{"id":15505,"date":"2019-04-11T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=15505"},"modified":"2019-04-11T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T21:31:12","slug":"nba-playoffs-2019-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/nba-playoffs-2019-betting-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2019 Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><a id=\"post-15505-OLE_LINK1\"><\/a><a id=\"post-15505-OLE_LINK2\"><\/a>Joe Duffy\u2019s playoff notebook. Duffy is CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a> and widely accepted as top betting expert in the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/record.commission.bz\/_ejy4onLiLhH2Bt63Rqn6jGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">Betonline<\/a>, home of the opening line has a $20,000 NBA bracket contest!<\/p>\n<p>Blind zig-zag now 555-534-12 all time including 57-74 previous two years<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016 was all-time worst 22-42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nets vs. Sixers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joel Embiid is questionable<\/li>\n<li>Added Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris to Embiid and Simmons<\/li>\n<li>Nets split series and had highest offensive efficiency against them of any team in league<\/li>\n<li>Nets playing with \u201chouse money\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Nets play 2<sup>nd<\/sup> most zone defense in NBA, so will give Philly a different look\n<ul>\n<li>Especially if Embiid healthy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sixers starting line-up of Simmons, Redick, Butler, Harris, Embid played on 10 games together in the 28 games after Harris trade\n<ul>\n<li>Just 161 total minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>With Embiid off floor, Nets outscored Sixers by 40 points in just 58 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Nets in six<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic vs. Raptors <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orlando an incredible 22-9 down stretch<\/li>\n<li>First playoffs since 2012, will they be fat and happy?<\/li>\n<li>DeMar DeRozan addition by subtraction as Kawhi Leonard is much better<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Lowrey less reckless on offense with DeRozan gone<\/li>\n<li>Magic with a combined 33 playoff games (28 by D.J. Augustin)<\/li>\n<li>Raptors starting five with 417<\/li>\n<li>Split season series at 2, but Magic cumulative +40 points<\/li>\n<li>LeBron James out of Raptors way<\/li>\n<li>Solid forward Jonathan Isaac question for Game 1 for Magic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Raptors in six<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clippers vs. Warriors <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boogie Cousins make team worse\n<ul>\n<li>Carmelo, Dwight Howard<\/li>\n<li>Chip on his shoulder and on one-year contract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Golden State 16-2 SU in first round<\/li>\n<li>Clippers \u201chouse money\u201d as in playoffs after trading Tobias Harris<\/li>\n<li>Clippers Patrick Beverly plays with an edge and may get under Steph Curry\u2019s skin<\/li>\n<li>Clippers with decent bench, but starters not capable of competing<\/li>\n<li>Golden State\u2019s starting 5 was No. 1 on defense, post All-Star break\n<ul>\n<li>Curry, Cousins, Thompson, Durant, Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Golden State in five<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spurs vs. Nuggets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Spurs\u2019 leading scorer, DeMar DeRozan simply misses too many shots<\/li>\n<li>Denver Nikola Jokic\u00a0difficult to defend, but Pop is expert and they can make adjustments as series goes on<\/li>\n<li>Off incredibly disappointing year Gary Harris of Denver has upside<\/li>\n<li>Denver with big size edge, big in postseason where half-court is more important\n<ul>\n<li>Millsap, Plumlee, Jokic, but Spurs only have LaMarcus Aldridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Denver biggest home\/road dichotomy with points per 100 possessions in league\n<ul>\n<li>13.1 better at home in thin air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spurs third best home defense, but 16<sup>th<\/sup> on road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Series pick: Denver in six<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pacers-Celtics <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boston was preseason favorite in the East, but No. 4 seed<\/li>\n<li>1-7 SU road playoffs last year<\/li>\n<li>Pacers without Oladipo and Celtics without Marcus Smart\n<ul>\n<li>Jaylen Brown takes over for Smart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When Aron Baynes took over for Marcus Morris, Boston went 5-1 SU down stretch<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Hayward averaged 16.9 points per game in final seven games<\/li>\n<li>Indiana still a solid eighth defensively after losing Oladipo<\/li>\n<li>Celtics best team in East versus Pacers defense getting 117.6 points per 100 possessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Series pick: Boston sweep<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pistons vs. Bucks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detroit with good frontline of Blake Griffin and Andrew Drummond\n<ul>\n<li>Griffin less than 100 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pistons enter cold losing 7-of-11<\/li>\n<li>Teams with 8.8 or better points per game margin are 65-53 in postseason (Milwaukee)\n<ul>\n<li>56.2 percent at home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Detroit dangerous because the hit 200 more three-point shots than they gave up<\/li>\n<li>Milwaukee best defense in restricted area, big in postseason<\/li>\n<li>Bucks won all 4 regular season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Bucks in four<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunder vs. Blazers <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jusuf Nurkic out for Blazers\n<ul>\n<li>15.6 points per game, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists (very good for center)<\/li>\n<li>Enes Kanter takes over\n<ul>\n<li>Good offense, weak defense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thunder great 1-2 punch for Russel Westbrook and Paul George\n<ul>\n<li>George shoulder sore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>OKC 4-0 regular season SU<\/li>\n<li>OKC defends pick and roll very well, second best in league, which Damian Lillard is best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Oklahoma City in six<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jazz vs. Rockets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No team more susceptible to look-ahead but also have chip on their shoulder<\/li>\n<li>Rockets as fourth seed would play Warriors next<\/li>\n<li>Series split 2-2 regular season<\/li>\n<li>No. 2 offense in Houston vs. No. 2 defense in Utah\n<ul>\n<li>Rockets 99 points points per 100 possessions was fewest points Houston scored against any Western Conference team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How healthy is Derrick Favors for Jazz?\n<ul>\n<li>Protects rim against Houston guards penetrating<\/li>\n<li>If he is out, Jazz will be smaller and quicker, so his injury definitely effects total both ends\n<ul>\n<li>Without him, total should go up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>With Donovan Mitchell, Jazz have firepower to pull of upset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick: Jazz in seven<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.webpartners.co\/_HMpGcY-4ZyOU9J4xpxpxGmNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">MYBookie<\/a> with a $1,000 sign-up bonus for NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, Masters golf.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/damon-li.jpg?fit=1024%2C683\" alt=\"Inside information on NBA playoffs\" class=\"wp-image-15506\" width=\"428\" 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Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com and widely accepted as top betting expert in the world. Betonline, home of the opening line has a $20,000 NBA bracket contest! Blind zig-zag now 555-534-12 all time including 57-74 previous two years 2016 was all-time worst 22-42 Nets vs. Sixers Joel Embiid is questionable Added &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/nba-playoffs-2019-betting-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Playoffs 2019 Betting Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15507,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15505\/revisions\/15507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}