CLEVELAND CAVS are seeking a return to form when they head to Indiana Pacers in the pick of Monday night NBA matches.
LeBron James and Co have suffered back-to-back defeats in a run of three losses in their last four games as their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference comes under threat.
They're fancied to get back on track tonight with Betway going 13-50 on a Cavs win at Indiana who have also lacked consistency lately and are 31-10 at Paddy Power.
There's no ATP tennis action this week but plenty of WTA matches action from Monterrey – where Caroline Wozniacki is 11-2 title favourite at Skybet – and Kuala Lumpur.
Elsehwere there's a bit of cricket and NHL ice hockey so let's hear all your sporting tips and chat and Jordan will add an NBA pick if anything takes his fancy.
Jordan's NBA Tips
Wizards -6
Thunder -4
Clippers -5.5
(13-10, Skybet) – 1 point
OKC -4 First Half Spread (10-11, William Hill) – 3.3 points
Jordan says: Not a fan of backing my own team but Gay, Rondo and Curry are all now doubtful to play, so that isn’t a great sign for the Kings. Cousins will have to carry the whole team and against Durant and Westbrook, you’re likely to lose with a one man band. Other bookies have this spread @ 5.5-6 so it's quite the bargain.
In December 2020 we sadly 
A good night for the thread (although it was quiet here yesterday ;-)). Happy with the results after surprises over the week-end and with a reminder of why it’s important to wait for the latest team news.
Congrats to all winners.
Posted yesterday:
– Mavericks -2.5, Magic -4.5 (double) @ 1/1 (Unibet) – 3 pts *** WIN ***
– Pistons +6.5, Blazers +10.5 (double) @ 19/20 (Unibet) – 1 pt *** WIN ***
Record (W-P-L): 10-0-13
Profit/Loss: 1,78 pts
Well done mate good winners there!
Cheers shotty.
Quiet on the thread yesterday but did manage to follow a few that were posted, thanks to @jordan & @oriaz.
Small card on the EuroHoops today but there’s two games in the Adriatic league and I like them both…..
Zvezda @ Cibona (17:00GMT)
Zvezda (-5.5)
Cedevita @ Partizan (19:00GMT)
Cedevita (+3.5)
Double @ 11/10 William Hill – 3pts staked.
Good luck!
hey bud do you like these 2 to go over’s ?
Not really a big fan of the Adriatic league for overs. Zvezda game looks OK for overs but not one I’d back with confidence.
CRICKET
PAKISTAN VS UAE
Player performance
M Aamir 32 & over @ 5/6- 3 points
M Naveed 20 & above @ 5/6– 1.61 points
Trixie(0.25*4=1 Point)
S Malik (PAK) Top Batsman 4/1
M IRFAN ( PAK ) Top Bowler 7/2
R MUSTAFA (UAE) Top Bowler 4/1
good luck
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February- Profit+6.61 points
2016- Profit+6.61 points
I know nothing about cricket whatsoever but based on your trixie above does the following on paddy sound sensible?
Top team a runscorer/wicket-taker double of Malik/Irfan at 22/1 sound reasonable?
@tipsultan
Would it be possible to let others know which bookies you’ve placed your bets with? Think it would be very difficult for anyone to follow without this vital piece of information, especially when the tips are player performance.
sorry for delay bet365 offers that market till the time of toss.. hope u get in to it on tmrow india vs srilanka
Long term lurker but want to say I appreciate the input by you posters under sports. Really helps
Both these tennis tips are on Tuesday but one is in the early hours of the morning at 3am so it will be my Monday Nap
Tennis
WTA Kuala Lumpar
Cagla Buyukakcay v Laura Siegmund 3am
BUYUKAKCAY 13/10 NAP/NB william hill boylesports (double stake)
WTA Monterrey
Anett Kontaveit v Dominika cibulkova (tuesday 4pm)
KONTAVEIT 16/5 NAP/NB william hill (double stake)
Good work last night @oriaz. Posted late on the old thread but Pistons won so thankfully most of the stake returned from the Grizzlies on Saturday. Just goes to show how waiting till an hour or so before tip off can be an advantage as I wouldn’t have touched them otherwise. Really tough card again tonight if I may say so. Tempted on OKC to beat Sacramento but only if Rajon Rondo is out again. (That’ll be why there are limited markets).
Gallinari is out for 2-3 weeks for Denver so they’ll need big performances from Will Barton. 17 points @ 5/6 @ PP seems reasonable to say he averages 15.4 off the bench.
Check in later and good luck if you’re having a punt today.
I was in no state to post yesterday (hence my no show) as I was recovering from Saturday /Sunday morning..…bit late on this but since I wasn’t around ill mention now… Steph Curry, wow.. has to be the best shooter I’ve ever seen in my life, Incredible way to win the game on Saturday, the guy is not human.
After a rough night with my Celtics 1st Half bet losing, then Pelicans too… I was 4.8 points down.
I was too intoxicated to post on here but lumped 5 points on Warriors ML @ 2.50, when they were behind….. that long range 3 from Curry to win the game was absolutely amazing, such a buzz and made up for a poor night!!
Anyway onto tonight.. couple of early leans.. I quite like Bucks at +2, and also Phily… +12.5 points?? Seems a lot!. Maybe even Nets +13… who have covered 66% of double digit spreads on the road, also potential look ahead game for Clips as their playing OKC on Wednesday.
Just early thoughts at the moment, not had time to look with too much detail…….
Any thoughts guys?
Alright mate. Just on the Clippers game. Not sure they’ll be as worried about the OKC game as you’d think. If anything it’ll be the Nets who are less bothered about this one tonight as they have a much more winnable game against the Lakers tomorrow and are obviously already in LA. May well cover the 12.5 though.
Very valid point, thanks Jordan. Think I’ll focus my attention on Bucks, Philly and maybe the Pacers @ Cavs game…
Hey Jordan just a quick thought nfl games next season at Wembley pc brigade ie some m p s say Washington redskins should change their name as name is offensive unbelievable pc please butt out .
Guess there’s a new PC Principal in town in ol’e Washington
Haha I find that hilarious as South Park did an episode on the Redskins changing their name!
Washington native Americans doesn’t have the same ring to it lol.Owner says no change it actually our members of parliament asking for change because they playing in London next year for one game
My bet tonight is Magic -3.5 and Portland +8.5 exactly evens with 365. Good luck all
Posted last night, think I played it a bit too safe but nothing wrong with that!
Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo and Seth Curry all missed shootaround for the Kings today. Wouldn’t read too much into that just yet as its not essentially mandatory for them to do anything and they may have been told to sit out in case further damage is done.
NBA Double.
76er’s/Wizards – Under 222 Points
LA Clippers (HT/FT)
Double @ Evens (Bet 365) – 2.5 Points.
Feeling very good about this double, keeping it simple and hoping for a good start to the week.
The Clippers bet speaks for itself… 76er’s @ Wizards, I like the total to go under 214.5, so brought it up to 222.
Both teams are on b2b games, 3 of the last 5 Wizards home games went under… they’ve played each other twice this season and both games went under.
Good luck.
I’m going to risk 1.2 points on Will ‘The Thrill’ Barton (Denver Nuggets) Over 17 Points @ 5/6 @ Paddy Power
I think he’ll be the one to start in Gallinaris place and he had 22 points in their loss against Dallas on Friday night without making any of his seven attempted treys.
Gary Harris (Denver) could also hold a little bit of value with his points total at 13 at the same price and firm. With Danilo out there is plenty more offense to go around but DJ Augustin is also playing well since his trade from OKC. Barton had 24 shots from the field against Dallas, 10 more than any on his team.
Tempted by OKC -4 HT @ 10/11 @ William Hill but I would like to see if Rondo and Gay start. Seth Curry isn’t that much of a factor despite his younger brother being one of the best shooters the game has seen in recent years.
Not usually going for prop bets, but I like your analysis on Will Barton, will be on it.
Not usually going for prop bets, but I like your analysis on Will Barton, will be on it.
Got a free bet with Sky so going to post an 8/1 fun bet fourfold for now
Grizzlies win
Celtics -2.5
Philly +14.5
Under 228 total in the Thunder kings game
My main bet tonight is Clippers HT FT and Cavs -3.5, evens with 365
Good luck all!
Picks for tonight:
Wizards/Sixers: The Wizards are back at home after a convincing win against the Cavs (without LeBron). After a very bad start to the season the play-offs are now become a reality. Sixers are still very bad and even worse when playing away (only 4 wins). The spread is too high, so I’m taking an alternative.
Cavs/Pacers: Cavs will want to bounce back at home after yesterday’s loss, LeBron is also back and Raptors are very close to take over the Cavs 1st place in the East. It’s an important game for both teams but the Cavs home record is a lot better than Pacer’s away stats.
Rockets/Bucks: Rockets need to win this game if they want to keep that 8th spot and a play-off chance.
– Cavs -4.5, Wizards -6.5 (double) @ 1/1 (Unibet) – 1 pt
– Cavs ML, Rockets ML (double) @ 6/5 (Unibet) – 0,78 pts
GL tonight!
I’m also on Utah Jazz +5.5 @ 1.80 (Bet 365) – 1.5 Points.
Bounce back spot for Jazz.
That’s it for me, good luck.
OKC -4 First Half Spread @ 10/11 @ William Hill – 3.3 points
Not a fan of backing my own team but Gay, Rondo and Curry are all now doubtful to play, so that isn’t a great sign for the Kings. Cousins will have to carry the whole team and against Durant and Westbrook, you’re likely to lose with a one man band. Other bookies have this spread @ 5.5-6 so its quite the bargain.
If you didn’t get on you won’t now. Two minutes ago. http://www.oddschecker.com/basketball/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder-at-sacramento-kings/1st-half-point-spread/bet-history/oklahoma-city-thunder-5.5/today
Okafor out for Philly, he’s been their go to guy recently.
Noel is up to 12.0 at paddy but still 9.5 at skybet, he’s been carrying a leg injury the last few games apparently.
Which slightly puts me off so I won’t be touching it, but still a big player out for them!
Guess who’s back? Back again. Nick is back. Tell your friends :D
Okafor or not they were probably getting blown out.
I agree with that mate, managed to get back on my feet thanks to the 365 offers and your Detroit tip last night, cheers for that!
Christ, hope you hadn’t been following any other of my NBA bets haha, no worries.
Was looking at mcgregor vs diaz odds and noticed that betway have them both not to touch gloves at 8/13 while betfair have them to both touch gloves at 7/2
Whats your point Tom? Seems about right. They won’t touch gloves. I don’t think so anyway. Diaz is more arrogant than McGregor.
My favourite market is Nate Diaz To Show Conor The Middle Finger At Some Point During The 25 Minute Fight @ 8/15 @ Coral
That is no joke and a legitimate market!
I was saying that if you stuck £130 on betway you’d get £80 profit, surely you could cover that on betfair by putting £40 on for £140 back, either way you could make profit, or am I been stupid haha and I like that bet, reckon diaz will probably slap him at some point but not to sure how long the fight will last. One bet that stuck out to me was the holly holm vs miesha tate fight which is 20/23 at ladbrookes for under 4.5 rounds, not sure on stats or anything but can’t see it going five rounds.
Right one more. Only worry here is the Clippers but I’m going to stick with my judgement on if the Clippers are leading by enough, the Nets will give up and look to tomorrows easier game against the Lakers.
Wizards -6
Thunder -4
Clippers -5.5
13/10 @ Skybet – 1 point
You actually have a very valid point there.
£130 on NO @ 8/13 Betway returns £210
£37.50 on YES @ 7/2 @ Betfair returns £168.50
£167.50 to return either £42.50 or £1 profit.
Pretty sure it would be the £42.50 though.
I wonder what their max stake on NO is?
Not sure on max but you could basically cover the stake, i’d get on it now incase odds drop,
Not worth it Tom. Not to me anyway. Max bet is only slightly above £50 :(
CRICKET
PAKISTAN VS UAE
Player performance
M Aamir 32 & over @ 5/6- 3 points- won – 2 wickets
M Naveed 20 & above @ 5/6– 1.61 points- lost
Trixie(0.25*4=1 Point)
S Malik (PAK) Top Batsman 4/1- won
M IRFAN ( PAK ) Top Bowler 7/2- lost
R MUSTAFA (UAE) Top Bowler 4/1- lost
good luck
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February- Profit+6.50 points
2016- Profit+6.501 points