Wednesday 1-1-20 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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John Martin

Jan 01 '20, 6:05 PM in 5h
NBA | Magic vs Wizards
Play on: Magic -4 -109 at GTBets

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Orlando Magic -4
The Orlando Magic are coming off a bad loss to the Atlanta Hawks as double-digit home favorites. The Washington Wizards are coming off a shocking upset at 14-point home dogs to the Miami Heat. I think the Magic come back hungry today for a win, and the Wizards relax a little after their G-League team beat Miami. The Wizards will be playing their G-League team again tonight and I just can’t see them pulling off two straight upsets with all these no-name players. The Magic are 6-0 ATS in their last six road games against a team with a losing home record. The Wizards are 0-4 ATS in their last four games off an ATS win. Give me the Magic.

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Ray Monohan

Jan 01 '20, 7:35 PM in 7h
NBA | Blazers vs Knicks
Play on: Blazers -3½ -110 at YouWager

Blazers -3.5
On New Year's Day we get the Portland Trail Blazers who are 14-20 (13-19-2 ATS) taking on the New York Knicks who are 9-24 (17-16 ATS). Portland are 6-11 on the road, NY are 4-12 at home. Injuries concerns in this one for NY are Dotson, Ntilikina, and Smith Jr. For Portland Hezonja is a GTD.
Last game out the Blazers lost to the Suns in a crazy game. Lillard had 33 and McCollum had 25 but former Knicks SF Carmelo Anthony was 4-of-16 from the field, which didn't help. For New York they are improving. Now 5-6 since interim coach Mike Miller took over. NY comes in winners of their last 2 matchups over Nets and Wizards. You can tell this team is coming together.
It's obvious to me Lillard really gets up for the big games, and a game in NYC on NYD is a "big game". Lillard tied his season high of 8x 3's and scored 31 vs. the Knicks on December 10th.
He'll be up for this one, and will be the difference maker. I'm really liking the Blazers on NYD, they've had success against the Knicks. A 115-87 home win on December 10th, that win was by 28 points, their largest win of the season. At the end of the day the Knicks are still 5-14 SU in their last 19 games, and I'm going with the better team today to cover the small number.
Some trends to consider. Portland are 10-5 ATS in their last 15 games against New York, are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games against New York, and are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against New York. New York are 1-8 SU in their last 9 games at home, and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games against an opponent in the Northwest division.
Good Luck, Razor Ray.
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Ricky Tran

Jan 01 '20, 7:35 PM in 7h
NBA | Blazers vs Knicks
Play on: Blazers -4 -100 at pinnacle

My 1* FREE PLAY is on the Portland Trail Blazers.
If not now, when for the Blazers? Portland comes in off another disappionting loss, this time to the Suns. New faces on the team has caused a major adjustment for Damian Lillard and company this year, but I think this is a prime opponent to finally bounce back against. Lillard enters averaging 27.2 PPG and 7.6 assists.
The Knicks lack scoring depth. They also lack defensive depth. Julius Randle has been a bright spot of late, but note that NY comes in averaging only 103.3 PPG this season.
Key Trends:
- The Knicks are just 12-26 ATS in their last 38 as a home underdog.
- The Blazers are 6-2 ATS in their last eight after failing to cover the spread in two or more consecutive games.
The verdict: The Blazers' Carmelo Anthony should also be extra motivated here to stick it to his old team. The veteran has been productive so far in averaging 15.7 PPG, while shooting 38.9 percent from range. I think Lillard and company put on a clinic in The Big Apple tonight; consider laying the points!

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Sean Murphy

Jan 01 '20, 8:45 PM in 8h
NCAA-F | Baylor vs Georgia
Play on: UNDER 42 -110

Wednesday NCAAF Free play. My selection is on the 'under' between Baylor and Georgia at 8:45 pm et on Wednesday.
We're working with a low total in this one but I believe it's warranted. Baylor has leaned heavily on its defense to win games for much of the season, particularly down the stretch. There's little reason to expect that to change here, especially as the Bears offense goes up against an elite and highly-motivated Georgia defense. On the flip side, the Bulldogs are expected to be missing a number of key cogs on offense and it's not as if QB Jake Fromm has enjoyed a banner season to begin with. The Georgia offense sputtered in big moments time after time this season and will obviously be facing a tough challenge in the upstart Bears here. Take the under (8*).

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Brandon Lee

Jan 01 '20, 9:00 PM in 8h
NCAA-B | Marquette vs Creighton
Play on: Creighton -3 -103 at pinnacle

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I'll take my chances here with the Bluejays as a small home favorite against the Golden Eagles. Hard to pass up a play on Creighton in this one, as they come in having won 7 straight and are 10-0 at home this season, where they are outscoring opponents by 17.7 ppg and scoring 83.8 ppg on 48.8% shooting.
Marquette is 10-2, but I'm not as high on this team as others. They got one of the best players in the country in Markus Howard, who is averaging 26.3 ppg, but he's basically a one man show. No other player averages more than 12.5 ppg and only two others are averaging double-figures.
This is only the 3rd true road game for the Golden Eagles. They did win at K-State, but that's not a very good Wildcats team. K-State is just 7-5 and have losses to the likes of Pitt, Bradley, Miss St and St Louis. The other road game was at Wisconsin, who I think is more on Creighton's level and the Badgers cruised to a 77-61 win. Note Marquette shot poorly in both games, hitting 37% against Wisconsin and just 42% against K-State.
Golden Eagles are just 4-9 ATS last 13 games vs a team with a winning record and 2-7 ATS last 9 as an underdog. Creighton is 9-4 ATS last 13 as a home favorite and 11-5 ATS last 16 vs a team with a winning record. Give me the Bluejays -3!