Spurs Thunder Pick Game 4 - 5/27/14

What's the opposite of prophetic? After boasting a 2-0 Sunday with a perfect hockey score prediction, Marco and I hit our first 0-fer in a couple of weeks, missing on the NBA, the NHL, and the MLB. I knew we should have gone with the WNBA. The Minnesota Lynx helped us win all of our early NFL losses back last year.

NBA Playoff Record: 39-38-1 ATS

NHL Playoff Record: 2-1-1 

MLB Record: 0-2

NBA

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER (-2.5) over San Antonio Spurs: There's a lot of action coming in on the Spurs because of Coach Pop and his legendary ability to get his teams to bounce back. We believe the Spurs will win this series, but it's starting to have the feel of a long one and that means heading back to S.A. knotted at two. The favorite/home team is 12-3-1 ATS in the last 16 meetings and the Spurs are 0-8 ATS in their last 8 visits to OKC. With a playoff atmosphere, we don't see that changing. We're recommending laying the points and for totals players the UNDER is 8-3 in the last 11.



Random Stat of the Night: Play On – Home teams vs. the 1rst half line (OKLAHOMA CITY) when trailing in a playoff series, good team, winning 60-75% or more of their games on the season
152-91 since 1997. ( 62.6% | 51.9 units )
7-6 this year. ( 53.8% | 0.4 units )

MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers/Cincinnati Reds - UNDER 6.5: Greinke has been stellar all year and the Reds Alfredo Simon has not been seen by many Dodgers. All indications point to a low-scoring affair.

Toronto Blue Jays (-125) over Tampa Bay Rays: Mark Buerhle on the mound + Blue Jays playing some of the best baseball in the majors = W.

OAKLAND A's (-120) over Detroit Tigers: Sonny Gray baby, plus Max Scherzer's ERA on the road this year is approaching 4. That will be enough as Sonny continues to dominate the majors.

NHL

MONTREAL CANADIANS (-110) over New York Rangers: Montreal finds a way to send this series back to New York. No reason - just the way it's going to be.

May the Spreads Be With You,

Vinny and Marco