There is nothing better than a Game 7 in any sport where the winner moves on and the loser’s gets the golf clubs out. The Bostons Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday at the Garden with the winner advancing on to face the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals. The home team has won [...]
Cleveland (-3) vs Boston and Utah (-3) vs LA Lakers. Hookscenter’s NBA playoff semifinal prediction record ATS: 15-7.
Hookscenter apologizes for only going 1-1 on Tuesday night in NBA conference semifinal action. When I took Detroit, I was under the assumption that Chauncey Billups would be playing. Billups didn’t play Tuesday night because of a lingering hamstring injury. With Billups in the lineup, there is no way Detroit doesn’t cover another two point. [...]
What does 13-3 get you? In the National Football League, it almost certainly awards you with a trip to the Super Bowl? In Major League Baseball, a pitcher with a 13-3 record would almost certainly get voted to the All-Star Game and be a heavy favorite to win the CY Young Award. In the National Hockey League, [...]
The line is flying in Vegas for Game 4 between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The opening line had Cleveland favored by 7 points in this pivitol Game 4 against Boston in the Eastern Conference Semifinals series. The line has shifted by 5 points as the Cavaliers are a measley 2 point favorite for [...]
Does it get any easier to win than Sunday’s NBA conference semifinal action? The Jazz had the best regular season record in the NBA this season with a 37-4 mark. Utah did lose to Houston at home in the opening round of the playoffs but I just put that in my money theory category. The Jazz [...]
So far the NBA is three-for-three in making sure that no team gets swept in the conference semifinals. Will the NBA make it four in-a-row tonight? I think so. The Cavaliers return to Cleveland to host the Celtics tonight. The Cavs trail the series 2-0 and they desperately need a win in game three to [...]
The National Basketball Association is all about making money and there is no way that they are going to allow a team to get swept in the conference semifinals. The NBA doesn’t necessarily care if teams get swept in the opening round of the playoffs because the playoffs in general are to long. Fan interest [...]
Cleveland (+8.5) and San Antonio (-6.5). Hookscenters record ATS in NBA Semifinals: 7-1.
This is a sucker game to bet on. The Boston Celtics are coming off an embarrassing, hard fought seven game series against the lowly Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks exposed the weaknesses of the Big Three in Boston and proved that the Celtics are very beatable on the road. The Cleveland Cavaliers are coming off a [...]
