Spurs Seek Win as Regular Season Winds Down
The San Antonio Spurs are 11-0 SU and 9-2 ATS over their last 11 games. The Spurs can lock up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference with a win on Wednesday on the road against the New Orleans Pelicans.
San Antonio is currently going off at 5/2 to win the NBA championship at online sportsbook Bovada. New Orleans will be fighting for a playoff spot on Wednesday, likely needing a win to hold on to the eighth spot in the West with Oklahoma City playing on the road against Minnesota on Wednesday. The Pelicans are 2-1 SU and 3-0 ATS in their previous three meetings with San Antonio this season.
If San Antonio slips up in New Orleans, the Los Angeles Clippers or Houston Rockets could jump into the No. 2 spot. The Clippers finish their regular season at Phoenix on Tuesday night and the Rockets host the Utah Jazz in their final regular season game on Wednesday night. Wednesday's NBA card also includes Portland at Dallas and Atlanta at Chicago.
The NHL playoffs get underway on Wednesday night with four series openers (with lines provided by 5Dimes): Ottawa (+135) at Montreal (-145), NY Islanders (+135) at Washington (-145), Chicago (+105) at Nashville (-115) and Calgary (+130) at Vancouver (-140).
Breakout goaltender Andrew Hammond led Ottawa into the postseason with a 20-1-2 record, 1.79 GAA and .941 save percentage. He'll try to out-duel Montreal's Carey Price, who ended the year with a 44-16-6 record, a 1.96 GAA and a .933 save percentage. Goals could be hard to come by in this series.
The postseason continues on Thursday with Pittsburgh (+160) at NY Rangers (-170), Detroit (+150) at Tampa Bay (-160), Minnesota (+135) at St. Louis (-145) and Winnipeg (+145) at Anaheim (-155) with odds listed at 5Dimes.
The Boston Red Sox are the favorite to win the AL Pennant at 6/1 at Bovada and the Washington Nationals are favored to win the NL Pennant at 13/4. Those two teams continue their three-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday this week in Boston. The Red Sox won the first game in the series on Monday 9-4.