Wednesday 1/13/21 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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John Martin

Jan 13 '21, 8:05 PM in 3h
NBA | Lakers vs Thunder
Play on: UNDER 217½ -110

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Lakers/Thunder UNDER 217.5
Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder are tired teams right now. And that fatigue will make the tempo of this game slow down to a snail's pace. The Lakers will be playing for a second consecutive night and their 5th game in 7 days. The Thunder will be playing for a second consecutive night and their 3rd game in 4 days. The Lakers are a great defensive team that plays at one of the slowest tempos in the NBA. As a result the UNDER is 9-1 in Lakers last 10 games overall. The UNDER is 5-2 in Thunder last seven games overall. Give me the UNDER.

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Jack Jones

Jan 13 '21, 8:05 PM in 3h
NBA | Grizzlies vs Wolves
Play on: Wolves -3 -110 at all

Jack's Free Pick Wednesday: Minnesota Timberwolves -3
The Minnesota Timberwolves are finally at full strength for the first time all season. Karl Anthony Towns makes his much anticipated return Wednesday from a wrist injury that sidelined him for the past seven games.
His absence has allowed youngsters like Anthony Edwards and Jarrett Culver to play bigger roles and improve their games. It will be exciting to see what this team can do now with Towns back. Their opponent tonight in the Grizzlies is far from full strength, still playing without JA Morant, Justise Winslow and Jaren Jackson Jr.
The Grizzlies are starting to get some respect after beating the Nets and Cavaliers in their last two games coming in. But neither of those teams are playing well at all right now, and both are banged up. This will be a big step up in class for the Grizzlies tonight.
It's also a good spot for the Timberwolves coming in on two days' rest after beating the Spurs at home on Sunday. Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last five games playing on two days' rest. The Grizzlies are 1-7 ATS in their last eight games following an ATS win. Memphis is 1-6 ATS in its last seven games as a road underdog. Bet the Timberwolves Wednesday.

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Larry Ness

Jan 13 '21, 9:00 PM in 3h
NCAA-B | Texas Tech vs Texas
Play on: Texas -2 -105 at BetCris

My free play is on Texas at 9:00 ET.
Five of the Big 12's 10 teams rank among the top-15 in the latest Associated Press poll, including THREE in the top six. Wednesday night in Austin, No. 4 Texas (10-1) and No. 15 Texas Tech (10-3) will square off. Texas returns home off a thrilling 72-70 win at then-No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday in which Andrew Jones hit the game-winning three-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining. Texas continued its best start in Big 12 play since the 2010-11 season, when it began league play with 11 straight wins. The Red Raiders (3-2 in the Big 12) arrive in Austin off a dominating 91-64 road victory over Iowa State in which Texas Tech shot a season-best 58.9 percent from the floor.
Tech is off a great offensive effort against the Cyclones but the Red Raiders' calling card is defense, allowing 58.0 PPG (7th) on 39.0% shooting (28th). Georgetown transfer McClung (15.3) leads tech in scoring and is joined in the starting lineup by guards Edwards (10.6 & 5.3) and Peavy (6.0). The 6-7 Santos-Silva (8.7 & 6.2) is Tech's tallest starter, although the 6-6 Shannon (13.6 & 4.8) and the 6-6 McCullar (10.3 & 6.3) are bigger producers.
Texas has a trio of starting guards all averaging 13-plus PPG. Ramey (13.8-3.2-3.5) is barely ahead of Coleman (13.6-3.2-4.4) and inspirational leader Andrew Jones (13.4 & 4.4). The 6-9 Brown (12.0 & 7.9) and the 6-10 Sims (6.5 & 6.5) start up front, while the 6-11 Kai Jones (9.0 & 5.0) comes off the bench. Texas matches Texas Tech on the perimeter and has the size up front to give the Red Raiders problems inside. At this price, I won't pass up a play on the home team. Hook'em Horns!
Good luck...Larry

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Doc's Sports

Jan 13 '21, 10:05 PM in 5h
NBA | Pelicans vs Clippers
Play on: Clippers -6½ -113 at pinnacle

As for this game, the Clippers had a rare two days off between games and they are relatively healthy right now and we expect them to take care of business with a comfortable win over a Pelicans team that comes in having lost three straight. The Pels haven’t covered in any of those losses and this team is just not in good form right now. New Orleans has had an even longer layoff but we think that might cause some rust here. The Clippers have won in a blowout the last two times this team has visited, and we expect a double-digit victory from the home team tonight.

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Bobby Conn

Jan 13 '21, 10:05 PM in 5h
NBA | Pelicans vs Clippers
Play on: Pelicans +6½ -105 at Bodog

1* Free Play on Pelicans +6½ -105

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Alex Smart

Jan 13 '21, 10:05 PM in 5h
NHL | Canucks vs Oilers
Play on: OVER 6 -118

Both Vancouver and Edmonton are chalk full of offensive talent. Both sides scored more than 3 gpg last season, and another top tier offensive performance must be expected this season behind what Im projecting to be non stop fat paced action. I know the Canucks goalie Holtby has won a Veizna trophy but with a sub par defense in front of him here in Canuck land he's in trouble in may come close to replicating in his 2nd worst GAA from last season in this campaign. Goals , goals and more goals.

Play OVER

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Will Rogers

Jan 13 '21, 10:05 PM in 5h
NBA | Pelicans vs Clippers
Play on: Pelicans +6½ -110 at all

The set-up: New Orleans is 4-5, most recently coming off a 118-110 home loss to Charlotte. The Pelicans had an 18-point second-quarter lead in that contest as well, but 19 turnovers and sloppy play in the second half led to the meltdown.
The pick: Perhaps no team is under the microscope more than the LA Clippers. LA needed both Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to excel in their latest 130-127 win over the Bulls on their home floor. Chicago had just a few starters going in that one, so the fact that the Clippers struggled with such a weak team is obviously a concern. And now LA faces a Pelicans side that's desperate to break a three-game slide. I think LA is going to have its hands full again here. Consider New Orleans and the points in this one.
This is a 1* FREE PLAY on the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Mitchell Newman

For Wednesday in ACC play I will lay the road chalk with the 8-1 Louisville Cardinals as they take on a Wake Forest team that stands at 3-3 and is in clear rebuild mode after parting ways with Danny Manning and hiring Steve Forbes to lead the team in a new direction.

The Demon Deacons have dropped ALL 3 of their conference games and ALL 3 have come on the road. The problem in ACC play has been Wake's lowly 61 points per game averaged.

Louisville had their last game against Georgia Tech postponed, but they are still riding a 4 game winning streak with 3 covers in the 4 wins.

The Cardinals have had their way in this rivalry, as they have won each of the last 3 series meetings and 4 of the 5 overall against the Demon Deacons.

Wake has been hit hard by COVID-19, as they have multiple players sidelined, including a pair of double-digit scorers.

Louisville slowly but surely turns this one into a road rout.

Go with the Cardinals.

5* LOUISVILLE

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Bob Valentino

That's the case again here on Wednesday as Milwaukee came into this regular season having won 11 in a row - including the playoffs - over Detroit and after winning the first pair of meetings this season the win streak is now at 13 straight. The Bucks have also covered in 9 of the last 10 victories, so why not just lay the lumber again tonight?

It doesn't help that Detroit is just 2-8 straight up this season, while Milwaukee is 7-4 and come into this road game with 5 wins (including the pair over the Pistons) over their last 6 games and they have covered in 4 of those 6.

Some things never change. Lay it with the Bucks over the Pistons.

5* MILWAUKEE

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Trace Adams

Wednesday free play is to stay with the tried-and-true for the early portion of the NBA season and that is to play any game that the Charlotte Hornets are involved in, Under the posted total.

Charlotte has played 11 games this season and 8 of the 11 have held Under the total, including their last pair and 4 of their last 5 overall.

Dallas has also been trending Under for the early portion of their COVID-19 schedule as 2 of their last 3 entering Wednesday play have held Under the total and for the season the Under is 6-3 in their 9 games played.

Those numbers that I listed above do include the first meeting between the teams on December 30th when they combined for just 217 points in a game where the price was 225 total points. That Under put the series numbers at 4-2 Under for the last 6 meetings.

Both teams average right around 110 points and they both do a pretty good job on the defensive end with both holding their opponents to less points than they score on offense.

I don't think we are in for an offensive explosion tonight. Go Under in Dallas-Charlotte.

3* DALLAS-CHARLOTTE UNDER

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Chris Jordan

The Los Angeles Lakers are my free play tonight, a second-straight night I'm siding with the purple and gold. Last night they took care of the troubled Houston Rockets, tonight it's a trip to Oklahoma City, where the Thunder won't be able to slow down the champs.

Okie City had its three-game win streak snapped with a loss to San Antonio last night. The inconsistency on offense finally caught up with the Thunder, who were held to 102 points against the Spurs. Now they face the third-best scoring defense in the league, as the Lakers are holding teams to 105.7 points per game.

And it's bad enough OKC already ranks 28th in the league with 104.6 points per game, vast difference from a team that finished the second in the league last season with 110.4 points per contest. It may only look like a six-point difference, but it's the lack of electricity this team once had that is alarming.

Meanwhile, you're asking the Thunder to try to keep up with a Lakers team that has won seven of eight since opening the season with a split of its first four games. Fact is, their offense has a far too many weapons, they excel on defense to create transitional basketball, and they play with an extreme amount of confidence.

Lakers roll.

3* LAKERS

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Gus Augustine

My free play for Wednesday night is on the ice, where I'm going to lay the puck line with the Colorado Avalanche, against the St. Louis Blues.

Colorado coach Jared Bednar has guided the Avalanche to a 4-0-0 record in season openers since being named head coach of the club ahead of 2016-17.

The Avalanche franchise is 28-8-4 (.750) all-time in home openers. Colorado is 16-5-3 (.729) in home openers since moving from Quebec, including a 14-4-2 (.750) mark at Ball Arena. The franchise also owns a 23-10-7 (.663) all-time record on Opening Night, the second-best mark in the NHL

Bednar comes in with a loaded roster, one led by Nathan MacKinnon, for the start of the season. And with many of the same faces still here, it's important to note that Colorado tied for third among all teams in goals scored (236) and ranked fourth in goals per game (3.37) last season. The Avs shared the league lead in 5-on-5 tallies (162).

That last point is important as St. Louis will be playing without its former emotional and defensive leader Alex Pietrangelo, who is now skating with the Golden Knights.

The Blues will find their way, eventually, but opening night on the road, against a high-powered offense like the Avalanche, this is a tough chore.

Lay the puck line.

2* AVALANCHE PUCK LINE

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Mike Wynn

Free Pick: Atlanta/Phoenix Over 228 Points

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Razor Sharp

YOUR RAZOR SHARP FREE PICK FOR WEDNESDAY: GEORGE WASHINGTON +9 over Virginia Commonwealth

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Totals4U

Wednesday's Free Selection: Texas A&M Aggies/Mississippi State Bulldogs over 131