The Knicks won 121-108 in Cleveland on Saturday night, covered as 2.5-point road underdogs, and took a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points. Mikal Bridges added 22. OG Anunoby chipped in 21. New York is now one win from its first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, and has won … Read more
The Knicks beat the Cavaliers 109-93 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, covered as 6.5-point favorites for the second straight game, and took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. There was no overtime, no 22-point comeback, no historical statistical anomaly. Just New York playing the way the pre-series numbers said they would, … Read more
Cleveland led 93-71 with 7:52 left in the fourth quarter at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. Anyone holding Cavaliers +6.5, or even the +7.5 the DraftKings opener offered, was looking at one of the easier covers of the postseason. Then the floor disappeared. New York closed the game on a 44-11 run, dragged it … Read more
The Game 2 bounce-back thesis from yesterday went 0-2. Detroit handled Cleveland 107-97 to take a 2-0 series lead. Oklahoma City beat the Lakers 125-107 to do the same in the West. Both road dogs lost outright, neither covered, and both East and West semifinals now sit at 2-0 with Game 3s in Philly and … Read more
Two NBA Conference Semifinals Game 2s tip off tonight, and both feature the same setup: a team that lost Game 1 on the road, hitting the road again as an underdog. Cleveland is +3.5 in Detroit at 7 ET. Los Angeles is +15.5 in Oklahoma City at 9:30 ET. The Game 2 bounce-back question now … Read more
Both NBA Conference Semifinals favorites covered their Game 1 spreads on Tuesday night. The Thunder rolled the Lakers 108-90 in Oklahoma City, beating the closing 15.5-point line by enough to make the cover routine. The Pistons handled the Cavaliers 111-101 in Detroit, covering the 3.5 with room to spare. Yesterday’s contrarian read on these games … Read more
The Lakers open Game 1 in Oklahoma City as 16-point underdogs. That’s not a typo. Sixteen points, in an NBA playoff game, between two teams seeded fourth and first in the same conference. Whatever the public thinks of the Lakers without Luka Doncic, the line says they think it’s worse. Tuesday night gives us two … Read more
Tuesday’s NBA Game 5 slate handed the closeout-fade crowd a near-perfect night. Boston, an 11.5-point favorite at home with a 3-1 series lead, lost outright to a Philadelphia team riding 33 points from Joel Embiid. New York turned a swing game into a 29-point blowout, and San Antonio handled its business to end the Portland … Read more