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NBA Playoffs: East Round 2 Online Betting Preview
The second round for the Eastern Conference playoffs are now here and the online betting world can finally join the Cavaliers in saying: “FINALLY!” Crisis adverted by the favorites in their lengthy series, as they managed to put away the plucky underdogs that made them really sweat this time around.
Sports Betting Preview of the Spurs vs. Thunder Series
With all due respect to the Grizzlies and Mavericks, the Spurs and Thunder are finally going to get some competition on the NBA playoffs. Sport betting insiders are hyping this series to be the best basketball we will get to see in the second round as both teams have been very evenly matched throughout the regular season. This could be a tight series that has the potential of going to a full seven games, and it really could go either way, but San Antonio does have a slight edge over Oklahoma City.
Hornets take the Lead at Game 5!
When we were giving you our Betting on Basketball preview of the Eastern Conference Playoffs we said that the Charlotte Hornets looked like underdogs, had the odds of an underdog, and well, played like underdogs. Yet, we acknowledged that the Hornets had a very decent chance of upsetting the Miami Heat, especially if they manage to steal one game from Miami. Last Night, they did, and not only that, game 6 moves to Charlotte with the Hornets on the brink of eliminating the favorite Heat.
Jason Terry Guarantees Win in Game 6 versus Warriors
Houston Rockets guard Jason The Jet Terry has guaranteed his team will win Game 6 against the Golden State Warriors, putting the series 4-2 – apparently oblivious that the series is to the best-of-seven games. The sports betting favorites Warriors crushed the ever-loving tar out of the Rockets 114-81 to send them packing on Wednesday night. Coach Steve Kerr’s strategy of having league MVP Stephen Curry feign a knee injury in order to give Houston a semblance of a fighting chance clearly did not work and Golden State will most likely face the Portland Trailblazers in the second round.
Home, Sweet, Home for Atlanta; Bye, Bye for Boston?
If the online betting trend continues, the Boston Celtics will tied their series with Atlanta tonight on Game 6, as they make their last stand at the TD Garden. The story in this series has been all about winning at home and losing on the road, and since the Hawks have home field advantage, at this point it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that Atlanta will move on to face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round. Atlanta is the odds favorite at -128 versus Boston (+108) tonight.
The Eastern Conference Going to Distance
While the West is hurting right now, betting on basketball on the Eastern Conference playoffs is perhaps the most exciting fun right now. At this time three of the four series are tied with two games apiece, with a possibility of all three games going to a full game 7.
L.A. Clippers Injury Problems, Leave Series Wide Open
Just yesterday we were talking about how Steph Curry’s MCL sprain opened up a whole new discussion in sports betting regarding the way the NBA Western Conference Playoffs were headed. Just yesterday, we saw that the Clippers could be the biggest threat to the Clippers road to the Finals.
With Curry hurt, are the Spurs now Favorites?
It has been officially reported by the Golden State Warriors that their star player, Steph Curry, will be out for at least two weeks due to a MCL sprain. The news impacts the current online betting playoff picture in the west, but it is hard to assess just how much it will end up affecting the grand scheme of things.
Who will face the Cavs and the Spurs in the 2nd round?
The Cleveland Cavaliers (yay!) and the San Antonio Spurs (boo!) have made it to the second round of the NBA playoffs in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. Barring any unforeseen event, the Spurs are just waiting for the Oklahoma Thunder to dispose of the Dallas Mavericks, which could happen this Monday. The Thunder are sports betting favorites (-1800) against the Mavs (+1150) and lead the series 3-1. Only 9 teams have come back from a 1-3 disadvantage and won a playoff series, but Dallas should be more concerned about winning quarters – especially the first.
Game 3 Awakens The Slim Reaper
In game 2 of the NBA Playoffs the Thunder lost a key matchup against the Mavericks and put themselves in a corner. Kevin Durant, their star player, had a rare off night missing some key shot all throughout the game. Even with that going on, the Thunder managed to keep a close game, and barely lose it by fractions of a second. After the loss, sports betting fans, pundits, analysts, the dog, the cat, all pointed a finger at Kevin Durant. At game 3, the Slim Reaper… er, sorry, The Servant woke up in a big way and lead the Thunder to a much needed win at Dallas, silencing a loud American Airlines Arena.