The Miami Heat are odds on favorites to win it all
Odds to win the NBA Championship
Miami 11/5
Chicago Bulls 7/2
Oklahoma City 15/5
San Antonio 9/2
LA Lakers 14/1
Boston Celtics 20/1
Memphis Grizzlies 22/1
Los Angeles Clippers 28/1
Indiana Pacers 30/1
New York Knicks 30/1
Dallas Mavericks 33/1
Atlanta Hawks 60/1
Denver Nuggets 75/1
Orlando Magic 100/1
Philadelphia 76ers 100/1
Utah Jazz 150/
Conference Odds
In the East
Miami Heat 4/5
Chicao Bulls 8/5
Boston Celtics 10/1
Indiana Pacers 16/1
In the West
Oklahoma City Thunder 1/1
San Antonio Spurs 2/1
LA Lakers 7/1
Memphis Grizzlies 10/1
Round-One Series Odds
In the East
No.1 Chicago Bulls (-1300) vs No.8 Philadelphia 76ers (+970)
No.2 Miami Heat (-880) vs No.7 New York Knicks (+660)
No.3 Indiana Pacers (-940) vs No.6 Orlando Magic (+770)
No.5 Atlanta Hawks (+160) vs No.4 Boston Celtics (-180)
The Celtics are the No.4 seed but the Hawks have home based on division better record
In the West
No.1 San Antonio (-1900) vs No.8 Utah Jazz (+1450)
No.2 Oklahoma City (-500) vs No.7 Dallas Mavericks (+425)
No.3 LA Lakers (-200) vs No.6 Denver Nuggets (+180)
No.4 Memphis Grizzlies (-205) vs No.5 LA Clippers (+185)
Phoenix takes down Nashville in OT
The NHL semifinals started Friday night with Phoenix beating Nashville 4-3 in overtime. The Predators outshot the Coyotes 42-24 but Phoenix made theirs count. Ray Whitney will be 40 in ten days and celebrated early by netting the winner at 14:04 of the first extra period. Mike Smith outplayed Pekka Rinne in a showdown of red-hot net minders.
There are three games on frozen pond today including two matinees. Nashville and Phoenix do it again at 3:00 PM EST with the Preds -110 and the total five flat -125. Five minutes later at the mecca of Madison Square Garden the Rangers are 60 cents over the Caps, the total five flat and -135. The LA Kings travel to St Louis to face the Blues. St Louis is a -160 and the total five flat with the under an astonishing -165.
Sportsbetting3’s MLB Diamond Dust
In the MLB on Friday night ….. Roy Halladay fell to 1-5 liftime against the Cubs as the Phillies were beaten at Wrigley 5-1. Albert Pujols broke an 0-19 hitless streak with a knock but the Angels fell to 6-14 after a 3-2 loss to the Indians. After the game, the Halos waived Bobby Abreu and called up Mike Trout from Salt Lake AAA. Abreu was hitting just .208 while Michael Trout was hitting .403 in Utah. The Yankees beat Detroit 7-6, scoring the winner on a wild pitch. Starters Justin Verlander and Bomber Ivan Nova both got no decisions. The Boston Red Sox won their fifth straight hammering the WSox 10-3 at the Cell.
Sportsbetting3’s NFL Draft News
The first three rounds of the NFL draft are in the books, rounds 4-7 take place today at the Radio City Music Hall. Early returns have Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Chicago , and New England have had consensus strong drafts to this point. Sportsbetting3 will have a team-bye-team analysis and grade locked and loaded Sunday by 12:00 Noon EST. Don’t miss it !!!
Sportsbetting3 Potpurri
Jason Dufner’s 12-under 132 is good for the 36-hole lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Russell Knox is one back tied with first round co-leader Ken Duke. Ernie Els and Steve Stricker are two back. Seventy-nine golfers survived the two-under cut and play the weekend.
Mark Martin won the 53rd pole of his career and will start up front with Carl Edwards at the Capital City 400 at Richmond. Kevin Harvick/AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Busch/Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin/Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne/Dale Earnhardt Jr, round out the first five rows.
Free Plays
(NBA) New York Knicks +8.5 over Miami, 3:30 PM EST
(NHL) Washington/New York Rangers Under 5 -135, 3:05 PM EST
(MLB) Atlanta (Delgado) -145 over Pittsburg (Bedard)
(MLB) NY Yankees (Garcia) -145 over Detroit (Smyly) 4:05 PM EST