{"id":4495,"date":"2009-05-26T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/godstips-13-1-nba-wise-guys-winner-no-14-cavs-magic\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:07:00","slug":"godstips-13-1-nba-wise-guys-winner-no-14-cavs-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/godstips-13-1-nba-wise-guys-winner-no-14-cavs-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"GodsTips 13-1 NBA Wise Guys! Winner No. 14 Cavs-Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Penguins try to close out the Canes, while the Cavaliers will try to avoid sinking into a deeper hole against the Magic. BetED<\/span><\/a> opened the line at a pick, but now BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> has <\/span><\/font>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> -1.5 with the total at 188 according to Sports Betting Sportsbook<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Political betting odds\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

One of the sportsbooks<\/a> favorites to get the Supreme Court nomination Sonia Sotomayor<\/span> has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed retiring Justice David Souter<\/span>. Though no official odds have been set for her conformation, Grandmaster sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy said she is -270 to be confirmed +200 not to. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The entertainment and political betting odds<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/font> do ask if Sean Hannity will be waterboarded<\/span>. The conservative commentator was given the challenge by grandstanding left-winger Keith Olbermann. No is -500. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

In other political betting news, <\/span><\/font>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>‘s Proposition 8 banning of gay marriage has been upheld. <\/p>\n

In the entertainment betting Jon & Kate Plus<\/span> 8 was about the fifth birthday of their sextuplets. <\/p>\n

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magic can go up 3-1 on the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night if they can pick up a second straight home win over LeBron James and company. <\/span><\/font>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> got 24 points and nine rebounds from Dwight Howard on Sunday as they surged to a 99-89 win over Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Game 3. James had 41 points in the loss for the Cavaliers, but went just 11-of-28 from the field. Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was favored by 1.5 points Sunday, and they’re a slim favorite again for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

GodsTips has more winners than a<\/span> icosahedron<\/span> has faces. Hotter than Heidi Northcutt, it’s been continued and typical mastery for Center of the Handicapping Universe GodsTips. The Nuggets in a rout made it 13-1 with NBA Wise Guy plays. Like we said, the NBA playoffs is<\/span><\/span> mirroring March Madness where Mr. March just got better as the postseason went on.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

In addition to a Wise Guy on the Cavs-Magic side, get a rare case of four MLB Wise Guys and two Majors. Click now to purchase<\/a>

Meeting up on the diamond . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Coming off a rare non-win, Royals starter Zack Greinke will return to the mound at home on Tuesday night as his team hosts the Tigers. Greinke took a no-decision against the Indians last time out despite surrendering just two earned runs over six innings of work. The righthander<\/span> is now 7-1 with an<\/span> 0.82 ERA on the season, and he picked up a complete-game win over the Tigers back in April. <\/span><\/font>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> counters Greinke with Edwin Jackson, who is 4-2 with a 2.55 ERA in 2009.<\/p>\n

Also on tap in the American League on Tuesday: Toronto at Baltimore, Tampa Bay at Cleveland, the Yankees at Texas, Boston at Minnesota, Seattle at Oakland, and the White Sox at the Angels. Projected Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> starter Joe Saunders is 6-2 with a 3.17 ERA, and he tossed seven scoreless innings vs. the Mariners last time out. Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s Bartolo Colon (2-4, 4.23 ERA) is his opponent.<\/p>\n

Making up the National League’s full slate for Tuesday: <\/span>Florida<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <\/span>Philadelphia<\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Washington<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at the Mets, <\/span>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Cincinnati<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Cubs, <\/span>St. Louis<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Milwaukee<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, the Dodgers at <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, <\/span>San Diego<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>Arizona<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and <\/span>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <\/span>San Francisco<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/span> The Giants will turn to ace Tim Lincecum<\/span> for Tuesday night’s contest; the righthander<\/span> is 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA this season, but he’s on a streak of three straight no-decisions. Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will go with Kris Medlen<\/span> (0-1, 15.00 ERA).<\/p>\n

Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Penguins can sweep their way into the Stanley Cup final on Tuesday night when they take on the Hurricanes in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final in Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> rolled over the Canes 6-2 on the road in Game 3 on Saturday night, with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni<\/span> Malkin<\/span> combining for three goals and two assists. The oddsmakers like the Penguins’ chances of finishing off this series on Tuesday, as they’ve been pegged as -130 road faves<\/span> at Bodog<\/span> Life<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>(with total at 5.5 at all sportsbooks<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Penguins try to close out the Canes, while the Cavaliers will try to avoid sinking into a deeper hole against the Magic. BetED opened the line at a pick, but now BetUs Sportsbook has Cleveland -1.5 with the total at 188 according to Sports Betting Sportsbook. Political betting … Continue reading GodsTips 13-1 NBA Wise Guys! Winner No. 14 Cavs-Magic<\/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-4495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495","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=4495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}