Wednesday Betting Recaps
Favorites dominated for the second day in a row as chalk went 10-3 on Wednesday’s MLB card and the Nuggets won and covered Game 3 of the NBA Finals as road favorites.
Let’s get to the specific details with our daily betting recaps, and then update the spread and total records in each current major team sport (including the NHL as the Stanley Cup Finals resumes on Thursday; we have a conflict of trends as the Panthers are home favorites in the zig-zag role while the Golden Knights are road underdogs with both visitors and NHL dogs having a lot of success this postseason).
NBA: Nuggets beat Heat 109-94 to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals. The ViewFromVegas is the Nuggets also covered after closing as 3.5-point road favorites (game stayed Under betting total of 213 points). Road/fave/Under went 1-0 on the night, as did the “zig-zag” (aka “loser of the last”) as the Nuggets lost the previous game.
More NBA: Faves are 2-1 SU & ATS so far in this series and lead 53-28 SU and 43-37-1 ATS (53.8%) overall with 1 game closing pick-’em. Road teams lead 2-1 SU and ATS in the series, but home teams still lead 49-33 SU and 44-37-1 ATS (54.3%). Unders take 2-1 lead in this series and Over/Unders are now tied again at 40-40-2 overall. The zig-zag has started 2-0 ATS in this series and improved to 37-29-1 ATS (56.1%).
MLB: Favorites went 10-3 on Wednesday with upsets by the A’s (+159 in 9-5 win at Pirates), Reds (+139 in 9-6 win vs. Dodgers) and Cardinals (+121 in 1-0 win at Rangers). Home teams went 9-4. Unders led 8-5. On the season, faves lead 534-379 with 14 games closing pick-’em. Home teams improved to 493-432 with 2 neutral-site games. Unders improved slim lead to 450-443-33 with 1 no-action
NHL (ICYMI): With the Golden Knights routing the Panthers 7-2 as -135 home favorties on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals, faves/home teams/Overs are all off to 2-0 starts in this round. Underdogs dipped to 43-38 overall in the playoffs with 4 games closing pick-’em. Road teams also dipped to 46-39 overall. Over improved slim lead to 43-41-1. The “zig-zag” started 0-1 this round but still 39-31 overall.
