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All your sports information for those investing Vegas-style in the outcomes of sports games. Predicting games against the line in all sports, especially football, American and English style.
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April 14, 2023
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Chicago Bullls (40-42) 9th in the East Versus Miami Heat (44-38) 8th in the East.
Chicago is a 5.5 point dog. Vegas has the total at 208.5.
Miami’s Lowry,knee; Butler,personal; and Vincent,back,are game time decisions. Jovic,back, is out.
Vegas early action shows 74% lean toward Chicago and 80% favor the over.
Oklahoma City Thunder (40-42) 9th in the West Versus Minnesota Timberwolves (42-40) 8th in the West. The Thunder are 5.5 point dog. Vegas has the total at 228.5.
OKC’s Pokusevski is out, knee. The Wolves’ Golbert, back; Towns, calf; Nowell, knee are all game time decisions. Reid, wrist; McDaniels, hand are out.
Vegas early action shows 71% lean toward OKC and 62% favor the over.
Not official recommended picks.
Mike’s NBA free pick of the day: Bulls will cover the spread.
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*Note: the pick is for the team listed first, in all caps. For MLB the pick is for that team to win the game on the money line. For the game total pick, the pick is for both teams combined score to finish UNDER that total for the game. For the college football picks, the pick if listed by a PLUS sign is for that team to NOT lost by more than that margin; e.g., at +13.5, the pick is for that team to either win or not lose by 14 or more. The % listed in front of each pick is the recommended MAXIMUM percentage of your bankroll -- the amount you have set aside for the year to use for trading/betting on prediction markets/sportsbooks to placer on that particular pick. The listed line is the targeted line that is available in the markets; the "ok to" is if you cannot find that line, it is ok to take the pick up to that point; e.g., if it says "ok to -130" that means it's ok to take as long as it's not higher than -130 (e.g., -135) or if it says "ok to +13" that means it's ok at any spread +13 or ...
