April 30th Sports Wager of the Day!

Game: Orlando Magic @ Philadelphia 76ers
Sport: NBA
Pick: 76ers -5.0, 1.90
Reason for Pick:
The Orlando Magic will be missing All-Star Dwight Howard and guard Courtney Lee for tonight's game 6 must-win game for the 76ers.

With their best (and possibly one of the leagues best) defenders, rebounders and scoring threats, the Magic will have a tough time against a motivated 76ers squad fighting for their playoff lives.

The games in Philadelphia have been close and now with the Magic's key centrepiece missing, look for the 76ers to use the home court advantage and take this to a game 7 handily.
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Game: Chicago Blackhawks @ Vancouver Canucks
Sport: NHL
Pick: Canucks ML, 1.66
Reason for Pick:
The Blackhawks travel to Vancouver to face the best goalie left in the playoffs, Roberto Luongo.

The Blackhawks and Canucks did split the season series 2 games a piece with the Hawks taking the first two games however, Vancouver handily took the last two outscoring the Hawks 11-3.

Vancouver has been dominant at home as of late going 15-2 in their last 17 home games and are 27-9 in their last 36 overall. Furthermore, they are all well rested so they will come out strong against the Hawks tonight.

The game will be decided by goaltending however and Vancouver clearly has the advantage with Luongo. Look for them to take the series opener on their home ice tonight.
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Game: Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls
Sport: NBA
Pick: Under 195.5, 1.91
Reason for Pick:
With these two teams playing a bunch of overtime games so far with only one day of rest in between each game, at this point they must be playing on extreemly tired legs. What doesn't help either is that both benches are thin and aren't being used a lot.

The over/under totals have been inflated due to the numerous overtime games so far. With fatigue a key factor as the series goes on and especially today, I expect a very sloppy game for these two teams especially when you consider the fact that these are two jump shooting teams on very tired legs.
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Game: Los Angeles Angels @ New York Yankees
Sport: MLB
Pick: Over 10.5, 1.91
Reason for Pick:
The Angels send rookie pitcher Anthony Ortega to the mound today to face the Yankees.

Ortega struggled in triple-A posting a 9.88 ERA so far this season and in his MLB debut he gave up 4 earned runs in only 5 innings of work agianst the light hitting Seattle Mariners. The only reason for his callup and for remaining on the roster is that the Angels starting staff is hurting and low on bodies. Once the rest of them get healthy, he most likely will be sent back down.

Ortega will have a much more difficult task today against the power linup of the Yanks. Also considering the Angels bullpen is struggling, the Yanks should post some big numbers on the board tonight.

The Yanks counter with A.J. Burnett who has not had much success against the Angels in his career as he is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA against them lifetime. Five Angels are hitting above .300 against Burnett. He faced the Angels three times last year and in 21 innings of work he surrenderred 21 hits and 11 runs. The last of these three games he was hit hard for12 hits, 6 runs in 7 innings of work.
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Past 10 Picks:
WIN - April 29, Basketball (NO @ DEN) - Pick DEN -10.5
WIN - April 29, Baseball (STL @ ATL) - Pick STL
LOSS - April 29, Baseball (WAS @ PHI) - Pick PHI -1.5
LOSS - April 29, Baseball (PIT @ MIL) - Pick MIL -1.5
LOSS - April 28, Basketball (DAL @ SAS) - Pick-Under 189.5
WIN - April 28, Baseball (LAD @ BAL) - Pick LAD-1.5
LOSS - April 28, Hockey (NYR @ WAS) - Pick WAS-1.5
WIN - April 28, Baseball (HOU @ CIN) - Pick HOU
WIN - April 28, Baseball (LAA @ BAL) - Pick-LAA
WIN - April 27, Hockey (SJ @ ANA) - Pick-ANA

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