping to have a bet in the NIT semifinals here in Vegas, but I think the right sides are the chalk with North Texas and UAB, so instead we have plays in the NBA and NHL, plus our early play for Saturday’s Final Four.Monday Recaps
NBA: Faves went 7-1 SU, but just 5-3 ATS as Pistons (+11.5) covered in 126-117 loss vs. Bucks and 76ers (+10) covered in 116-111 loss at Nuggets. The lone outright upset was by the TImberwolves (+5.5) in 119-115 upset at the Kings. Road teams went 5-3 SU and ATS. Unders led 5-3.
More NBA: On the season, favorites improved to 737-376 SU with 16 games closing pick-'em and also took the lead at 545-544-24 ATS. Home teams lead 659-470 SU and 572-535-22 ATS (51.7%). In totals wagering, Overs’ slim lead was cut to 562-550-17 (50.5%).