These are not Sportspicks "Recommended Picks"
What's going on y'all!?!? We had a very ROLLERCOASTER First Round of the NBA Playoffs... We had a BRUTAL couple days in the beginning, and we've slowly been GRINDING back from that DISASTER!! However, we've done a pretty good job of climbing out of that hole, and find ourselves in a "Decent" spot headed into the Conference Semi-Final Round!! In this post... I'll give you guy's MY Individual Results from each day, as well as my overall First Round Results.. I'll show which First Round "Futures" cashed for us, and which "Pre-Playoff Future's" we still have ALIVE headed into the Second Round!! I'll also have a "NBA Second Round Preview" video out for y'all at some point this evening.. I'm going to try to have it out before the first game tips off at 8:30 tonight, but not sure I'm going to have enough time.. Either way, I'll have it out at some point this evening.. I'll also release "Crick's Picks" for tonight's game here in just a little bit.. We still have A LOT of Hoops left in these Playoffs and we're gonna keep this thing headed in the RIGHT DIRECTION!! Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT Weekend!! As ALWAYS... GOOD LUCK AND GOOD GAMBLIN!!!!
Crick's Picks - NBA Playoffs: First Round Results
4/15/23
4-4 ATS 2-2 Straight Up / 2-2 Totals
8-5 Individual Player Props
3-1 ML's Parlay Lost
4/16/23
2-6 ATS 1-3 Straight Up / 1-3 Totals
6-6 Individual Player Props
2-2 ML's Parlay Lost
4/17/23
0-4 ATS 0-2 Straight Up / 0-2 Totals
3-9 Individual Player Props
0-2 ML's Parlay Lost
4/18/23
5-1 ATS 2-1 Straight Up / 3-0 Totals
5-7 Individual Player Props
3-0 ML's Parlay Won - Odds Accumulated = +107
4/19/23
3-3 ATS 3-0 Straight Up / 0-3 Totals
5-7 Individual Player Props
3-0 ML's Parlay Won - Odds Accumulated = +217
4/20/23
4-2 ATS 2-1 Straight Up / 2-1 Totals
4-8 Individual Player Props
1-2 ML's Parlay Lost
4/21/23
3-3 ATS 1-2 Straight Up / 2-1 Totals
5-7 Individual Player Props
1-2 ML's Parlay Lost
4/22/23
4-1-1 ATS 3-0 Straight Up / 1-1-1 Totals
4-5 Individual Player Props
3-0 ML's Parlay Won - Odds Accumulated = +389
4/23/23
5-3 ATS 2-2 Straight Up / 3-1 Totals
7-9 Individual Player Props
3-1 ML's Parlay Lost
4/24/23
2-2 ATS 1-1 Straight Up / 1-1 Totals
3-7 Individual Player Props
1-1 ML's Parlay Lost
4/25/23
3-3 ATS 1-2 Straight Up / 2-1 Totals
8-4 Individual Player Props
2-1 ML's Parlay Lost
4/26/23
6-2 ATS 2-2 Straight Up / 4-0 Totals
10-7 Individual Player Props
1-3 ML's Parlay Lost
4/27/23
1-1 ATS 0-1 Straight Up / 1-0 Totals
3-2 Individual Player Props
0-1 ML's No Parlay
4/28/23
2-2 ATS 1-1 Straight Up / 1-1 Totals
5-5 Individual Player Props
1-1 ML's Parlay Lost
NBA Playoffs - Overall First Round Results
45-38-1 ATS 22-20 Straight Up / 23-18-1 Totals
79-90 Individual Player Props
25-17 ML's 3-10 ML Parlays - Total Odds Accumulated = +713
First Round "Future's" That Cashed
Los Angeles Lakers To Win Series vs Memphis Grizzlies +120
Los Angeles Lakers To Win Series 4-2 vs Memphis Grizzlies +350
Lakers/Grizzlies Series To Go Exactly 6 Games +190
Warriors/Kings Series To Go Exactly 7 Games +240
Golden State Warriors To Win Series 4-3 vs Sacramento Kings +550
Golden State Warriors To Win Series vs Sacramento Kings -275
NBA Playoffs "Future's" Still Alive After First Round
To Win Championship
Philadelphia 76ers +1000
Los Angeles Lakers +1600
To Win Conference
Philadelphia 76ers To Win Eastern Conference +475
Denver Nuggets To Win Western Conference +380
Los Angeles Lakers To Win Western Conference +650
Conference To Win Championship
Division To Win Championship
Pacific +190
Northwest +1000
State To Win Championship
To Win Finals MVP
Kevin Durant +600
Joel Embiid +1100
Nikola Jokic +1200
Jaylen Brown +1400
LeBron James +2200
Anthony Davis +4500
To Win Eastern Conference MVP
Joel Embiid +500
Jaylen Brown +750
James Harden +5000
To Win Western Conference MVP
Nikola Jokic +400
Devin Booker +850
LeBron James +900
Anthony Davis +1800
I'll have "Crick's Picks" out for Tonight's Game in just a few... And I'll have the "Second Round Preview" out for you guy's at some point this evening...
Everyone stay SAFE out there and Good Luck the rest of the Weekend!!!!
-Crickett
ANY PICKS MADE IN THIS SHOW ARE NOT SPORTSPICKS "OFFICIAL PICKS"
START TIME - 8:00 AM EST
🔥 June 21, 2026 Degenerate Special 🔥
Afternoon slate locked with high-K arms! 🔥
Your Locked Open Bets (placed & pending):
1. 3-Leg Parlay — Odds: +121
• Chase Burns 6+ Strikeouts (-440) — CIN Reds @ NY Yankees 1:36 PM ET
• Dylan Cease 6+ Strikeouts (-275) — TOR Blue Jays @ CHC Cubs 2:21 PM ET
• Logan Gilbert 6+ Strikeouts (-310) — BOS Red Sox @ SEA Mariners 4:11 PM ET
2. 5-Leg Parlay — Odds: +200
• Chase Burns 6+ Strikeouts (-420) — CIN @ NYY 1:36 PM ET
• Logan Webb 4+ Strikeouts (-900) — SF Giants @ MIA Marlins 1:41 PM ET
• Dustin May 4+ Strikeouts (-500) — STL Cardinals @ KC Royals 2:11 PM ET
• Dylan Cease 6+ Strikeouts (-275) — TOR @ CHC 2:21 PM ET
• Logan Gilbert 6+ Strikeouts (-300) — BOS @ SEA 4:11 PM ET
Single Bet
• Dylan Cease Over 6.5 Strikeouts (-132) — TOR @ CHC 2:21 PM ET
#MLBProps #StrikeoutBets #DegenerateMode 🤑⚾
First, four factors dictate whether there is major turnover in the Senate in a midterm election independent of the favorability of the Senate map (due to only one-third of seats being up in any given midterm). Often, as was the case in both 2018 and 2022, is that incumbents are not destined to lose seats, outside of realigning elections in unfavorable maps. This cycle's map favors the GOP, which is why the prediction markets and most forecasters expect a GOP majority in the 2027 Senate. The four factors that prove dangerous to the incumbent party are: first, a recession or cost of living crisis; second, a war; third, a major scandal; and fourth, a sense of betrayal in the voter group that backed the incumbent amongst some portion of their prior electoral coalition. Five midterms feature some combingation of those factors in some significant degree: 1930, 1946, 1958, 1974 and 2006.
Without those factors present in multiple forms, the incumbent party can expect to hold on to seats in states it previously won outside the national margin. When those factors are present, the landscape shifts dramatically. Examining those White House incumbent seats that showed a state-wide election decided by single digits in the prior decade produces the following probabilities: the incumbent White House party lost at least 67% of its incumbent held seats, as much as 85% of its incumbent held seats, and an average of 75% of its incumbent hold seats, rarely upsetting the opposition party in any seat and often losing a surprise or two in seats considered completely safe.