2018 NBA PLAYOFFS.......................................

Whatcha leanin tonight, Bator?     

Will you ever start using your twitter again MB?

Looks like someone using your name then.  

Warriors roll game 1 as our largest mismatch teams bounces back.

Most likely Rockets will win game 2, we may pass on the game.

Celtics -10.21 over Cavs

Playoffs only............Celtics -3.43 over Cavs

my lines has been very good in Celtics games even with injuries to Kyrie and other players at times but we don't back teams off an ATS win in game 2 using my lines.

not a good spot for C's, off 2 ATS wins and a big blowout 25 point win and now the public coming in on C's with 67%  and the public  won last night and are on a 3-1 run, a longer 4-2 run and even longer 6-3 run,

not a good spot to side with the public if they stay on C's which can switch by game time.

then on top of this a over-reaction off a big blowout win and line adjustment on C's driving the line a full 2 pts from the opening game 1 line, these games are 5-3 ATS in playoffs thus far and they are money just backing them year-in year-out.

they are also off a 1-2 ATS in round 2 and are off a loss in the last game they applied which was to fade the C's in game 5 VS 76ers.

This game  has regression written aalllllll over it, the Celtics are not some magical team that can just throw up shots, watch them bounce around the rim and they all go in, most likely we will see a regression with the Celtics tonight, if they do win and cover we will fade them again in game 3.

we back the Cavs based on the spot not based on my lines to win 2 units but need the closing line to close at Celtics -1 or higher, so we waitout the line, hope to get another half a point or 1 pt, will post about 15 to 30 minutes before start of game.

LEAN.......... Cavs PK over Celtics

If Celtics win tonight will definately take action on Cavs game 3.

Either way BOL bro. 

Celtics regressed quite a bit shooting the ball, shot below their averages for the game, 43.5 % and 32.3 % on 3's, Cavs out-shot them by almost 3 %, but FT's and TO killed the Cavs.

C's won the TO battle by 10 and the off reb battle by 3, that is 13 extra possesions to make up for being out-shot.

It was LBJ with 6 TO's after having 7 game 1.

Cavs were dreadful on FT's missing 7 of 17 attempts with LBJ missing 5 of those 7 on only 10 attempts.

Once C's took the lead Cavs stopped attacking the basket and took 3's far to many times, they did not seem to get into any kind of offensive rhythm, just crank up 3's .

C's now off 3 ATS wins with a big blow-out 25 pt win, C's are the only team this postseason to cover more then 3 straight, and they did it one time covering 4 straight. But they never came close to having a big 25 pt blow-out type win in that run.

52% on Rockets tonight at this point so anyone's quess where they'll be by game time.

Very difficult to beat another very good team twice on their home floor, I would look for Rockets to bounce back and win tonight's game but will pass on any action.

If public wins again tonight , a big if at this point , that would make the Cavs game 3 even a better play if they keep coming in on Celtics big time with a high %.

Rockets -2.33 over Warriors

Rockets -.42 over Warriors.............based on ratings before injuries

Difficult to beat a top team 2 straight on their home floor, Rockets off 2 ATS losses , not a good spot to fade the Rockets .

We don't back teams in game 2 off ATS win using my lines.

Will pass on game tonight.

Public came in on Warriors at 55% and lost after the nice run they had coming in.

Tried to post the Rockets -1.5 last night 30 minutes before game time on my cell, but very hard to post on a cell on this site, took me almost 30 minutes to get to the thread and needed to sign in but could not.

Tied 1-1  we back the team to win the series, would  like the Warriors a little more but Rockets are very good and about ewen in Power Rating II with Warriors so to close to call. 

6 attempts is 1 attempt for every 4 shots from the field, not all that good for a top player.

When harden shots poorly he gets to the line 11 or 12 times or more and makes a high %, but not last night.

Tucker and Ariza were off the hook, shooting lights out, of course some of that is due to Harden.

Cavs --1.79 over Celtics

Cavs receive 4 additional bonus pts being down 2-0 in series.

Horrendously bad spot for my lines, one of the worst, if not the single worst spot to use my lines.

With Celtics off 3 ATS wins and a 25 pt big blow-out win.

Celtics did have  4 ATS wins with no big blow-out wins , then lost ATS the next game as a 7 pt dog VS Philly, similar line tonight  that looked great VS Philly at the time, just like this line looks, oh so great.

We'll back the Cavs based on a great spot.............................

Cavs -6 over Celtics --- 2.2 units

Highly unlikely, this is what Celtics look like when all those shots that bounce around the rim don't go in, it is called regression.

We'll see if Celtics can cut the lead and maybe have a chance to cover the line, not very likely they will come back . 

Was talking about how I was proven correct, Celtics shot under 40% from the field and under 30% on 3's, your right that is funny how often I am proven correct.....................................

Cavs rolled to the dominate win as Celtics were in a horrendously bad spot.

LBJ was spectacular, but he did not come close to a triple double.

27 pts, 12 assists and only 5 rebs.

8 of 12 for 66.7%, 3 for 3 on 3's, and he shot 80% from the line on 10 attempts, with an incredible almost even ratio of shots from the field to shots from the line. 1.2 ratio.

But had he got 5 extra rebs but shot 34% from the field and took 4 FT attempts  and 15 shots from the field for a  3.45 to 1 ratio but he got those 5 extra rebs then he would of had a much greater game according to triple doubles, once again, damn silly.

What makes LBJ an all-time great is what in he did in game 3.

Celtics have not lost 2 straight ATS yet in playoffs, I suspect Cavs win game 4 but could see either team covering the spread, but would look a bit more to Cavs covering game 4.

It will be a much closer game and I suspect Cavs will get the breaks at the end to just get  a cover. 

Celtics are 1-5 on the road, their only win coming in game 3 VS 76ers when the 76ers had those very careless TO at the end of game, just stupidity and possible inexperience by the 76ers gave Celtics the win.

There might be some great spots down the road in this series setting up off this big blowout win by Cavs that might go against the grain of conventional thinking based on how things have gone for Celtics in the playoffs thus far ,  just depends how things playout next game or 2.

And of course if it does we will be hearing all about how the script is in because no possible way it could happen otherwise, it is setting up to happen but things need to playout right next game or 2 games, maybe it does not set-up right, we'll see.

Warriors -5.67 over Rockets................based on end of season stats

Warriors -7.58 over Rockets ...............based on stats before injuries to 3 key players

We don't use my lines tied 1-1, we back the team to win the series if we have strong info on them.

Here Rockets and Warriors are almost dead even in PR II, which tells us either team has a chance to win this series.

PR I has Warriors much better, Warriors are our favorites to win the title, but that does not change the fact that Rockets are very close, if not better  in PR II and that  gives them a somewhat decent chance to win series. 

I would pass on this game , we should have better spots down the road, let's not get impatient and make a play just to make one.

The better plays might be backing the team trailing in the series, if the Rockets win SU we will back Warriors game 4, if Warriors win SU and ATS we will most likely back Rockets game 4, depends, as if Warriors are going to win series normally they would hold home court and win games 3 and 4, but in a series of 2 powerhouse teams sometimes the road team can win more games in the series then the home team will win.

games --- 23-17-1 ATS, won 10.25 units

totals --- 8-1, won 10.8 units

leans --- 9-6-1 ATS

leans on ML --- 2-1 , won 2 games at +915 total 

series plays --- 1-1, won 2.45 units

series parlays --- 0-2 , lost 4.57 units

Allen Iverson voice: we’re talking about rims.....rims........