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Saturday 1/4/25 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc
The Ravens and Browns are worthy of a move on the under. Cleveland is just looking for the finishing line and they’re going with Zappe here on Saturday at QB. This offense has been abysmal and their inability to move the ball plays well here to the under. On the flip side, Baltimore is going to control the clock and make this game much shorter as they’ll sustain drives and work the run game in. Grab the under. My daily free plays are meant to be cheap bankroll plays. Remember folks, money management is the key to profits when it comes to sports gambling. Strong lean on the UNDER today. You know what to do. Hop ON! Good Luck, Razor Ray.
(306590) ASA PLAY ON Radford +1.5 over Winthrop, Saturday at 4:30 PM ET - Our power ratings have the host Radford favored in this game (current line as of this writing had Winthrop -1.5) so wrong team favored in our opinion. The Highlanders are just happy to be back home as they’ve played only 1 home game since December 8th while playing 4 road games during that stretch. They lost all 4 of those road games and are hungry for a win here. 3 of those 4 losses came on vs high level opponents (South Carolina, Utah, and Colorado State) and the other was @ High Point who ranks 120th per KenPom and is favored to win the Big South. Radford has played 16 games on the season (solid 10-6 record) despite playing the 115th most difficult schedule (tough early slate) and playing only 5 home games thus far. Today the face a Winthrop team that has a similar record (11-5) despite playing a much easier schedule (326th SOS). Unlike the Highlanders, Winthrop has played 11 of their 16 games at home and on the road they have a 1-4 record on the season. The Eagles are stepping into this game overvalued in our opinion as they’ve won 7 of their last 9 games but all of their wins during that stretch have come vs teams ranked 226th or lower and 3 of those wins were vs teams outside the top 300. Winthrop isn’t a great shooting team (28% from deep which is 328th nationally) and on the road they’ve been really shaky hitting only 36% of their shots overall and 22% of their triples. In their 5 home games, Radford has made 50% of their shots and 40% from deep. We like the home dog to win this game.
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Our models suggest that the value is on the Underdog. Cleveland are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against Baltimore. Baltimore are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played in January.
Key Angle: It's important to remember that Ricky never makes a bet on any game based on just one angle. In order to make the grade, all his premium picks must meet several important criteria. He doesn't share all his secrets within his analysis, instead he chooses to reveal only the angle that he feels is the most significant. Here in this game the recent history of these two teams is particularly significant.
- The Red Wings are 6-3 ATS in their last 10 games.
- The Jets lost 4-3 in overtime to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night at home after dropping a 5-2 decision to the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on New Year's Eve.
Saturday NHL Free play. My selection is on Columbus-115 over St. Louis at 7:05 pm ET on Saturday.
While St. Louis enters this matchup on the heels of consecutive wins, including an impressive 4-0 shutout of Ottawa on Friday night, they now face a challenging back-to-back scenario. Fatigue could be a factor, especially on the road against a well-rested Columbus squad that hasn't played since Thursday’s wild 5-4 loss to Detroit. The Blue Jackets also benefit from remaining at home, where they've been strong this season with a 12-5-3 record.
St. Louis has shown improvement recently but has struggled to generate consistent offense on the road, averaging only 2.9 goals per game away from home. That could be a concern against a Blue Jackets team that has excelled offensively on its home ice, averaging an impressive 4.1 goals per contest. Columbus has shown resilience and firepower at home and should be eager to bounce back following Thursday's narrow defeat.
Expect the Blue Jackets to capitalize on their rest advantage and home-ice strength to secure a win over a potentially fatigued Blues squad.
Take Columbus. Projected score: Blue Jackets 3, Blues 2.
The Minnesota Timberwolves take a big step down in class here after a couple narrow losses to the Thunder and Celtics, who are arguably the two best teams in the NBA. They also have a big rest advantage over the Detroit Pistons. While the Timberwolves had yesterday off, the Pistons needed a double-digit comeback to beat the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 98-94 last night. They just lost starting G Jaden Ivey to a broken fibula and will struggle without him moving forward. They also won't have a lot left in the tank for the Timberwolves tonight playing the second of a back-to-back and their third game in four days. Give me the Timberwolves.
The Key: I like the price we are getting on the Portland Trail Blazers tonight. The Blazers have recent upset wins over the Mavericks and Nuggets and just took the Lakers to the wire last time out. They can hang with the Bucks, who are going through a big letdown after winning the NBA Cup. The Bucks are 1-3 SU & 1-3 ATS in their last 4 games overall including 2 outright upset losses to the Nets as 6-point favorites and 12-point favorites. I don't trust them to be motivated enough to win by margin tonight against the Blazers, who have only lost once by more than 8 points in their last 5 matchups with the Bucks. Take Portland.
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