11/13/24
NCAAB
CAL Golden Bears +7.5 -110 1.1u to win 1u
NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers 1H -6.5 -112 1.12u to win 1u
New Orleans/OKC o224.5 -107 1.07u to win 1u
Brooklyn Nets +9 -112 1,12u to win 1u
4 plays for me tonight as I try to keep it going on the hardwood. In college hoops tonight I only made one play because I feel like it's a trickier card with a bunch of teams favored by big spreads out there. I like CAL to go on the road against Vandy and keep the game close. Both teams have completely overhauled their roster through the transfer portal and I think Mark Madsen will find a way to keep this one close. I just don't think Vandy should be favored by this much even though their home court advantage is unique with the benches on the baseline. I'd make this line 3 or 4 though not 7.5 so I'm taking a shot with CAL tonight.
In the NBA I made three plays tonight. First up I like Cleveland early and often against Philly who will be sitting all three of their star players for various reasons. Maxey is still hurt and Embiid and George are resting on the second night of a back to back. Cleveland is the best team in the NBA so far this young season and they are 7-4-1 in the first half ATS so I'm taking them in the 1H here even though I like them full game. I just didn't want to lay -11 when I could have gotten it at -9.5. I still think they blow out Philly but I feel more comfortable playing the first half.
My second play is on the total in the OKC/NO game. OKC tends to play to the over at home and without Chet Holmgren in the lineup I think their defense suffers especially with no rim protection since both their big men are out. While I do have some concerns about New Orleans playing without a lot of key players I do think they can at least score enough to help this one get over.
My last play is taking the Nets and the points against the Celtics. The Celtics lost last night to the Hawks and I'm not sure if their main guys are going to play their full complement of minutes because they played a ton last night against the Hawks in the loss. I think the Nets can hang around here and make this a game against a Celtics team that may be a little fatigued.