That upset from the Nuggets was intense and made me think they could collapse anytime since the Wolves only needed one run to tie the game.

I should've placed my bets several hours ago before the bad news came out from the Cavs as they don't have Mitchell and this is the chance for the Celtics to run away with the series. Now the line shifted by a few points, but I still expect the Celtics to cover the spread unless someone from the Cavs decides to step up and fill in Mitchell's spot.



Edit: The Celtics threw the spread and were close to losing the game, I should just stick with the team totals next time. 

They struggled without OG, if he will not play, I think the Pacers will win. The confidence of the Pacers now is on the roof after they beat the Knicks by blowout last game, so I think they'll likely take the win. Currently the Knicks are -2.5, but this is already game 5, they might face the fatigue as they are undermanned and have not been using their bench effectively.

Even the Over 107.5 didn't hit. I took the total over and it also was not reached. They played really hard defense today and I think that's what cost our bets.

Game 4 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Boston Celtics - Cleveland Cavaliers (10.5) - Won!
Game 4 - Dallas Mavericks - Oklahoma City Thunder - Dallas Mavericks (-1.5) Lost!

I thought I am going to have a good day yesterday and I am expecting my props to win too but if they will play defense, the props will probably not be reached too. So, I lost more yesterday.

Later, 2 games.
Game 5 - New York Knicks - Indiana Pacers - Indiana Pacers ML Haliburton said something at the post game interview that made me bet for them today, the pressure is on the Knicks which I think is true.
Game 5 - Denver Nuggets - Minnesota Timberwolves - Denver Nuggets (-1.5) Time to change the perspective, they need this home win for their fans.

Good luck every one.

There's some help from his teammates also as DiVincenzo could be the best 2nd scorer, however it was really the bench points that has been the problem for the team as there's no many players could could really contribute.  Brunson struggled last game with 6/17 shooting, that was a very poor shooting of him and maybe also he was feeling something that is bothering him. Now, I am not sure if he can bounce back from a bad performance but I might take it easy and just watch the game first, if I see him struggling then I will be on live for the Pacers.

I was able to get a win off the freebets from Sportsbet.io with @Jeremypwr's weekly competitions... That was from the Celtics vs Cavaliers game 4



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Tonight's game are quite tricky for me and I don't know which teams to tail here, the pressure would indeed be on the New York Knicks again, to at least defend home court, while the Timberwolves' ego seem to have been deflated and I really don't know If they'll be able to respond on the road here again, since all 8 games between them and Denver Nuggets in the regular season and playoffs so far have all been won by the road team.

That been said, I like Pacers ML here for good value, and I'll be going with them...

Too bad folks like us who believed that the Pacers would be good enough to bring the momentum they had in game 4 at Indiana tonight, but Haliburton's performance was way below average, I expected better from him. As most have already pointed out over the course of this series that he just like to stick to making and facilitating plays.

He doesn't get aggressive with scoring when he's not able to make plays or his teammates are having a tough time with finding the basket. Having just 9 field goal attempts is never going to win them games if his team aren't scoring, it would not even matter whether they're on home, If he attempts similar numbers or less in game 6, then I'm definitely sure that it will be a Knicks win in 6.

Yeah, I would agree that Haliburton is selfless which is good, but as a leader of a team there are time where you'd have to be Selfish in order to help your team mates win games, teams do find it difficult to score sometimes that's why you'll see teams like Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks thrive a lot because there are days when all Jokic or Doncic do is to create plays and gets double digits in assists, but they are days when either of them would need to do scoring independently while depending on there team mates to help with the defensive duties alone. Look Jalen Brunson for instance, he has been doing a vast majority of the scoring for his team not because he's selfish, but because when he doesn't score as much as a leaders it rubs off on his other teams mate or the team collectively.

Pacers got locked down because they were scoreless in 7 minutes in the 4th. The game could have easily went over if they scored at least 10 points in that minutes they were scoreless. It's a great series, you can see the competitiveness of both teams and since they are both good at home, then just don't break that, and we know the drill in game 6. I'm putting bigger bet in game 6 and if I win, I'll maybe pass game 7.

Denver broke the pattern in their game last night winning on their home court because it was a road warriors series before that having the away team win both their games.
Think that Minnesota has lost their energy and spent it too early because they didn't look like they did when the series started. Losing by 15 points is a defining margin to showing they are running out of steam in these playoffs.
And relying on defensive plays takes up more of that energy than offensive plays.

I'm taking the underdogs today even though there's a good chance that Cleveland gets beat by 40.  When you get a +17.5 on the game it's hard not to take the bet.  I was basically flipping a coin whether to take Cleveland +17.5 or Boston -16.5.  I think they both have about equal chances.  Either Cleveland will make it a game or they won't.  I'm guessing without Mitchell there are going to be guys wanting to leave their mark on the season.  We'll see...  I also think the Mavericks have a good chance at beating the Thunder, so taking them +5.5 actually seems like the safer bet to me.

Boston Celtics - Cleveland Cavaliers
Handicap (Incl. Overtime)
Cleveland Cavaliers (17.5)

Oklahoma City Thunder - Dallas Mavericks
Handicap (Incl. Overtime)
Dallas Mavericks (5.5)

Odds
3.15