Tuesday 4-23-19 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:54 AM

Marc Lawrence

Apr 23 '19, 7:45 PM in 10h
MLB | Brewers vs Cardinals
Play on: Brewers +100 at betonline

Play - Milwaukee Brewers w/Davies Game 907).
Edges - Brewers: Davies 3-0 career team-starts in this park; and 3-1 with 1.19 ERA this season … Cardinals: 3-9 last 12 games in this series, including 1-4 at home. … We recommend a 1* play on Milwaukee. Thank you and good luck as always.

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:54 AM

Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NBA

The Toronto Raptors attempt to close out their Eastern Conference first-round series with Orlando on Tuesday when they host the Magic in Game 5. Orlando pulled off a stunning upset in Game 1 before the Raptors rolled off three straight victories, the last two on the road.

Second-seeded Toronto rolled to a solid 107-85 victory in Game 4 on Sunday with All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard leading the assault with 34 points for his second 30-point effort of the series. "Road wins are the best, especially in the playoffs," Leonard told reporters afterward. "We all know the job isn't done yet." The seventh-seeded Magic have dropped games by 29 and 22 points in the series and are refusing to believe that they can't still make it a competitive matchup. "We're going to go to Toronto and, obviously, look for a win," Orlando power forward Aaron Gordon told reporters. "We've shown that we can win there before and that's what we're going to do. That's the idea, go out there and fight - definitely fight - and potentially get back (to Orlando for a Game 6). We get a win out there, then the series is up for grabs."

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBATV, FS Florida (Orlando), TSN (Toronto)

ABOUT THE MAGIC: Orlando felt it could give the Raptors a strong battle after splitting the first two games in Toronto but it returns across the border with its season on the line. "We've got to regroup," swingman Terrence Ross told reporters. "We've got to do it fast and we've got to watch film and understand better what we need to do. We've got a way to play and I just think we've got to figure that out. They're throwing all sorts of coverages at us and we've got to figure something out." Ross was one of the struggling players in Game 4 as he scored just five points in 31 minutes after averaging 19.5 points over the previous two games.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS: Leonard is averaging 28 points in the series with a high of 37 and he said after Game 4 he is enjoying being back in the playoffs after missing the postseason last season while injured with the San Antonio Spurs. "You just want to be out there on the floor, with your teammates and just feel that team spirit and chemistry, just trying to focus on one goal," Leonard told reporters. "That's something I was missing, just being out, sitting out. That's why it's a blessing this year just to be able to play and be on the floor, regardless of what the outcome is." Power forward Pascal Siakam is averaging 22.3 points and nine rebounds in the series but had his quietest outing of 16 points and six rebounds in Game 4.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. The Magic are averaging just 86.7 points during their three straight setbacks, scoring 85 or fewer points in two of the losses.

2. Toronto PG Kyle Lowry is just 15-of-38 shooting in the series while averaging 10.5 points.

3. Gordon scored 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting in Game 4 for his second 20-point outing of the series.

PREDICTION: Raptors 118, Magic 95

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:54 AM

Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NBA

A painful home loss has the Brooklyn Nets on the brink of elimination but they're not ready to give in entering Game 5 of the Eastern Conference first-round series Tuesday at the Philadelphia 76ers. "We were right there," guard Spencer Dinwiddie told reporters after Saturday's 104-101 loss put the Sixers up 3-1. "We feel like we should've won. We weren't saying this was a learning experience when we won Game 1. So we can't fall back on that now. We need to try to pull off something incredible."

To do so, sixth-seeded Brooklyn will need to keep its emotions in check following a contest that saw multiple ejections after a scrum along the baseline. All-Star center Joel Embiid, whose flagrant foul on Nets big man Jarrett Allen touched off the pushing and shoving, led the way for No. 3 seed Philadelphia with 31 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and six blocked shots after sitting out Game 3 with a knee issue. "Look at the magnitude of what the numbers say," Sixers coach Brett Brown told reporters after the contest. "He was dominant. He was dominant." Embiid has two flagrant fouls in the playoffs, two shy of earning himself a one-game suspension.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, TNT, NBCS Philadelphia

ABOUT THE NETS: The backcourt duo of Caris LeVert and D'Angelo Russell combined for 46 points in Game 4 while Allen had his best game of the series with 21 points and eight boards, but the Nets are still trying to get 3-point specialist Joe Harris going. Harris missed all six of his long-range attempts in the Game 4 loss and is 0-for-12 in the three straight defeats after making 3-of-4 in the victory in Game 1. "Joe's the best 3-point shooter in the league, so we're going to have the utmost confidence in him to hit," Dinwiddie told reporters. "He's played, what, 75 games, 80 games this year and been the best 3-point shooter in the league. We're not going to give up on him now because of three playoffs games: That's not going to happen."

ABOUT THE 76ERS: Embiid missed 14 of the final 24 regular-season games, was limited to an average of 22.5 minutes through the first two games of the series and missed Game 3, so there is the chance that the team could choose to rest him Tuesday with a 3-1 series advantage. Guard Ben Simmons carried the team without Embiid in Game 3 with 31 points and nine assists, and forward Tobias Harris has been a force as the series has dragged on. After scoring four points in the Game 1 loss, Harris is averaging 24 points to go along with 9.7 rebounds in the three straight wins.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Nets PF Ed Davis (ankle) missed Game 4 and his status is uncertain for Tuesday.

2. Brooklyn SF Jared Dudley was fined $25,000 and Sixers SG Jimmy Butler was fined $15,000 for their roles in the altercation in Game 4. Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended a game without pay and fined $25,000 for entering the referees' locker room after Game 4.

3. LeVert is averaging 21.8 points in the series while making 11-of-23 3-pointers.

PREDICTION: 76ers 111, Nets 105

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:55 AM

San Antonio Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NBA

The Denver Nuggets look to follow up a strong performance when they host the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the Western Conference first-round series on Tuesday. The second-seeded Nuggets forged a 2-2 tie in the matchup when they made 15 3-pointers in Saturday's 117-103 road win over the Spurs.

All-Star center Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in Game 4 and point guard Jamal Murray was in solid form with 24 points and six assists. "This was a collective effort," Murray told reporters after the victory. "We all believed in each other and know what we're capable of doing." The seventh-seeded Spurs led by 12 points after the opening stanza before being outscored 95-69 the rest of the way in a highly disappointing showing. "Overall, the Nuggets competed, and we did not," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told reporters. "Their physicality was obvious from the get-go. We knew that was gonna happen, and we did not respond."

TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, NBATV, FS Southwest (San Antonio), Altitude (Denver)

ABOUT THE SPURS: Point guard Derrick White had his first subpar outing of the series in Game 4 as he scored just eight points on 3-of-8 shooting after averaging 23 points on 29-of-42 over the first three contests. White had a career-best outing in Game 3 when he scored 36 points on 15-of-21 shooting but he was outplayed by Murray in Game 4 while key bench performers Rudy Gay (two points on 0-of-7 shooting) and Marco Belinelli (three points, 1-of-5) also contributed little. Power forward LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and nine rebounds while shooting guard DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points before being ejected with 5:01 remaining in the contest.

ABOUT THE NUGGETS: Coach Michael Malone inserted forward Torrey Craig into the lineup in place of struggling Will Barton and the move paid dividends as Craig knocked down five 3-pointers while recording 18 points and eight rebounds. "Now, he's not just a one-trick pony," Malone said of Craig after Game 4. "He finishes, he rebounds, he defends and obviously, he can make the 3-point shot. His confidence in shooting that ball is very high and obviously allowing him to shoot it." Barton scored 12 points off the bench and hit all three of his 3-point attempts after going 1-of-13 over the first three games.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. DeRozan was fined $25,000 for "recklessly throwing the basketball" in the direction of official Scott Foster in the fourth quarter of Game 4 -- the act that got him ejected.

2. Murray is averaging 24 points on 16-of-31 shooting in Denver's two victories, and averaging 11.5 on 10-of-29 shooting in its two setbacks.

3. Gay is just 4-of-24 from the floor over the past three contests after being 6-of-9 in Game 1.

PREDICTION: Nuggets 107, Spurs 105

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:55 AM

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Portland Trail Blazers Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NBA

The Portland Trail Blazers are on the verge of reaching the Western Conference semifinals after taking a 3-1 series lead over the sixth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder and can clinch the series when they host Game 5 on Tuesday. The Trail Blazers dropped Game 3 in Oklahoma City but rebounded with a 111-98 triumph in Game 4 as CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard continued to control the game from the backcourt.

Lillard and McCollum combined for 51 points and 11 assists in Game 4 - 34 points more than the Thunder starting backcourt - and tried to maintain a business-like approach despite the hostile surroundings. "We are going to play hard, stay together," Lillard told reporters. "Whenever the crowd gets into it, we are just going to keep doing what we do and come out on top. I was proud that we were able to stick to that and get done but a lot of that is because of what we have been through during the regular season and how we came together." Oklahoma City shot 37.5 percent from the floor on Sunday and is looking for more out of the complimentary players. "We've got to move the ball," backup point guard Dennis Schroder told reporters. "...They're doing a great job playing (All-Stars Russell Westbrook and Paul George), but I think the other guys who were on the floor got to be aggressive, got to get the ball, make a play for somebody else or finish."

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT, FS Oklahoma, NBCS Northwest (Portland)

ABOUT THE THUNDER: Westbrook was 5-of-21 from the floor in Game 4, including 0-of-10 in the second half, while George struggled to 8-of-21. "They just packed the paint," George told reporters of the Portland defense. "That's how every team tries to guard us, load up on us. We'll get in the flow. We'll get in the rhythm. The ball will find its way. We just have to keep at it." Westbrook carried the load with 33 points on 11-of-22 shooting in Game 3 but is 18-of-58 from the floor, including 3-of-17 from 3-point range, in the three losses in the series.

ABOUT THE TRAIL BLAZERS: Portland got a boost from up front in Game 4 as Maurice Harkless delivered a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds and Al-Farouq Aminu turned in his best game of the series with 19 points, nine rebounds and four 3-pointers. "Sometimes (Aminu) scores, sometimes he doesn't, but he gives a great effort every night," Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts told reporters. "We ask him to do a lot of things at the defensive end, to rebound. He's probably a better shooter than most people give him credit for, and he's been an important part of our team since he's been here." Aminu averaged 8.3 points in the first three games of the series and 9.4 during the regular season.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. McCollum is 10-of-17 from 3-point range in the last two games.

2. Oklahoma City C Steven Adams was held to six points on Sunday - his first single-digit effort of the series.

3. Portland last reached the Conference semifinals in 2016, when they fell 4-1 to the Golden State Warriors.

PREDICTION: Trail Blazers 106, Thunder 102

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:55 AM

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NHL

The Toronto Maple Leafs are doing their best to keep their focus on the future rather than what has transpired in the past. With a pair of demoralizing Game 7 losses lining their recent history, the visiting Maple Leafs hope the third time is the charm on Tuesday when they play the winner-take-all finale of their Eastern Conference first-round series against the Boston Bruins.

Toronto's painful Game 7 history came rushing to the forefront mere moments after it dropped a 4-2 setback on Sunday, although coach Mike Babcock wasn't interested in hearing about the team's 5-4 overtime loss in Boston in 2013 or its 7-4 defeat in 2018. "I'm not a big believer of living in the past. I don't carry a lot of stuff around from the past at all," said Babcock, who has lost three straight Game 7s to fall to 3-6 in that contest in his career. While the Bruins secured home-ice advantage by finishing seven points ahead of the Maple Leafs in the regular season, Toronto has gotten the better of Boston at TD Garden in the series. "Probably the only (advantage of hosting Game 7) is home ice, but they've already won twice there," Boston forward Jake DeBrusk said. "It's one of those things, where you try and forget the past, whether it's this series or last year's series, and understand they are going to come out with everything they've got and so are we."

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS

ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS: Defenseman Morgan Rielly answered his snub of being a Norris Trophy finalist with a goal on Sunday to extend his point streak to four games (one goal, four assists) while Auston Matthews also tallied, giving him five goals and an assist during that same stretch. Mitch Marner, however, has mustered just two assists in his last five contests after setting career highs in goals (26), assists (68) and points (94) during the regular season. "I just think the biggest thing for Mitch is you're playing against real good players and just breathe, don't spend a whole lot of time worrying about what everyone else thinks, just breathe and play hard and enjoy yourself," Babcock said on Monday.

ABOUT THE BRUINS: Although Brad Marchand collected two goals and an assist on Sunday to record his second three-point performance in three contests, the speedy forward was quick to skate past history playing a role in Game 7. "Nothing matters about the past," the 30-year-old Marchand said. "We're not going to look at anything that's happened in the past. We're going to play hard, they're going to play hard. One team is going to win, one team is going to lose." Linemate David Pastrnak set up a pair of tallies to give him five points (two goals, three assists) in his last three games, although he has just two assists in the three contests in the series at TD Garden.

OVERTIME

1. Tuesday's winner advances to face Columbus, which swept Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay in the first round.

2. While Boston's power play is 7-for-16 in this series, Toronto has gone 3-for-14 with the man advantage overall and 0-for-5 on the road.

3. The Maple Leafs are vying for their first postseason series victory since 2004.

PREDICTION: Bruins 3, Maple Leafs 2

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:55 AM

Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose Sharks Preview and Predictions 04-23-2019 in NHL

Tomas Hertl insisted that the San Jose Sharks were the better team following a win in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Whether the Sharks are indeed better is debatable, but they have to chance to complete a stunning comeback and eliminate Vegas when the teams clash in Game 7 on Tuesday night in San Jose.

Hertl had backtracked on his guarantee that the Sharks would force a deciding Game 7 but then he ensured it would happen by scoring the game-winning short-handed goal in double overtime in Sunday night's 2-1 victory. "It feels great," Hertl said after scoring three times in the past two games to help San Jose rally from a 3-1 series deficit. "You know, everyone will say there's a guarantee for Game 7 and everything. Well, there is the guarantee: Game 7. Now we have to go and finish it." The Golden Knights have to regroup after owning a staggering 59 to 28 margin in shots on goal Sunday, but they won Game 2 on the road and eliminated the Sharks in Game 6 in San Jose last year. "Everybody knows there's no tomorrow after tomorrow," coach Gerard Gallant said Monday. "Play your game. Win the hockey game, you move on. You lose, you're gone for the summer. I assume our guys will be ready to go."

TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, Sportnet, Sportsnet360, TVAS, AT&T Sportsnet-Rocky Mountain (Las Vegas), NBCS California (San Jose)

ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS: After piling up 16 goals in winning Games 2-4, Vegas has been limited to three tallies in the past two contests, prompting Gallant to consider a lineup change for the winner-take-all Game 7. "That's definitely a possibility. I'm not saying we're going to do it, just saying we're talking about it," said Gallant, who would likely choose from among forwards Ryan Carpenter, Brandon Pirri or Nikita Gusev, signed earlier this month after earning MVP honors in the Kontinental Hockey League. Defenseman Shea Theodore collected his sixth assist of the series Sunday night.

ABOUT THE SHARKS: Coach Peter DeBoer resisted the urge to switch goaltenders after Martin Jones was yanked early in Games 2 and 4 and was pierced for six goals in Game 3, but the perseverance has paid off for San Jose. Jones turned aside 30 of 32 shots in Game 5 and registered a playoff career high with 58 saves Sunday night to fend off the relentless Golden Knights. "The confidence in this room in Martin Jones has not wavered once," forward Logan Couture said. "I'm sure the media has written and talked about what they wanted, but the main thing is the confidence in this room never wavered."

OVERTIME

1. Vegas Fs Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny and Mark Stone have been held off the scoresheet in the past two games after combining for 28 points in the first four.

2. Hertl has five goals in the series for San Jose, which is 3-1 at home in Game 7.

3. Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury is 3-3 in Game 7 situations, all with Pittsburgh.

PREDICTION: Sharks 4, Golden Knights 2

**Can'tPickAWinner** · 04-23-2019, 07:55 AM

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Tuesday 4-23-19 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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