Tuesday Best Bets, Monday recaps
Monday was mostly spent dealing with a failing catalytic converter on the Tuley family mini-van (and past the extended warranty, of course), and it ended worse as we had the Buccaneers +3 as well as losing teasers in their 31-14 loss to the Cowboys.
It was still a winning Super Wild Card Weekend for yours truly (and hopefully our followers), though we were really hoping to top it off with those teasers from the earlier games with the Jaguars, Giants and Bengals. But you can’t win ‘em all, though we’re still proud of our 34-21 ATS (61.8%) record this football season with our Sunday night plays on VSiN’s “The Greg Peterson Experience” and our RUSH record of 21-12 (63.6%) since the start of November. At least we salvaged the night as we hit our top NHL First-Period Over 1.5 parlay with the Ducks-Penguins 1P Over 1.5 -165/Flames-Predators 1P Over 1.5 -145 paying +171. Note: both first periods landed on 2 goals, so again it’s important to shop around for the 1.5s. It’s a short sample, but we’re now 2-1 with these 1P parlays (5-1 in the individual games) and +2.26 units. Let’s recap the rest of Monday’s (full-game) action and then give out Tuesday Best Bets, as we’ll stay on the ice. I also update my one early NFL divisional play. We’ll break down all four games in Wednesday’s column.Monday Recaps
NFL: Cowboys routed Buccaneers 31-14 to cover as 2.5-point road favorites and wrap up Super Wild Card Weekend (stayed just Under betting total of 45.5 points as 1st Under of playoffs). Faves went 4-2 SU in the round, but dogs led 4-2 ATS. Home teams went 4-2 SU, but road teams led 4-2 ATS; Overs 5-1.
NBA: Faves went 7-2 SU and ATS on Monday with the upsets by the Jazz (+4 in 126-125 win at Timberwolves) and Raptors (+1.5 in 123-121 OT win at Knicks). Home teams went 5-4 SU and ATS. Overs dominated at 8-1.
More NBA: On the season, favorites lead 423-232 SU with 9 games closing pick-'em while underdogs still lead 329-308-18 ATS (51.6%). Home teams lead 399-265 SU and 342-306-17 ATS (52.8%). In totals wagering, Overs' lead improved to 346-309-9 (52.8%).