{"id":4303,"date":"2009-04-24T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nba-playoff-odds-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-04-24T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T21:37:00","slug":"nba-playoff-odds-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nba-playoff-odds-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Odds: Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The top experts in NBA picks<\/a> preview Saturday’s games from the standpoint of beating the NBA odds<\/a>. Records quoted are against the spread. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Denver-New <\/span><\/font><\/b>Orleans<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Nuggets are 3-13 as a playoff underdog. However, they enter on a 10-3 spread run to the Western Conference. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The Hornets are 8-1 as a playoff favorite of 4.5 or less. They are 16-5 their last 21 against the Vegas odds<\/a> at home against teams with a winning record. Conversely they are 0-5 to the Northwest Division. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Denver<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has gone under 10-1 on the road versus an opponent with a home winning percentage of .600 or greater.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

San Antonio-Dallas<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

The Spurs are 2-8 their last ten versus an opponent with a winning percentage of .600 or greater. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 2-11 after allowing less than 75 points their last game. <\/span><\/font>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 19-9 in the series. <\/p>\n

Dallas<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has gone under 9-0 in the postseason as a favorite of 4.5 or less. <\/p>\n

Atlanta-Miami<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

The Hawks are 2-7 off a double digit loss at home. The Heat are<\/span> 9-2 as a favorite of 4.5 or less. <\/span><\/font>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is also 20-43 to the sportsbooks<\/a> off a straight up win. Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has covered 12-of-15 in the series. <\/p>\n

Lakers-Jazz<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

The Lakers are 1-6 as a postseason favorite. The Jazz are 4-15 as an underdog. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The Lakers have gone under 13-3 off an ATS loss. \u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

For more information: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Get NBA picks<\/a>, live odds for the NBA<\/a>, and more betting advice<\/a><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The top experts in NBA picks preview Saturday’s games from the standpoint of beating the NBA odds. Records quoted are against the spread. Denver-New Orleans The Nuggets are 3-13 as a playoff underdog. However, they enter on a 10-3 spread run to the Western Conference. The Hornets are 8-1 as a playoff favorite of 4.5 … Continue reading NBA Playoff Odds: Picks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}