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May 9, 2018, 6:19 am
Brad Stevens and the Celtics should get it done tonight. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images
The results
Last week: 7-5-1 overall
Soccer 7-2-1
NBA 0-3
Last 3 weeks: 24-10-3 (70.5%)
Barcelona money line (DNB) 3x PUSH
Game Total Over 3.5 WIN
Match Result and Both Teams to Score: Barca and Yes +185 LOSS
Will a goal be scored in both halves? YES WIN
Messi scores a goal 2x WIN 2X
Both teams to score in 2nd half +130 WIN
Barca and 2.5 LOSS
Last week's plays of the week
Germany
RB Leipzig vs. Wolfsburg
Over 2.5 -144 WIN
Over 3 +112 WIN
Mainz 05 vs. Dortmund
Over 3 PUSH
NBA Playoffs
Pelicans vs. Warriors
Warriors over 30 1st quarter LOSS
Warriors Team total 1st half over 60 LOSS
Over 119.5 First Half LOSS
What to play next
NBA playoffs
Celtics vs. 76ers
Wednesday brings us a pivotal Game 5 match-up where the visitors will try to keep their season alive. Winning at the TD Garden will be a tall task as Boston is undefeated at home this postseason. The Celtics won 70 percent of their regular season home games, cementing a 33-14 home record while covering the spread 62.2 percent of the time. In Game 5, Boston is currently favored by 1 point and was 18-17-2 ATS at home during the regular season when favored.
The Pick
The Celtics have shown all series long their ability to limit what Philadelphia wants to do. Boston's Head coach Brad Stevens has thrived on dead-ball situations and his ability to out-coach Brett Brown in late game situations. If the 76ers can steal Game 5, the pressure will weigh heavily on the Celtics for the remaining two games of the series. History is on the home teams side, as teams that are down 0-3 in a series are 0-129 all-time to advance. Boston has excelled this year off one-day rest and led the league going 38-19-2 ATS (66.7 percent). Give me the home team, in what Coach Stevens will label as a must-win situation for his squad.
Celtics -1
Soccer
EPL
Chelsea vs. Huddersfield
Huddersfield is fighting off regulation and did so beautifully securing a draw vs. Manchester City over the weekend. The visitors have now picked up 4 points out of the last five matches and will look to continue their success Wednesday at Stamford Bridge. The difference in this match will be the motivation of their opponent as Chelsea is fighting to stay in the top 4 and need to win out to better their chances at a Champions League spot.
The Pick
Huddersfield will be looking to park the bus in hopes of securing at the minimum, a draw. Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte will have his team prepared and will be looking to get on the scoresheet as quickly as possible. I don't see the visitors holding off The Blues the entire match, and once they find the back of the net, they will repeat it with ease as the match opens up.
Chelsea -1.5 -155
Leicester vs. Arsenal
Over 3
Spain
Barcelona vs. Villarreal
Over 3.5
Barcelona Team Total over 2.5
Sevilla vs. Real Madrid
Sevilla Pk
Real Madrid fatigue factor and Ronaldo, Bale, and Carvajal out.
NHL
Predators vs Jets Game 7
Predators Moneyline
2018 World Cup Deep Dive Preview and Picks coming soon!!
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.