THE World Series of Darts pitches up in Auckland for the weekend with Adrian Lewis defending his title.
Jackpot won the inaugural event last year but he's only sixth in the outright betting with rampant Michael van Gerwen unsurprisingly favourite (6-5, Sportingbet) followed by Gary Anderson (9-2, Netbet) and Phil Taylor (9-2, Coral).
At the Queen's Club tennis Andy Murray faces another Brit after swatting aside Aljaz Bedene to reach the quarter-finals. The top seed now faces Kyle Edmund who profited from Paul-Henri Mathieu's withdrawal yesterday and is 4-1 at Ladbrokes to win a set.
Heather Watson and Johanna Konta are also in last-eight action in the women's singles while the Halle Open sees Roger Federer continue his battle for a fourth successive title at the German tourney.
Other sporting highlights include rugby and cricket so as usual post your sporting tips and chat here.
In December 2020 we sadly 
Aukland Darts Masters 09:30
Van Barneveld vs Harris – Harris win 5/2
Bet365
Good luck all
Cleveland – GSW – Cleveland over 104.5 @ 1.85 won
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Combo @ 2.66 lost
– Cleveland – GSW – GSW (+7.5) @ 1.41
– Flipkens – Puig – Flipkens (+1.5 set) @ 1.45
– Germany – Poland – player’s shots on target – Lewandowski over 0.5 @ 1.30
James was on fireeeee
Combo @ 5.11 Unibet
Barcelona – Real Madrid – Real Madrid (+6.5) @ 1.58
Muller – Tomic – Tomic to win @ 1.87
Czech R. – Croatia – Czech R. to score @ 1.73
Sqeaky bum time for those of us too greedy / stupid to take the 17/1 cover after game 4. I’ll be a nervous one on Sunday night!!
Likewise here Jacksonator. Can’t belive i didn’t cover at 17/1, though i did cover some at lesser odds. With Bogut out i wonder if the Warriors can still do it.
Maybe someone can correct me but is Bogut a big loss to gsw?
I have £600 on it, to return a total of about £1,300 and was still too greedy to even put on £50 at 17/1 to guarantee a good return! Stupid.
Anyhow, @jordan will be able to offer more insight on Bogut but he only played about 15 minutes in game 1 and game 2. I think it boils down to Thompson, Curry and Green stepping up in game 7. And they simply can’t have an opening quarter where they score 11 points and find themselves 20 down. Third quarter last night I thought they played quite well but the shots before then just weren’t going down.
Still, game 6 against OKC they stepped up and had a huger performance again.
Problem is LeBron James is on fire and is hard to stop when he is in the mood so hoping that the big stars for GSW show up on Monday morning which they hopefully will
Jacksonator pretty much hit the nail on the head there about GSW spotting the Cavs a 20 point lead. You have Kyrie and LBJ, both of whom are top players in their position and if you spot them 20 points, that is never good.
Bogut is pretty much in the side as a rim protector, he hasn’t been a major factor in the series but he offers presence in the rim which limits LBJ driving to the lanes. When GSW play small ball without Bogut, LBJ is the largest man on the court, which is probably why he is driving the lanes a lot more.
I personally think the limited minutes that Kevin Love is playing is a big reason why the Cavs are looking better tbh.
Can anyone tell me what is happening with basketball final seems to have been going on for ever seems like my bet o the warriors has been on a long time.
Its 3-3 games each in the final with 1 game to go, winner takes all. GSW at home on Monday morning 2.00 am UK time.
OK John thanks for that info I see your team has an easy start to the season?
MLB Bets For Tonight
4 Fold @ 4.67/1 (£10)
NY Mets ML
Astros ML
NY Yankees ML
Tigers ML
Away underdog teams
Double @ 3.2/1 (£10)
SF Giants ML
Rangers ML
Long Shot
4 Fold @ 11.09/1 (£5)
NY Mets -1.5 RL
Over 3.5 SF Giants Runs
Astros -1.5 RL
NY Yankees -1.5 RL