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Bettors believe in Spurs with East finals going the distance

The San Antonio Spurs are the Robert Redfords of the NBA, looking better and better with age.

And, with the Eastern Conference finals stretching the full seven games and San Antonio making quick work of the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western championship, the Spurs have never been more attractive to bettors heading into the NBA Finals.

According to online book CarbonSports.ag, the longer the Eastern finals have drawn out the more money is convinced San Antonio can win the NBA title. The Spurs were priced at +200 to win the championship after sweeping the Grizzlies on May 27 and have been bet down to as low as +150 heading into Game 7 of the Eastern Conference championship.

“Once the Heat showed their vulnerability against the Pacers, we've written a ton of Spurs future money,” Michael Stewart, an oddsmaker with CarbonSports.ag, told Covers. “Most of that money has come at +200, +180 and now +150.”

Stewart says the possible series prices for the NBA Finals will have San Antonio set around the same odds versus the Miami Heat (-220) but the Spurs could be as low as -200 against the Indiana Pacers, giving great value to those who grabbed up the Western Conference champs early.

“If that's the case, all those Spurs future tickets look great going into Thursday night's Game 1,” says Stewart.

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Ultra Sports MLB

Arizona +155 list Cahill vs Lynn

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ROOT

millionaire heat

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Scott Landau MON:
NY -1.5 RUN LINE +175

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Godfather Locks

Heat

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JIM HURLEY

Heat (-7)
Heat/Pacers Under 181.5

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JR STEVENS

ALL ARE TOP-RATED (5-STAR OR 5-UNIT)

MLB
(951) MIAMI +180/RRL -1.5 +275
(954) ATLANTA -120/RL -1.5 +180
(957) ARIZONA +140/RRL -1.5 +230
(962) NY-YANKEES -110/RL -1.5 +185

*Play side and runline/reverse runline equally
"RRL" means "Reverse Runline" or "Alternate Runline"


NBA
(527) INDIANA +7/ML +310 ***NBA Game of the Month***
*Play side and moneyline equally

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ACCU-SCORE MLB

ML-Home Wins 55 to 59.9% 98-53, 64.9% +2169 - (including tomorrows games)

HOU 963 vs LAA 964 -- Over 50% on Los Angeles Angels -176
CHW 965 vs SEA 966 -- Over 50% on Seattle Mariners -111
ARI 957 vs STL 958 -- Over 50% on St. Louis Cardinals -148
TB 915 vs DET 916 -- Over 50% on Detroit Tigers -135
CHW 923 vs SEA 924 -- Over 50% on Seattle Mariners -159
MIA 901 vs PHI 902 -- Over 50% on Philadelphia Phillies -155
TOR 929 vs SF 930 -- Over 50% on San Francisco Giants -121

SV-Home Wins 55 to 59.9% 85-66, 56.3% +1975 -

HOU 963 vs LAA 964 -- Value on Houston Astros +162
CHW 965 vs SEA 966 -- Value on Seattle Mariners -111
ARI 957 vs STL 958 -- Value on Arizona Diamondbacks +136
TB 915 vs DET 916 -- Value on Detroit Tigers -135
CHW 923 vs SEA 924 -- Value on Chicago White Sox +149
MIA 901 vs PHI 902 -- Value on Miami Marlins +145
TOR 929 vs SF 930 -- Value on San Francisco Giants -121

4 STAR MONEY LINE 125-80, 61% +1457 -

COL 955 vs CIN 956 -- Over 50% on Colorado Rockies +122
SD 959 vs LAD 960 -- Over 50% on San Diego Padres -105
TB 915 vs DET 916 -- Over 50% on Detroit Tigers -135
COL 905 vs CIN 906 -- Over 50% on Cincinnati Reds -158
SD 911 vs LAD 912 -- Over 50% on Los Angeles Dodgers -128

4 STAR TOTALS 110-89, 55.3% +1210 -

CLE 961 vs NYY 962 -- Under 8
ARI 957 vs STL 958 -- Under 7.5
MIN 919 vs KC 920 -- Under 8.5
CLE 913 vs NYY 914 -- Under 9.5
ARI 909 vs STL 910 -- Under 8

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Nover's View

The NBA Should Root for the Pacers

It's Game 7 time in the Pacers-Heat series.

Obviously there are good and bad points for each team in trying to determine the outcome. One plus for Miami is that David Stern, the networks and league don't want to see an Indiana-San Antonio championship series.

Yes, that matchup wouldn't be nearly the draw of having the defending world champion Heat and LeBron James in.

But maybe if that happened - where the Pacers got a fair shake from the officials and pulled the upset - this conspiracy type of thinking would cease to be a legitimate handicapping angle.

This negative public perception doesn't apply to the NFL nor to baseball. It's a real black eye for Stern and the NBA that many people feel a small market team such as Indiana will get screwed.

A fairly officiated game with a Pacers victory as the outcome would kill ratings for the championship series. But it would do more good in the long run for the NBA by restoring perception credibility.

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Betting First Look with Marco D'Angelo

NBA
INDIANA/MIAMI

UNDER 180

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Professional, swami group
Bruins

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Bob Balfe

June 3rd 2013

Pacers/Heat Game 7

Game Seven. There is nothing better.

Heat - 6.5 over Pacers

I am not one to say games are set up but the NBA would prefer the Heat play in the finals. Nobody wants a Spurs/Pacers meeting. Its bad for ratings. Its game seven and anything can happen however I am just going to go with the team that has the big named players and the best player in the game right now. If they fail to cover then so be it. Take the Heat

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Matt Fargo 10* NBA Enforcer


Miami

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Tom Freese 15* NBA

Indiana

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Marc Lawrence NBA

heat -7