Service Plays Wednesday 1/22/20

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Greg Shaker

857 UNLV - 858 Nevada OVER 146.0

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ANDREW MCINNIS BASKETBALL PLAYS

NBA Total Play
Game: (531) Sacramento Kings at (532) Detroit Pistons
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:05 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Heritage
Play Rating: 2%
Play: Total Under 223.0 (-108)

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NBA Side Play
Game: (537) Los Angeles Lakers at (538) New York Knicks
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:35 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: William Hill
Play Rating: 2%
Play: Los Angeles Lakers -11.0 (-110)

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NBA Total Play
Game: (541) Los Angeles Clippers at (542) Atlanta Hawks
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:35 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Westgate
Play Rating: 2%
Play: Total Under 235.5 (-110)

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NBA Side Play
Game: (551) Indiana Pacers at (552) Phoenix Suns
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 9:05 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Westgate
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Indiana Pacers -110

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This is a great bounce back spot for the Indiana Pacers, who suffered their worst loss of the season in Utah Monday night. The Pacers have been excellent this month. Indiana is 4-1 ATS their last 5 road games, and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 following a loss. And after that embarrassing performance on Monday I know Indiana will be eager to take the court. Indiana is more known as a defensive team, as they are elite but they can also score. The Pacers rank top 5 in 3PT% and FG%. This is a very well coached, disciplined team that plays the correct way. Unlike Phoenix, who play very selfish basketball with no team defense at all. The Pacers will be finding that 3ball that they love all game. I love the fact that Indiana will be able to put Malcom Brogdon on Devin Booker, one of the best defenders/2-way players in the game. Booker has put this team on his back as of late, if he has a bad game then the team usually has a bad game. Indianas 8th ranked defense will definitely play a lot better than last game, as coach McMillan emphasized. This offense is very underrated too. They may not score a ton because they play at an extremely slow pace but their percentages and numbers are elite and can go head to head with any offense in the NBA. The entire roster can shoot threes. Pacers have won the last 5 games vs Phoenix and will continue that trend tonight. Pacers all day.

NBA Side Play
Game: (553) Utah Jazz at (554) Golden State Warriors
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 10:05 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Westgate
Play Rating: 2%
Play: Utah Jazz -8.0 (-110)

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DR. CHUCK NHL

HOCKEY PLAYS

Game: (23) Winnipeg Jets at (24) Columbus Blue Jackets
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:38 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: William Hill
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Columbus Blue Jackets -185

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Parlay the Blue Jackets behind Elvis to go into the break playing as well as they have been with a solid W....with the Wild doing the same against the Red Wings at home who have NOTHING to play for and seem to get worst as the periods go on each and every night!

Game: (25) Detroit Red Wings at (26) Minnesota Wild
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 8:08 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Bookmaker
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Minnesota Wild -270

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Please only parlay this Winner with the BJs tonight as neither warrants the value of a full play but together each should garner solid wins at home and a little over a 1 to 1 payout on the double winners!

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TEDDY COVERS BASKETBALL PLAYS

Game: (549) Minnesota T\\\\\\\'wolves at (550) Chicago Bulls
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 8:05 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Heritage
Play Rating: 3%
Play: Chicago Bulls 1.0 (-108)

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3% Take Chicago (#550)
Minnesota has no business as road chalk against ANYBODY right now; lacking both confidence and chemistry. The T-Wolves are mired in another long losing streak, despite the return of Karl Anthony Towns back into the lineup following an extended absence. They’ve won a grand total of TWO road games since the beginning of December: by one point in OT at Sacramento and a beatdown of the hapless Cavaliers; 2-11 SU on the highway in their last 13 tries. And yet the betting markets continue to ‘like’ the T-Wolves despite a money burning 8-16-1 ATS mark in their last 25 games.
The Bulls have won their last two home games and they’re coming off a spread covering, closer than expected loss at Milwaukee. That was a wire-to-wire cover despite a 29% shooting performance from three point range. Head Coach Jim Boylan, following the defeat: "We just keep fighting and scrapping. If we have a normal shooting night from the 3, it's a different outcome." Coming off a game in which leading scorers Zack LaVine and Lauri Markkanen combined to hit just 9-30 from the floor (2-15 from three point range), it’s a prime bounceback spot for a home dog that should be the favorite this evening. Take the Bulls.
Line Parameter: 3% at pk or if the Bulls are underdogs, 2% if Chicago goes off as the favorite.
Game: (545) San Antonio Spurs at (546) New Orleans Pelicans
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 9:30 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Heritage
Play Rating: 3%
Play: San Antonio Spurs 3.5 (-108)

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3% Take San Antonio (#545)
Zion Williamson will make the New Orleans Pelicans better over the long term. But their first game with Zion in the lineup is not likely to be a thing of beauty. This is most assuredly NOT a bet-on quote from head coach Alvin Gentry – I bolded the key points:
"It's going to be a circus and everyone knows that. What we have to do is focus on the task at hand and that is playing a really good San Antonio team…..I think the big thing for us is we just need to get him out there so all of this goes away and then we can just start to figure out rotations and how we are going to play and things we are going to do."
The Pelicans aren’t used to playing big ‘media event’ games – the circus atmosphere isn’t going to help them one iota. And Gentry was 100% correct talking about STARTING to figure out rotations and minutes. In the short term, for at least a game or two, Zion’s return has the legitimate potential to cool off a hot team; 11-5 SU and 13-2-1 ATS in their last 16 games following their 13 game skid.
The Spurs aren’t pushovers, and they’ve been excellent underdogs of late, beating the Suns (+4.5), Heat (+1), Raptors (+5), Celtics (+7) and Bucks (+8) in SU fashion over the last 2+ weeks; three of those wins coming on the highway. No surprise here if San Antonio wins this game in SU fashion as well. Take the Spurs.
Line Parameter: 3% at +3 or higher, 2% at +2.5 or lower

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TEDDY COVERS NCAAB

Game: (829) North Carolina at (830) Virginia Tech
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 8:00 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Bookmaker
Play Rating: 3%
Play: Virginia Tech -6.5 (-111)

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3% Take Virginia Tech (#830)

Make no mistake about it – the Tar Heels are a train wreck right now, worth betting against at any reasonable opportunity. This has happened before at North Carolina; an 8-20 season (4-12 in the ACC) under Matt Doherty back in 2002. It’s happened in the Roy Williams era, missing the Big Dance following a 5-11 ACC campaign in 2010. And it’s happening again here in 2020
The Tar Heels are 8-9 SU, 4-13 ATS. They’re in LAST PLACE in the ACC, in the midst of a four game losing streak, all against lesser ACC foes. Their only pointspread cover on the road all year came at Gonzaga, where a 20+ point deficit turned into a 13 point loss at +14 after the Zags dribbled out the clock on multiple possessions down the stretch. They’ve been besieged by injuries to their best players, and Roy Williams doesn’t have answers (“I’ve never coached a team when I started four different point guards in a season.”)
Virginia Tech beat North Carolina by double digits on the Tar Heels last visit to Blacksburg. And Hokies first year head coach Mike Young has a young team with four frosh and two redshirt frosh getting consistent minutes in his rotation. But those frosh are stepping up, most notably Landers Nolley who has won ‘ACC Frosh of the Week’ five times already this season; currently the 3rd leading scorer in the conference. Cheap price to lay with the better & hotter team. Take Virginia Tech.
Line Parameter: 3% at -7 or lower, 2% at -7.5 or higher

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DR. CHUCK ADD-ON NBA

Game: (543) Memphis Grizzlies at (544) Boston Celtics
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:35 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: William Hill
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Memphis Grizzlies 7.0 (-110)

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Wow...just wow! I will be discussing this game probably at length on the show today...but what a line the Celts demand from Vegas...and against a team like Memphis likely still doesn't crush the books completely...but wow!
We backed the Pistons +9 at Boston a week or so ago before Boston headed to Milwaukee for a game they cared about...and also recommended the ML being peppered...Detroit led throughout and won rather easily.
Celtics are playing their 12 effing game in the month of January...and they've had 3 B2B spots and a ton of travel flux, opponent flux, and injuries. A lot of this game to a head the other night when they took on the AD back best team in the NBA and absolutely ANNIHILATED them into submission scoring 140 in their wake.
Now they get the Griz off a loss at home to NO...maybe surprising but also apparently very helpful here as we get 7 points! Memphis has the most outright wins this season on the road getting 7 or more points...and in only 10 occurrences...compared to nearly twice this from CLE, NYK, WAS, GS, and the like...who at most have 3 such outright Ws.
I mentioned this spot yesterday and thought I would love it at the 5 or so points we'd get...but again...WOW

Game: (541) Los Angeles Clippers at (542) Atlanta Hawks
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 7:35 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Bookmaker
Play Rating: 4%
Play: Total Over 234.0 (-110)

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WELL....hmmm
- no Beverley
- no Kawhi
- no PG
that's basically the entire defensive prowess for the LAC...not to mention Beverley isn't the offensive threat of anyone who will spell him in the lineup and the minutes....Lou Will will go for 30+ minutes and is off a 4/19 game which won't happen 2 nights in a row...and the defense that is left is on no rest and a solid win in Dallas.
Atlanta basically will go Over with anyone any night as they love playing on the offensive end and shooting and running, but not so much on the defense...also with the potental complacency of 3 guys out for the Clips and knowing they are on a back to back as well with travel. The Hawks shouldn't be able to defeat the Clippers...but if the Clippers are going to almost on purpose allow ATL to go north of 120 then we have ourselves a spot!

Game: (547) Denver Nuggets at (548) Houston Rockets
Date/Time: Jan 22 2020 8:05 PM EST
Betting Line Provider: Westgate
Play Rating: 4%
Play: 1Q Houston Rockets -3.0 (-110)

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No Plumlee now in addition to no Murray or Millsap...with Gary Harris upgraded to questionable as the best stands...leaving mostly the Joker as the only healthy star player tasked with competing with Westbrook running and Harden and Gordon chucking 3s...the former of which is coming off a 1 for 17 from deep...and WE ALL KNOW he ain't shy when it comes to "bad" games left in the dust. There is 0 chance he won't shoot another 17 from deep if the offense allows it and they all fall to him with the transition and kick outs. However, the Nuggets are just 1-9 ATS in the 1st quarter and a lot of that is correlated with the injuries...not getting off to good starts period and slowing taking it out of teams for Ws...where Houston is the reverse....just coming off a loss to the Thunder where they had to be outscored in the 4th quarter by 21 points to lose that game!
Harden goes for double digits in the first quarter and maybe Westbrook does too...and this -3 line for the 1st quarter is as good as they come when narrowing down a slate to hammer weak ass lines!....and just flat MAKE MONEY!

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Seabass: 300 Raptors, 400 Sac Kings, 400 Lakers, 400 Rockets, 300 Pacers, 400 Xavier, 400 Citadel, 400 Chicago State, 400 Providence

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Bettor #4 is on Xavier -5.5 over Georgetown (should come as ZERO surprise). Xavier achieves an LJP score of 4U

ADDED AT 3:45pm ET... Bettor #4 HAS ADDED Tulsa +3.5 over Memphis. Tulsa achieves an LJP of 3OPEN

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Greg Shaker

857 UNLV - 858 Nevada OVER 146.0

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Bezobets

NCAA Basketball: Marshall ML @ 1.832/-120 (3 Units)
NCAA Basketball: Georgia Tech +7.5 1st Half @ 1.909/-110 (2 Units)
NCAA Basketball: Syracuse +2.5 1st Half @ 1.95/-105 (2 Units)

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NBA personal favorite
Orlando -1.5

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Bradley-10

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GABRIEL DUPONT

Tonight's winner...
My 100 Dime Winner is the COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS in their Interconference skate against the Winnipeg Jets. At 9 pm pacific, the line I see is, Blue Jackets -1.5 goals, +160.

Game Breakdown

The SKINNY on this Game - With 32 games to play, the Columbus Blue Jackets continue to creep up the Metropolitan Division, and remain in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race. They've won five straight, and are sitting just behind the New York Islanders in the Metro. They also hold one of the two wild-card spots in the East. Their success can be attributed to so many things, and that's what makes this team great - the balance from everywhere.


On the heels of a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden, the Blue Jackets will play their last game before the All-Star Break by hosting the Winnipeg Jets, who played Tuesday night in Carolina, a game that surely took its toll. This will be Winnipeg's third game in four nights, as it also played in a 5-2 loss at Chicago on Sunday. With how well Columbus netminder Elvis Merzlikins has played, I'd be surprised if the Jets even get one in net. That's why I like this one on the puck line.

The X-FACTOR in this Game - The key to this one is going to be Merzlikins playing in net. Now make note, he wasn't confirmed as the goaltender late Tuesday, and if turns out to be someone else in net I'll update this section. But I would be shocked if coach John Tortorella names somebody else. He took the night off Sunday against the Rangers, and prior to that had started 10 straight games and posted an 8-2-0 record. He also boasted a stingy 1.51 goals-against average, a filthy .955 save percentage and registered the first three shutouts of his NHL career in those games. It would only make sense to see him close out the 'first half' for the Jackets.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS with this Game - Numbers to consider in this one include Columbus' rock solid 8-2-0 run in January, and 15-5-4 run since the start of December. ... Since Dec. 1, the Blue Jackets have been third-period warriors, outscoring foes in that span 30-13, part of a 68-46 total package. ... Columbus has been successful on 88.8 percent of it penalty kills since Nov. 19, fourth-best in the NHL. ... During their five-game win streak, the Blue Jackets have outscored the competition 16-3. ... During their league leading 30-point run (14-2-2) since Dec. 16, the Jackets have outscored foes 55-28.